Station Hands - Barkly Downs

About the roles

ACC's largest cattle breeding property, situated on 2.3 million acres, just 150kms from Mount Isa on the NT border, has several vacancies for station hands and one (newly created) role for a hybrid Administration/Station Hand (60% admin & 40% livestock).  

Station hands do a range of activities that include: 

• Cattle handling & processing using low stress handling techniques
• Mustering and moving cattle on horseback and 2-wheel motorbike
• Horse care and feeding
• Safe operation of vehicles, tools and equipment
• Accurate collection and recording of data
• General station activities such as fencing & basic maintenance 

Joining a team of around 25-30, you'll enjoy finishing the day and coming back to a welcoming, lush homestead environment, social club, rec room and a new staff dining and kitchen facilities.  

What’s on offer

• Attractive daily rates of pay + paid overtime days
• 17.5% leave loading on 4 weeks leave per year
• Saddle allowance & annual retention bonus $
• Single, air-conditioned accommodation 
• Meals provided 
• WIFI
• Participation in community and company events
• Practical training courses delivered by industry leaders in livestock handling, horsemanship, horse shoeing, motorbike riding & first aid 
• Certificate 3s in Agriculture available 

About you

For Station Hands, ideally you're a competent horse rider with a passion for livestock who has some cattle handling experience - we'll happily teach you the rest.   What we can't teach you, that you must bring is: 

• Positive attitude
• Solid work ethic
• Willingness to learn and have a go
• Non-negotiable commitment to working safely 
• Current and valid manual drivers licence 
• Good communication skills and ability to work well within a team  
• Sound physical fitness and agility that enables you to safely undertake physical aspects of the job
• Australian/NZ permanent resident with unrestricted working rights 

Candidates interested in the Administration/Station Hand role will also need:

• Strong computer literacy and keyboard skills 
• Attention to detail
• Accurate numeracy skills
• Experience with livestock data systems

These roles are perfectly suited to someone seeking a career in the cattle industry, not just a season or a gap year.   ACC invest in your practical and personal development and are committed to providing genuine career progression and promotion opportunities to our existing employees throughout our cattle and beef supply chain.   

About us

ACC are proud industry leaders in producing and supplying highest quality cattle and beef products to the local and export markets. We employ over 1200 team members across multiple breeding, backgrounding, feed lotting and farming operations throughout Queensland and our head office and state of the art food processing & value add facility near Brisbane’s CBD.

With over 4 million acres and carrying capacity of over 350000 head of cattle, we are the largest, privately owned, fully integrated, beef cattle supply chain and this means you really do get the best of both worlds. You get the opportunity and security that comes with a progressive corporate pastoral operation who continue to grow, develop and innovate, along with the support and personal interest that comes with being part of a family business.

We’ve earned our stripes as masters of our craft & continue to deliver the highest standards in safety, customer, investment in innovation and capability of our people to ensure ongoing operational excellence. Our need to “Be Right” is actively driven by the behaviours that underpin our values of belief, energy, responsibility, integrity, grit, humility & team.  Apply now and earn your stripes with us!