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Broadacre Farm Hand

Pingrup, southern wheatbelt WA

Competitive salaryDepending on experience, plus housing and a work vehicle

  • Full time
  • Key spraying role
  • Housing included
  • Work vehicle supplied
  • Young, close knit team

Takes about two minutes. No CV handy? You can still apply.

A family owned cropping business is after a broadacre Farm Hand to join the team on a 7,500 hectare cropping property near Pingrup. Operating the sprayers is the key part of this role, alongside seeding, harvest and general work through the cropping calendar, as part of a young team led by the on site Operations Manager.

7,500ha
100% cropping: canola, barley, wheat and faba beans
4 to 6
staff on the property day to day
2
cropping properties in the family business
15km
south of Pingrup

The operation

This property sits in WA's southern wheatbelt and runs a straight cropping program. It's one of two properties in the family business. The other is a 2,000 hectare cropping property near Williams (canola and barley), where the owner is mainly based alongside a 2IC and three full time farm hands.

Gear and tech

  • Modern John Deere, Agrifac and Bourgault machinery
  • Kenworth trucks
  • John Deere RTK GPS and AgSkan precision ag

What you'll be doing

Spraying

  • Operating the sprayers across the cropping program, the key part of this role
  • Working with John Deere RTK GPS and AgSkan precision ag gear

Through the season

  • Seeding, harvest and general farm work across the cropping calendar
  • Working as part of a team of 4 to 6, with day to day direction from the Operations Manager

Hours: around 50 a week in the off season (Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm), stepping up to 70 to 80 a week through seeding and harvest.

What you'll need

Experience with

  • Operating sprayers on a broadacre cropping enterprise
  • Running general farm machinery

And you're someone who

  • Is mechanically minded and good at solving problems
  • Is motivated, keen to have a crack and fits in well with a young, close knit team

What's on offer

  • Competitive salaryDepending on experience
  • Housing includedAccommodation provided with the role
  • Work vehicle suppliedFor getting around the property
  • Modern gearJohn Deere, Agrifac and Bourgault, with RTK GPS
  • A young teamSmall and close knit, with an Operations Manager on site
  • Talk to the crew firstChat with the farm hands at the family's Williams property

Living near Pingrup

The property is about 15km south of Pingrup, in WA's southern wheatbelt.

Lake Grace, about 65km

Schools and the nearest hospital.

Further afield

Katanning is around 100km away and Albany around 180km.

A family farm, not a corporate

The owner is after someone motivated who's willing to have a crack. You'll be part of a young, close knit team running modern gear on a straight cropping program.

Want the inside word? You can talk directly with the 2IC or farm hands at the family's Williams property to get a genuine feel for what it's like working here.

How applying works

  1. Send us your detailsAbout two minutes on your phone. A CV helps, but you can just tell us about your experience.
  2. We give you a callIf your experience fits, we'll ring for a chat about the role and what you're after.
  3. Meet the farmIf it's a good match on both sides, we'll set up a conversation with the owner.