Ben Bartlett

• Assisted in livestock care, including feeding, health checks, and environment maintenance.
• Collaborated with management to identify areas for process improvement and implement best practices.
• Contributed to a positive working environment through effective communication with team members and supervisors alike.
• Maintained farm infrastructure such as fences, gates, and storage facilities through regular inspection and repair work.
• Adhered to safety protocols while operating heavy machinery, resulting in a safe work environment for all farmhands.
• Enhanced overall farm efficiency with regular maintenance and repair of farming machinery and equipment.
• Filling generations daily to ensure bores functioning properly.
• Checking livestock daily and cleaning water troughs as required.
• Mustering on motorbikes.
• Pest control.

• Operated and maintained header equipment to ensure optimal performance and product quality.
• Monitored grain flow and adjusted machinery settings to enhance operational efficiency.
• Conducted routine inspections of header systems for safety compliance and maintenance needs.
• Collaborated with team members to streamline harvesting processes and reduce downtime.
• Assisted in troubleshooting mechanical issues to maintain continuous workflow during operations.
• Streamlined workflow processes through effective communication with colleagues and supervisors, ensuring smooth operations.
• Balanced multiple tasks simultaneously, ensuring that all responsibilities were completed efficiently and accurately.
• Fencing
• Welding - sheep yards, silos etc
• Pregnancy testing cows
• Tailing and stock rotations with sheep and beef
• Maintaining water systems

• Mustering Cattle on Motorbikes
• Processing and Animal Health through multiple sets of yards
• Fencing
• Feeding up to cattle in yards
• Building cattle yards
• Welding

I was hired on as a junior shepherd and was able to work my way up to senior shepherd during my time at Black Hill Station.

• Digger and Tractor operations
• General farm maintenance
• Overseen pasture management, ensuring proper rotation and adapting grazing schedules to weather events, maintaining pasture health and supporting herd nutrition.
• Responded promptly to the needs of sick animals, ensuring their health and overall well-being.
• I developed skills and knowledge of how to deal with staff
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions
• Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity

• General Farm Maintenance
• Animal husbandry
• Responded promptly to the needs of sick livestock, ensuring their health and overall well-being.