VISITOZ - WORKERS FOR RURAL AND OUTBACK AUSTRALIA SINCE 1991
  • Workers
    • WORKERS AVAILABLE
    • AUSPITALITY WORKERS
    • Tell us your vacancy
    • Worker reports
  • Info
    • ABOUT
    • AUSPITALITY
    • FARMTRACK
    • Membership & Joining
    • Tell us your vacancy
    • CONTACT US
BACK TO AVAILABLE WORKERS LIST

Picture
REBECKA, 23, FEMALE,  SWEDEN (NEXT JOB REQUIRED)
6 MONTHS EXPERIENCE ON A SHEEP PROPERTY (EXCELLENT EMPLOYER REFERENCE)
EXPERIENCED HORSE WOMAN & RIDER, KEEN TO LEARN NEW EXPERIENCES
A MONTH OR TWO OF VOLUNTEERING AS A POSSIBLE OPTION TO START WITH.

CLIMBING INSTRUCTOR, SOME SHEEP & GREEN HOUSE EXP, SCOUT LEADER, LIFT OPERATOR & MAINTENANCE, CONFIDENT DRIVER. WOULD SUIT HORSE WORK OR GENERAL FARMWORK
OPEN TO A VARIETY OF FARM WORK AND EQUINE FOCUSED ROLES
KEEN FOR 2ND VISA, WILL BE IN AUSTRALIA FOR 6-12 MONTHS, LOOKING TO WORK FOR 3-4 MONTHS (OR LONGER), AVAILABLE FROM APPROX. 18/04/2026


PHOTOS 
Outdoor work in Australia and back home
Ski resort work 
PROFILE INFORMATION
​BACK AT HOME
Rebecka is 23 from Sweden
Completed High school in Sweden 2020.
 
Attended a residential college for adult education Sweden (focused on outdoor life, survival skills) 2020-2021
 
Completed a short (one semester) Creative writing course University. Spring Jan-May 2025.
 
Completed Film science 1: at  Stockholm University. One semester long. Autumn Aug-Dec 2024.
 
Completed  a leadership course designed to build skills in high pressure / stressful situations. Led by Swedish Police & Defence professionals.
Run through the University in Stockholm.
One semester. Aug. 2021 -Jan. 2022.
 
Other skills/volunteer roles -
- Lead scouts (2017)
- Safe meetings (2017)
- Leader education, patrol, part 2 (2016)
- Leader education, patrol, part 1 (2015)
- Safe meetings (again, 2025)
 
Future plans -Social science program at Stockholm University or one year program at a small farm in Sweden learning skills to run a small farm at residential college.

In Australia
6 months experience on a sheep property which so loves (Excellent Employer reference)
her main job includes but not limited to


"Assisting/helping Bill with whatever he is doing that day, harvest, sheep. Mustering sheep. Working in the sheep yards (moving them between pens, marking lambs, spraying pain relieve spray and Qlik during mulesing, catching sheep and holding them while Bill pours chemical on sheep suffering from fly blindness) Working with the sheep has been my favourite thing. Lots of fun. We used quad bikes. Harvest. Assisting Bill. Move his car to a new location in the paddock when he was moving the mother bin. Loading trucks from silos. Loading road trains and trucks from mother bin. Unload trucks at grain shed and silos. Instructing the trucks how to back up to the hopper, starting the ogre (from inside the tractor), opening hatch to let grain out of the truck and into the hopper. Helping Bill with whatever he was doing during the day. Fixing things, moving stuff etc. Some tractor driving. New Holland T6070/L4200 for slashing and old IH Turbo for ploughing a paddock. Looking after their house and the animals when they were on holiday or out of town. Checking troughs, feeding four dogs, some chooks, a goose, a wiener dog."


Some tractor driving. New Holland T6070/L4200 for slashing and an old IH Turbo for ploughing a paddock. Quad bike. A lot of driving tie quad when mustering and doing different jobs out in the paddocks. I drove Bills old Toyotas around doing different things here and there. Manual car. Comfortable driving it but would probably not go into town. I am used to driving on the other side of the road back home. Operating the car whit the steering wheel on the wrong side is no problem but would feel uncomfortable taking it into town."


Employment History

​Ski Lift Host and Gondola Lift Operator  (Winter Seasons 2022–2023 and 2023–2024)
 
Worked two winter seasons as a ski lift host and gondola lift operator at a ski resort in Sweden. Assisting guests with embarking and disembarking, operating and supervising the gondola from the control room.
Daily tasks -safety checks, regular maintenance, driving the gondolas in and out of the garage, changing tyres and troubleshooting technical issues and error messages.
 
Climbing Instructor at Skypark Vaxholm (Seasons 2021–2024)
 
Worked 4 seasons as a climbing instructor at a high ropes course. Helping guests with harness fitting, providing safety instructions, and assisting guests in the course, including performing rescues by rappelling injured individuals to the ground. Also managed the cash register.
 
Day Manager, additional responsibilities - answering phone calls, managing the booking system, checking in guests, and coordinating the daily work assignments of staff members.
 
Youth Business , Autumn 2018 – Spring 2019
 
Participated in a youth entrepreneurship program during high school, forming a student-run business.   Learning and applying principles of marketing, finance, and business regulations.
 
Served as Head of Finance for the business, managing contact with the bank to open an account and arranging related meetings. The business sold hoodies and t-shirts with custom prints.
 
Project Entrepreneur, Summer 2017
 
Participated in a youth entrepreneurship program during the summer break.  Founded and operated a solo gardening business focused garden maintenance for local clients.
 
Scout Member and Leader (2010–2025+)
Active member of the Swedish Scouts

Aims and Motivations here in Australia
Keen to work with horses and riding.
Also interested to learn to handle farm machines like tractors etc. Wants to learn about Aussie culture and experience farm work and using horses for working and performing daily tasks around the farm.

FARM AND WORKPLACE SKILLS

Farm / Livestock
Greenhouse 3x5 menters in her backyard. Sowed seeds inside during early spring to plant the outside in the greenhouse when the temperature was warmer. She planted 3 types of cale, cucumber, broccoli, carrots, radish, New Zealand spinach, Wasabino (not sure if it is the right english name), leek, onions. She made pickled cucumbers.
 
At residental college they learnt how to do when slaughtering sheep at small scales. It was a local farmer that were going to use the meat for their own family. They were able to participate in and do all the different steps up until hanging the meat.

Equine / equestrian
Advanced to intermediate rider,  riding comfortably at all speeds. Confident catching and handling horses from the ground. Has worked a lot in stables and around horses. Riding at a riding school for ten years. Once a week  summer camps in the summer.
 
She often brushed horses, prepared the hooves, put on the saddle and bridle. After the riding session she took everything of, rinsed the bit, brushed the horse again and checked the hooves.
 
At the summer camps they also fetched the horses from pasture in the morning and brought them back in the evening. They also took turn in feeding and cleaning the boxes and the stable.
horses ground work experienced

Practical skills / trade skills
Loves practical / physical tasks
Has made several knife handles for bushcraft knives. Carved a few spoons.
Greenhouse work growning/harvesting vegetables & fruit in her backyard.
Ski lift host and gondola lift operator and
maintenance work of the lift.

OTHER GENERAL SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

Driving & vehicles 
4 years Licence (manual + auto)
Confident driver
Normal cars. Both manual and automatic. Both electric and non electric.
Snowmobile. Many hours.
She worked at a ski resort for two winters and the snowmobile was a daily tool for transportation up and down the slopes at work. Average around four times a week about forty minutes a day. For two winter seasons lasting December to May. Some time in small motorboats at different occasions.

Domestic, cook and childcare etc
A little childcare experience
She can cook for herself and for the family.

PERSONAL

Personal / Social
Very good Englis,  Calm and quietly confident,
Practical mindset, loves adventure and physical activity. Considers her best strength to complete tasks fully and to the best of her ability. Resilient.

​Physical / Fitness
165 74 kg, Physically fit and active for physical tasks.

Medical / Diet  
no medical conditions, no dietary requirements

Hobbies, other skills and interests
Skiing, riding horses, doing outdoor activities and crafting.
contact
Picture
     ​CONTACT VIA THE JOBS DESK 
      
[email protected] or 0458 685727  ​


BACK TO AVAILABLE WORKERS LIST
Copyright and all rights reserved. VisitOz / Australian Working adventures 
  • Workers
    • WORKERS AVAILABLE
    • AUSPITALITY WORKERS
    • Tell us your vacancy
    • Worker reports
  • Info
    • ABOUT
    • AUSPITALITY
    • FARMTRACK
    • Membership & Joining
    • Tell us your vacancy
    • CONTACT US