Workers ready to start work on Monday 21st October
SKILLED PIG FARMER / HORTICULTURALIST (VOLUNTEER)
Godfrey, 30, Ugandan, Professional career pig farmer seeking work experience as a volunteer
10 FEMALE
Jil, 19, German, intermediate to advanced rider with five years part time stable work experience
Pia, 19, German, intermediate level rider and part-time assistant stable hand, keen for any farm or horse job
Rian, 18, Dutch, farm work beginner, hard worker with lots of part-time experience around her school studies
Sophia, 19, German, Farm work beginner, Potential all-rounder assistant for general farm, inside outside or au pair work
Anne, 19, Netherlands, experienced intermediate rider, recent school leaver, seeking work with horses
Erin, 20, British, agricultural college student, farm girl and planning farming career
Ayla, 18, German, Recent school leaver, trainee nurse, plans to become a doctor, lots of experience working with children. Intermediate rider, Farm work beginner.
Alex, 22, American, city girl from New York and farm work beginner, various interesting work and volunteer experience Spanish speaker
Hannah, 26, British, Horsewoman with racehorse experience, keen for any work with horses or general farm work which include horses
Michelle, 27, German, keen recreational horse rider with annual farm volunteer experience (horses and sheep)
3 MALE
Max, 18, German, farm work beginner, intelligent, well organised
Merlin, 28, German, qualified roofer, experienced farm, horse and crop machinery worker
Dennis, 25, Danish, Part trained mechanic and certified BMW parts adviser. Farm work beginner keen for 2nd visa farm role
2 EXCELLENT SKILLED MACHINERY OPERATORS (PAIR OF FRIENDS)
Mike, 23, Danish, career farmer specialising in plant breeding, extensive tractor, machinery skills including harvesters
Rasmus, 23, Danish, experienced machinery operator including excavators, dozers, trenchers, a range of tractors and various farm related implements.
EXCELLENT SKILLED FARMER COUPLE (M/F)
Sam, 26, British, Experienced mixed farm hand with dairy, grassland, arable and equine experience
Chloe, 21, British, experienced farm girl with a wide range of general farm and mixed farm experience
Please express your interest ASAP
jobs@visitoz.org 0499 686 155
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Godfrey, 30, Ugandan, Professional career pig farmer seeking work experience as a volunteer
10 FEMALE
Jil, 19, German, intermediate to advanced rider with five years part time stable work experience
Pia, 19, German, intermediate level rider and part-time assistant stable hand, keen for any farm or horse job
Rian, 18, Dutch, farm work beginner, hard worker with lots of part-time experience around her school studies
Sophia, 19, German, Farm work beginner, Potential all-rounder assistant for general farm, inside outside or au pair work
Anne, 19, Netherlands, experienced intermediate rider, recent school leaver, seeking work with horses
Erin, 20, British, agricultural college student, farm girl and planning farming career
Ayla, 18, German, Recent school leaver, trainee nurse, plans to become a doctor, lots of experience working with children. Intermediate rider, Farm work beginner.
Alex, 22, American, city girl from New York and farm work beginner, various interesting work and volunteer experience Spanish speaker
Hannah, 26, British, Horsewoman with racehorse experience, keen for any work with horses or general farm work which include horses
Michelle, 27, German, keen recreational horse rider with annual farm volunteer experience (horses and sheep)
3 MALE
Max, 18, German, farm work beginner, intelligent, well organised
Merlin, 28, German, qualified roofer, experienced farm, horse and crop machinery worker
Dennis, 25, Danish, Part trained mechanic and certified BMW parts adviser. Farm work beginner keen for 2nd visa farm role
2 EXCELLENT SKILLED MACHINERY OPERATORS (PAIR OF FRIENDS)
Mike, 23, Danish, career farmer specialising in plant breeding, extensive tractor, machinery skills including harvesters
Rasmus, 23, Danish, experienced machinery operator including excavators, dozers, trenchers, a range of tractors and various farm related implements.
EXCELLENT SKILLED FARMER COUPLE (M/F)
Sam, 26, British, Experienced mixed farm hand with dairy, grassland, arable and equine experience
Chloe, 21, British, experienced farm girl with a wide range of general farm and mixed farm experience
Please express your interest ASAP
jobs@visitoz.org 0499 686 155
Or use the 'TELL US YOUR VACANCY BUTTON'
You may call us at any time that suits you, but we prefer Saturday 8am-12noon or weekdays 8am to 7pm. Our message service is available at all other times.
SKILLED PROFESSIONAL PIG FARMER / HORTICULTURALIST
Godfrey, 30, Ugandan, Professional career pig farmer seeking work experience as a volunteer
Godfrey Kamya, 30, Male, Ugandan
SEEKS VOLUNTEER / WORK EXPERIENCE
Available from 21/10/2019 for Several months initially
AGRICULTURAL DEGREE, HORTICULTURAL QUALIFICATION, THREE AGRICULTURAL INTERNSHIPS EACH OF ONE YEAR
VERY KEEN TO BUILD UP GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF LIVESTOCK HANDLING IN AUSTRALIA AND USE OF EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY
Godfrey is from Uganda. He has a degree in agriculture from the Ugandan university (2016) and prior to this he gained a diploma in horticulture gained on a one-year and cultural studies program in Israel (2014 to 15).
He is planning a career as a professional pig farmer. He has completed a workplace training programme on a swine specialist farm as a swine management trainee for one year until September 2019, in Ohio, USA. His aim for volunteering in Australia is to further his experience of international farming methods and to return with greater skill and experience to his own country and apply them to his career there. He intends to develop his own modern livestock farm in Uganda in 3 to 4 years from now. He is especially keen to build up skills and experience with using tractors and other machinery.
This experience in the USA included keeping farrowing records, sleeving, processing day one piglets, castration of piglets, fostering and weaning. It also included washing, disinfecting various preventative and scour treatments.
He has additionally worked for one year as a gardener in the UAE (2017 to 18) with duties including pruning, irrigation, spraying, weeding and pest identification. While studying at university he did part-time farm management of the school’s farm in his vacations from 2011 to 2017 supervising daily farm activities, planting and managing maize harvest and goat husbandry. In 2000 1415 he worked for one year as a horticultural intern in Israel on a fruit farm picking, planting seedlings, pruning and traversing several fruits including apples, citrus, peaches, nectarines and pomegranates.
In addition he has taught agriculture at secondary school for two months and briefly worked as a part-time trainee cook as a sandwich, burger and pizza restaurant.
Full driving licence (five years), moderate dirt bike experience.
Excellent fitness from work, riding a bicycle to work. 167 cm, 65 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker. Good English as second language. A sympathetic character, mixes well with other people from other cultures, respectful and give space to others. Friendly and professionally focused. Enjoys making friends in agriculture.
Please contact 0499 686155 or email jobs@visitoz.org
Godfrey Kamya, 30, Male, Ugandan
SEEKS VOLUNTEER / WORK EXPERIENCE
Available from 21/10/2019 for Several months initially
AGRICULTURAL DEGREE, HORTICULTURAL QUALIFICATION, THREE AGRICULTURAL INTERNSHIPS EACH OF ONE YEAR
VERY KEEN TO BUILD UP GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF LIVESTOCK HANDLING IN AUSTRALIA AND USE OF EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY
Godfrey is from Uganda. He has a degree in agriculture from the Ugandan university (2016) and prior to this he gained a diploma in horticulture gained on a one-year and cultural studies program in Israel (2014 to 15).
He is planning a career as a professional pig farmer. He has completed a workplace training programme on a swine specialist farm as a swine management trainee for one year until September 2019, in Ohio, USA. His aim for volunteering in Australia is to further his experience of international farming methods and to return with greater skill and experience to his own country and apply them to his career there. He intends to develop his own modern livestock farm in Uganda in 3 to 4 years from now. He is especially keen to build up skills and experience with using tractors and other machinery.
This experience in the USA included keeping farrowing records, sleeving, processing day one piglets, castration of piglets, fostering and weaning. It also included washing, disinfecting various preventative and scour treatments.
He has additionally worked for one year as a gardener in the UAE (2017 to 18) with duties including pruning, irrigation, spraying, weeding and pest identification. While studying at university he did part-time farm management of the school’s farm in his vacations from 2011 to 2017 supervising daily farm activities, planting and managing maize harvest and goat husbandry. In 2000 1415 he worked for one year as a horticultural intern in Israel on a fruit farm picking, planting seedlings, pruning and traversing several fruits including apples, citrus, peaches, nectarines and pomegranates.
In addition he has taught agriculture at secondary school for two months and briefly worked as a part-time trainee cook as a sandwich, burger and pizza restaurant.
Full driving licence (five years), moderate dirt bike experience.
Excellent fitness from work, riding a bicycle to work. 167 cm, 65 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker. Good English as second language. A sympathetic character, mixes well with other people from other cultures, respectful and give space to others. Friendly and professionally focused. Enjoys making friends in agriculture.
Please contact 0499 686155 or email jobs@visitoz.org
FEMALE
Jil, 19, German, intermediate to advanced rider with five years part time stable work experience
Jil Triesch, 19, Female, German
INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED RIDER WITH FIVE YEARS PART TIME STABLE WORK EXPERIENCE
KEEN FOR ANY WORK ROLE WITH HORSES, IDEALLY WITH SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE AROUND
HOPES TO WORK WITH HER FRIEND PIA IF POSSIBLE
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for At least three months
Jil is from Germany, She completed high school in 2019 and plans to study health topics biology university for working in the healthcare industry, or possibly with animals.
She volunteered with the German Red Cross (which includes teaching children about health) for the last two years and as a paramedic for the last 10 months.
Intermediate to advanced rider and stable worker. She has worked part-time for five years (from 2012 until 2017) at a western horse of stable working with quarter horses. Duties included cleaning stables and paddocks, feeding horses and riding them. Confident around horses and also handling them.
Her motivation for farm work in Australia is to work in a new environment with people and animals. She is very keen for any work with horses.
She also had a little farm experience from assisting her grandfather with his annual potato harvest.
Full driving licence (1.5 years). Confident driver.
She enjoys various sports (especially volleyball), photography and meeting new people. Good general fitness, and she enjoys working on her fitness level. 164 cm, 60 kg. No medical conditions, vegetarian for dietary reasons.
Average English as second language. Sociable character keen to work in an environment with animals and other people.
Please contact 0499 686155 or email jobs@visitoz.org
Pia, 19, German, intermediate level rider and part-time assistant stable hand, keen for any farm or horse job
Pia Kolleng, 19, Female, German
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL RIDER AND PART-TIME ASSISTANT STABLE HAND, KEEN FOR ANY FARM OR HORSE JOB
VERY KEEN TO WORK WITH LIVESTOCK OR HORSES AND TO EXPERIENCE AUSTRALIAN FARM LIFE
HOPES TO WORK WITH HER FRIEND JIL IF POSSIBLE
SEEKS ANY PAID WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Up to 3 months
Pia is from Germany. She has completed high school and plans to study economics at university follow a career in business.
She has worked part-time for the last six months in a tenpin bowling centre. She has also worked for a family as a babysitter for the last five years.
An intermediate level rider. She has ridden horses since age 6, mostly Icelandic but also some larger horses. She spends a lot of her spare time (especially in school holidays) at the stable helping the riding instructor to clean the paddocks and assisting with children’s lessons. Very keen to work with livestock or horses and to experience Australian farm life and life away from the city.
Full driving licence (1.5 years). Confident driver.
A basic level cook, happy to cook for her babysitting children and for her family as required. Keen to do more if asked.
Good level of fitness, enjoys several sports. 169 cm, 67 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker.
Please contact 0499 686155 or email jobs@visitoz.org
Rian, 18, Dutch, farm work beginner, hard worker with lots of part-time experience around her school studies
Rian Verhallen, 18, Female, Dutch
FARM WORK BEGINNER, HARD WORKER WITH LOTS OF PART-TIME EXPERIENCE AROUND HER SCHOOL STUDIES
KEEN FOR DIVERSE WORK, HOPES TO BE ABLE TO LEARN NEW THINGS
AIMS TO BROADEN HER EXPERIENCE OF LIFE IN A NEW ENVIRONMENT
WILL SUIT AN INSIDE OUTSIDE / AU PAIR ROLE
SEEKS ANY PAID WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for 4 to 5 months
Rian is from Holland. She has completed high school and plans to study at university, most likely biology and chemistry, and is considering a career as a researcher.
She is a farmworker beginner but has been volunteering at a small local livestock farm gaining general experience of day-to-day duties.
Her work experience includes various part-time work for the last 2.5 years. Waitress work at a hotel once or twice a week, eight hours per week in the bread department of the local supermarket and 20 to 30 hours per week during school holidays. Also in holidays she works as a domestic for senior citizens, 4 to 5 days a week (20 to 30 hours), approximately four months work in total. She is also used to looking after her family’s home and her younger sister.
Enjoys various sports, cycling, walking and rollerblading, climbing, hiking and survival. A keen guitar player (five years) and has recently played in a band, enjoys music and reading.
Good level of fitness. 164 cm, 66 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions apart from some sensitivity when overexposed to the sun (can be managed easily). Non-smoker.
Full driving licence since July 2019. Minimal driving experience but particularly hopes for the opportunity to ride bikes and use machinery.
Average English as second language. A modest, focused and naturally hard-working character.
Please contact 0499 686155 or email jobs@visitoz.org
Sophia, 19, German, Farm work beginner, Potential all-rounder assistant for general farm, inside outside or au pair work
Sophia Hehnen, 19, Female, German
POTENTIAL ALL-ROUNDER FOR GENERAL FARM, INSIDE OUTSIDE OR AU PAIR WORK
POSITIVE, FIT AND STRONGLY BUILT, GOOD WITH CHILDREN, USED TO STANDING UP FOR HERSELF
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 14/10/2019 for At least three months
Sophia is from the city of Cologne in Germany. She has completed high school and plans to study engineering and energy technology at university.
A farm work beginner, however, she has some basic experience from assisting on her grandparents farm in her childhood. A beginner level rider, she took riding lessons in her early childhood. Has always enjoyed practical work, being outdoors and with the animals. Keen to do more.
Volunteer work experience: in 2014 she completed two months internship as an animal keeper at Cologne zoo. From 2015-2019 she has volunteered for a homework tutoring and activities organisation for socially disadvantaged children, where she has gained certificates for her work with responsibility for up to 24 children.
Driving licence: one year, moderate experience with manual vehicles, basic experience of manual motorbikes.
She enjoys looking after children, having three younger siblings (3 brothers), does babysitting the other children in the neighbourhood in addition to her four years of homework tutoring. Good at basic cooking looking after herself and others especially younger children.
Sporty, she particularly enjoys wild water canoeing in locations around Europe and camping. Is fit and strong / powerful. 173 cm, 70 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker.
Outgoing, active, energetic and positive person. Enjoys working hard and experiencing different things from her city life. Also determined to qualify for a second VISA.
Please contact 0499 686155 or email jobs@visitoz.org
Anne, 19, Netherlands, experienced intermediate rider, recent school leaver, seeking work with horses
Anne de Zeeuw, 19, Female, Netherlands
EXPERIENCED INTERMEDIATE RIDER, RECENT SCHOOL LEAVER, SEEKING WORK WITH HORSES
COMPETENT ALL-ROUNDER WITH DRESSAGE HORSES, YOUTH WAGE ELIGIBLE
KEEN TO EXPAND HER SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE INTO OTHER AREAS A HORSE WORK
SEEKS ANY PAID WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for 3 to 4 months
Anne is from Holland. She completed high school in 2019 and has qualified for university. She is not yet sure of her career plans.
Her motivation is to experience work with horses here in Australia and to use the experience as a platform to gain skills, experience, personal confidence and to explore the country in between jobs.
She is an experienced horse worker and intermediate to advanced level rider. She has attended riding school for 13 years, currently riding at least two times per week, focusing on dressage riding and has cared for a grooming share horse more than one year. Comfortable and familiar with grooming, feeding, tacking up and stable work.
Her work experience includes one year part-time hospitality work as a barista during school, proximally three days per week. She also completed one month full-time in the same role after leaving school.
Full driving licence, three years, confident driver.
Average fitness, 170 cm, 55 kg. Vegetarian diet, no medical conditions. Non-smoker.
Keen, assured character and willing worker, here to learn.
Please contact 0499 686155 or email jobs@visitoz.org
Erin, 20, British, agricultural college student, farm girl and planning farming career
Erin Marshall, 20, Female, British
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE STUDENT, FARM GIRL AND PLANNING FARMING CAREER
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER FROM HER COLLEGE NEAR EDINBURGH FOR A FREE PLACE WITH VISITOZ
KEEN FOR ANY GENERAL FARM OR HORSE WORK
SEEKS ANY PAID WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Six months
Erin is from southern Scotland. She has won a scholarship from her agricultural college (SRUC, Scotland’s rural College) to join our program here in Australia. She has recently completed (July 2019) a diploma in agriculture with merit grades.
Her motivation is to try a whole load of new things related to agriculture, expand her skills with horses and agricultural work to develop her prospect and career interests.
She is from a farming area and has helped on friends’ farms with sheep (mostly), cattle and pigs from a young age. She has worked and volunteered at horse riding stables including basic husbandry, tacking up, mucking out and some riding. She has also helped with indoor Lambing for 1000 ewes (one month of 12 hour shifts) annually for the last four years, with emphasis on technical aspects of lambing, and has also worked as a harvest assistant working on a weigh bridge and driving tractors / forklifts around the farm.
Her agricultural course has included work with range of livestock. Much of her work experience has been with livestock but she has been involved with seasonal harvest work on arable enterprises and her experience now includes driving with tractors, (some little experience with trailers) forklifts and tele-handlers. She has also prepared animals for showing.
She has worked three years part time in a café and two years as a barmaid around her studies. She has a level V qualification in hospitality from her school and is confident in front of customers of all ages.
Full driving licence. Various low to medium grade use farm vehicles and machinery including John Deere, New Holland and Massey. Limited recreational use of quad bikes.
Full course riding lessons when younger, and work experience in a riding school. Beginner level rider. Basic practical experience of stable and yard work.
Along the way she has picked up basic practical skills of MiG welding, working with fences and rearing game birds with her father (pheasants) for sport. Enjoys beating for pheasant shooting, sea fishing with her father and brother. No problem getting your hands dirty loves being outside in the fresh air.
Good fitness for outdoors work, 164 cm, 64 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker. English as first language.
A keen and motivated student his positive attitude, interest and potential has been rewarded by her agricultural college.
Please contact 0499 686155 or email jobs@visitoz.org
Ayla, 18, German, Recent school leaver, trainee nurse, plans to become a doctor, lots of experience working with children. Intermediate rider, Farm work beginner.
Ayla Schoenefuss, 18, Female, German
RECENT SCHOOL LEAVER, TRAINEE NURSE, PLANS TO BECOME A DOCTOR, LOTS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH CHILDREN. INTERMEDIATE HORSE RIDER, FARM WORK BEGINNER.
HOPES FOR WORK WITH HORSES, AND WILL ALSO SUIT INSIDE OUTSIDE, CHILDCARE, FAMILY SUPPORT, HOPSITALITY OR AU PAIR WORK SO LONG AS HORSES ARE INVOLVED IN SOME WAY
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Four months
Ayla is from Berlin in Germany. She recently completed high school and plans to attend university to study medicine and hopes to become a doctor. She has completed an internship as a nurse and a Berlin hospital working full-time five or six days per week.
An experienced horse rider. She owned a horse from age 6 to 12 and took riding lessons for 3 to 5 hours each day for the same period, which include stable and horse care duties. She gets involved with horses at every opportunity but living in Berlin this is not now so frequent. Her motivation for work in Australia is to work with horses once again as well as to develop her English for her professional career. Loves been around animals, hopes for work with horses and where possible for the opportunity to ride. Also keen for hospitality work.
Her work with children includes dance classes weekly for 3 months, swimming classes for children aged 3 to 10 for two years. Has a first aid certificate and has been a student paramedic high school. Also has lifeguard training. Regularly works with her nieces and has a lot of babysitting experience. Enjoys cooking and baking very much, as well as creative arts like painting and making jewellery.
Driving licence since February 2019. Moderate driving experience.
Average fitness, 171 cm, 60 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions apart from a nickel allergy. Non-smoker.
Average English as second language. Keen and willing, focus on using work opportunities to develop herself for her future.
Please contact 0499 686155 or email jobs@visitoz.org
Alex, 22, American, city girl from New York and farm work beginner, various interesting work and volunteer experience Spanish speaker
Alex Bejarano-Benning, 22, Female, American
CITY GIRL FROM NEW YORK AND FARM WORK BEGINNER, OUTGOING AND ACTIVE WITH VARIOUS INTERESTING WORK AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE SPANISH SPEAKER
DETERMINED TO EXPERIENCE AND TRANSITION SUCCESSFULLY TO COUNTRY LIFE WITH PHYSICAL WORK
KEEN FOR ANY GENERAL FARM WORK, WILLING TO ADAPT ANY ROLE AND HOPES PART OF HER WORK TO INCLUDE HORSES OR OTHER LIVESTOCK. WILLING TO GET INVOLVED WITH EVERYTHING.
HOPES TO QUALIFY FOR SECOND VISA
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Three months
Alex is from New York in the USA. She is currently halfway through degree in global economics and trade which will finish in 2021. An education includes two years studying in Switzerland. Her motivation for work in Australia is to challenge herself, gain skills in new areas and experience something new.
Keen for any general farm work, willing to adapt any role and hopes part of her work to include horses or other livestock. Willing to get involved with everything.
Her work experience includes a hostess / waitress at a restaurant, communications and social media intern for a brand of peanut butter, and office management in turn for a youth social development organisation and an event manager. She has also worked building theatre sets and for a dementia care organisation, works as a volunteer for a food bank charity. She has also worked assisting staff in service and construction initiatives in Dominican Republic and Guatemala.
A novice to intermediate horse rider, she rode a little as a teenager which she really enjoyed. Comfortable and confident around horses, keen to learn. Normally a fast learner with physical and practical skills. Looking forward to learning to work with horses and to dealing with challenges along the way.
Full driving licence, basic experience of manual vehicles.
Good general fitness has taken part in martial arts for seven years. She walks 6 to 7 (approx. 10km per day) 155 cm, 75 kg stop normal diet, no medical considerations, non-smoker.
English as first language. Also speaks Spanish. An independent character used to standing on her own 2 feet. Cheerful and friendly, sociable outgoing girl.
Please contact 0499 686155 or email jobs@visitoz.org
Hannah, 26, British, Horsewoman with racehorse experience, keen for any work with horses or general farm work which include horses
Hannah Pitcher, 26, Female, British
HORSEWOMAN WITH RACEHORSE EXPERIENCE,
KEEN FOR ANY WORK WITH HORSES OR GENERAL FARM WORK WHICH INCLUDE HORSES
PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE AND BEAUTY WORKER, ALSO WILLING TO WORK IN HOSPITALITY / BEAUTY / SPA INDUSTRY
Available from 21/10/2019 for Six months
Hannah is from the centre of the UK. She attended school and volunteered every Saturday in 2008 and 2009 at a horse racing yard / stables, and after leaving school she attended Northern racing College to learn about racehorse care and how to exercise the horses on the gallops. She was identified as talented in this field at the time.
She is an experienced horsewoman and has been riding since age 9 through to age 16/17. She has ridden less since then (only occasionally) but continues to have good experience with horses from her day-to-day experience of mucking out the horses, feeding, exercising and grooming as well as some recent recreational riding. She is very keen to get back into the racing industry as she feels she has more to do. She is also extremely keen to work with horses in any general farm work or stable setting.
She now works in the massage and beauty industry but hopes to join the Royal Air Force as a mechanical engineer. Her Plan B is to teach massage and beauty at a college.
Full driving licence (eight years)
Good level of fitness, strongly built. 152 cm, 86 kg. Has been training in preparation for arriving in Australia and working with horses. Normal diet, no medical conditions. (Had surgery on a broken ankle but is fully recovered and medically cleared for work). Non-smoker
English is first language, motivated by the prospect of change and the chance to rediscover her passion for working with horses.
Please contact 0499 686155 or email jobs@visitoz.org
Michelle, 27, German, keen recreational horse rider with annual farm volunteer experience (horses and sheep)
Michelle Pierau, 27, Female, German
KEEN RECREATIONAL HORSE RIDER WITH ANNUAL FARM VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE (HORSES AND SHEEP)
MOTORBIKE OWNER, PROFESSIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
KEEN FOR ANY FARM WORK WITH HORSES, OR SIMPLY WORK WITH HORSES
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Up to 6 months
Michelle is from the countryside north of and work in North Germany. She completed an apprenticeship as an office communications clerk in 2013 and has been working as a human resources manager and advertising agency since then.
She has assisted on a family farm for at least one week every year as a volunteer. Duties include feeding, cleaning stables, bringing in sheep with a horse and help with lambing. She really enjoys farm life and especially working with horses. After seven years of office work she is keen to travel and experience something different and to follow up her love of farm and horse work.
Advanced level rider, has been around horses since age 2. She took riding lessons from early childhood and has been riding or attending a stable everyday for the last six years as a recreational hobby. Has ridden English and Western-style.
Full driving licence, nine years, drives at least 60 km per day. Experience of manual motorbike riding since 2016, owns a Kawasaki Ninja.
Good level of fitness, 175 cm, 63 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker. Positive, professional and well organised character, keen to challenge herself and experience something new and completely different.
Please contact 0499 686155 or email jobs@visitoz.org
Jil Triesch, 19, Female, German
INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED RIDER WITH FIVE YEARS PART TIME STABLE WORK EXPERIENCE
KEEN FOR ANY WORK ROLE WITH HORSES, IDEALLY WITH SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE AROUND
HOPES TO WORK WITH HER FRIEND PIA IF POSSIBLE
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for At least three months
Jil is from Germany, She completed high school in 2019 and plans to study health topics biology university for working in the healthcare industry, or possibly with animals.
She volunteered with the German Red Cross (which includes teaching children about health) for the last two years and as a paramedic for the last 10 months.
Intermediate to advanced rider and stable worker. She has worked part-time for five years (from 2012 until 2017) at a western horse of stable working with quarter horses. Duties included cleaning stables and paddocks, feeding horses and riding them. Confident around horses and also handling them.
Her motivation for farm work in Australia is to work in a new environment with people and animals. She is very keen for any work with horses.
She also had a little farm experience from assisting her grandfather with his annual potato harvest.
Full driving licence (1.5 years). Confident driver.
She enjoys various sports (especially volleyball), photography and meeting new people. Good general fitness, and she enjoys working on her fitness level. 164 cm, 60 kg. No medical conditions, vegetarian for dietary reasons.
Average English as second language. Sociable character keen to work in an environment with animals and other people.
Please contact 0499 686155 or email jobs@visitoz.org
Pia, 19, German, intermediate level rider and part-time assistant stable hand, keen for any farm or horse job
Pia Kolleng, 19, Female, German
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL RIDER AND PART-TIME ASSISTANT STABLE HAND, KEEN FOR ANY FARM OR HORSE JOB
VERY KEEN TO WORK WITH LIVESTOCK OR HORSES AND TO EXPERIENCE AUSTRALIAN FARM LIFE
HOPES TO WORK WITH HER FRIEND JIL IF POSSIBLE
SEEKS ANY PAID WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Up to 3 months
Pia is from Germany. She has completed high school and plans to study economics at university follow a career in business.
She has worked part-time for the last six months in a tenpin bowling centre. She has also worked for a family as a babysitter for the last five years.
An intermediate level rider. She has ridden horses since age 6, mostly Icelandic but also some larger horses. She spends a lot of her spare time (especially in school holidays) at the stable helping the riding instructor to clean the paddocks and assisting with children’s lessons. Very keen to work with livestock or horses and to experience Australian farm life and life away from the city.
Full driving licence (1.5 years). Confident driver.
A basic level cook, happy to cook for her babysitting children and for her family as required. Keen to do more if asked.
Good level of fitness, enjoys several sports. 169 cm, 67 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker.
Please contact 0499 686155 or email jobs@visitoz.org
Rian, 18, Dutch, farm work beginner, hard worker with lots of part-time experience around her school studies
Rian Verhallen, 18, Female, Dutch
FARM WORK BEGINNER, HARD WORKER WITH LOTS OF PART-TIME EXPERIENCE AROUND HER SCHOOL STUDIES
KEEN FOR DIVERSE WORK, HOPES TO BE ABLE TO LEARN NEW THINGS
AIMS TO BROADEN HER EXPERIENCE OF LIFE IN A NEW ENVIRONMENT
WILL SUIT AN INSIDE OUTSIDE / AU PAIR ROLE
SEEKS ANY PAID WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for 4 to 5 months
Rian is from Holland. She has completed high school and plans to study at university, most likely biology and chemistry, and is considering a career as a researcher.
She is a farmworker beginner but has been volunteering at a small local livestock farm gaining general experience of day-to-day duties.
Her work experience includes various part-time work for the last 2.5 years. Waitress work at a hotel once or twice a week, eight hours per week in the bread department of the local supermarket and 20 to 30 hours per week during school holidays. Also in holidays she works as a domestic for senior citizens, 4 to 5 days a week (20 to 30 hours), approximately four months work in total. She is also used to looking after her family’s home and her younger sister.
Enjoys various sports, cycling, walking and rollerblading, climbing, hiking and survival. A keen guitar player (five years) and has recently played in a band, enjoys music and reading.
Good level of fitness. 164 cm, 66 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions apart from some sensitivity when overexposed to the sun (can be managed easily). Non-smoker.
Full driving licence since July 2019. Minimal driving experience but particularly hopes for the opportunity to ride bikes and use machinery.
Average English as second language. A modest, focused and naturally hard-working character.
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Sophia, 19, German, Farm work beginner, Potential all-rounder assistant for general farm, inside outside or au pair work
Sophia Hehnen, 19, Female, German
POTENTIAL ALL-ROUNDER FOR GENERAL FARM, INSIDE OUTSIDE OR AU PAIR WORK
POSITIVE, FIT AND STRONGLY BUILT, GOOD WITH CHILDREN, USED TO STANDING UP FOR HERSELF
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 14/10/2019 for At least three months
Sophia is from the city of Cologne in Germany. She has completed high school and plans to study engineering and energy technology at university.
A farm work beginner, however, she has some basic experience from assisting on her grandparents farm in her childhood. A beginner level rider, she took riding lessons in her early childhood. Has always enjoyed practical work, being outdoors and with the animals. Keen to do more.
Volunteer work experience: in 2014 she completed two months internship as an animal keeper at Cologne zoo. From 2015-2019 she has volunteered for a homework tutoring and activities organisation for socially disadvantaged children, where she has gained certificates for her work with responsibility for up to 24 children.
Driving licence: one year, moderate experience with manual vehicles, basic experience of manual motorbikes.
She enjoys looking after children, having three younger siblings (3 brothers), does babysitting the other children in the neighbourhood in addition to her four years of homework tutoring. Good at basic cooking looking after herself and others especially younger children.
Sporty, she particularly enjoys wild water canoeing in locations around Europe and camping. Is fit and strong / powerful. 173 cm, 70 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker.
Outgoing, active, energetic and positive person. Enjoys working hard and experiencing different things from her city life. Also determined to qualify for a second VISA.
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Anne, 19, Netherlands, experienced intermediate rider, recent school leaver, seeking work with horses
Anne de Zeeuw, 19, Female, Netherlands
EXPERIENCED INTERMEDIATE RIDER, RECENT SCHOOL LEAVER, SEEKING WORK WITH HORSES
COMPETENT ALL-ROUNDER WITH DRESSAGE HORSES, YOUTH WAGE ELIGIBLE
KEEN TO EXPAND HER SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE INTO OTHER AREAS A HORSE WORK
SEEKS ANY PAID WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for 3 to 4 months
Anne is from Holland. She completed high school in 2019 and has qualified for university. She is not yet sure of her career plans.
Her motivation is to experience work with horses here in Australia and to use the experience as a platform to gain skills, experience, personal confidence and to explore the country in between jobs.
She is an experienced horse worker and intermediate to advanced level rider. She has attended riding school for 13 years, currently riding at least two times per week, focusing on dressage riding and has cared for a grooming share horse more than one year. Comfortable and familiar with grooming, feeding, tacking up and stable work.
Her work experience includes one year part-time hospitality work as a barista during school, proximally three days per week. She also completed one month full-time in the same role after leaving school.
Full driving licence, three years, confident driver.
Average fitness, 170 cm, 55 kg. Vegetarian diet, no medical conditions. Non-smoker.
Keen, assured character and willing worker, here to learn.
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Erin, 20, British, agricultural college student, farm girl and planning farming career
Erin Marshall, 20, Female, British
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE STUDENT, FARM GIRL AND PLANNING FARMING CAREER
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER FROM HER COLLEGE NEAR EDINBURGH FOR A FREE PLACE WITH VISITOZ
KEEN FOR ANY GENERAL FARM OR HORSE WORK
SEEKS ANY PAID WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Six months
Erin is from southern Scotland. She has won a scholarship from her agricultural college (SRUC, Scotland’s rural College) to join our program here in Australia. She has recently completed (July 2019) a diploma in agriculture with merit grades.
Her motivation is to try a whole load of new things related to agriculture, expand her skills with horses and agricultural work to develop her prospect and career interests.
She is from a farming area and has helped on friends’ farms with sheep (mostly), cattle and pigs from a young age. She has worked and volunteered at horse riding stables including basic husbandry, tacking up, mucking out and some riding. She has also helped with indoor Lambing for 1000 ewes (one month of 12 hour shifts) annually for the last four years, with emphasis on technical aspects of lambing, and has also worked as a harvest assistant working on a weigh bridge and driving tractors / forklifts around the farm.
Her agricultural course has included work with range of livestock. Much of her work experience has been with livestock but she has been involved with seasonal harvest work on arable enterprises and her experience now includes driving with tractors, (some little experience with trailers) forklifts and tele-handlers. She has also prepared animals for showing.
She has worked three years part time in a café and two years as a barmaid around her studies. She has a level V qualification in hospitality from her school and is confident in front of customers of all ages.
Full driving licence. Various low to medium grade use farm vehicles and machinery including John Deere, New Holland and Massey. Limited recreational use of quad bikes.
Full course riding lessons when younger, and work experience in a riding school. Beginner level rider. Basic practical experience of stable and yard work.
Along the way she has picked up basic practical skills of MiG welding, working with fences and rearing game birds with her father (pheasants) for sport. Enjoys beating for pheasant shooting, sea fishing with her father and brother. No problem getting your hands dirty loves being outside in the fresh air.
Good fitness for outdoors work, 164 cm, 64 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker. English as first language.
A keen and motivated student his positive attitude, interest and potential has been rewarded by her agricultural college.
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Ayla, 18, German, Recent school leaver, trainee nurse, plans to become a doctor, lots of experience working with children. Intermediate rider, Farm work beginner.
Ayla Schoenefuss, 18, Female, German
RECENT SCHOOL LEAVER, TRAINEE NURSE, PLANS TO BECOME A DOCTOR, LOTS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH CHILDREN. INTERMEDIATE HORSE RIDER, FARM WORK BEGINNER.
HOPES FOR WORK WITH HORSES, AND WILL ALSO SUIT INSIDE OUTSIDE, CHILDCARE, FAMILY SUPPORT, HOPSITALITY OR AU PAIR WORK SO LONG AS HORSES ARE INVOLVED IN SOME WAY
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Four months
Ayla is from Berlin in Germany. She recently completed high school and plans to attend university to study medicine and hopes to become a doctor. She has completed an internship as a nurse and a Berlin hospital working full-time five or six days per week.
An experienced horse rider. She owned a horse from age 6 to 12 and took riding lessons for 3 to 5 hours each day for the same period, which include stable and horse care duties. She gets involved with horses at every opportunity but living in Berlin this is not now so frequent. Her motivation for work in Australia is to work with horses once again as well as to develop her English for her professional career. Loves been around animals, hopes for work with horses and where possible for the opportunity to ride. Also keen for hospitality work.
Her work with children includes dance classes weekly for 3 months, swimming classes for children aged 3 to 10 for two years. Has a first aid certificate and has been a student paramedic high school. Also has lifeguard training. Regularly works with her nieces and has a lot of babysitting experience. Enjoys cooking and baking very much, as well as creative arts like painting and making jewellery.
Driving licence since February 2019. Moderate driving experience.
Average fitness, 171 cm, 60 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions apart from a nickel allergy. Non-smoker.
Average English as second language. Keen and willing, focus on using work opportunities to develop herself for her future.
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Alex, 22, American, city girl from New York and farm work beginner, various interesting work and volunteer experience Spanish speaker
Alex Bejarano-Benning, 22, Female, American
CITY GIRL FROM NEW YORK AND FARM WORK BEGINNER, OUTGOING AND ACTIVE WITH VARIOUS INTERESTING WORK AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE SPANISH SPEAKER
DETERMINED TO EXPERIENCE AND TRANSITION SUCCESSFULLY TO COUNTRY LIFE WITH PHYSICAL WORK
KEEN FOR ANY GENERAL FARM WORK, WILLING TO ADAPT ANY ROLE AND HOPES PART OF HER WORK TO INCLUDE HORSES OR OTHER LIVESTOCK. WILLING TO GET INVOLVED WITH EVERYTHING.
HOPES TO QUALIFY FOR SECOND VISA
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Three months
Alex is from New York in the USA. She is currently halfway through degree in global economics and trade which will finish in 2021. An education includes two years studying in Switzerland. Her motivation for work in Australia is to challenge herself, gain skills in new areas and experience something new.
Keen for any general farm work, willing to adapt any role and hopes part of her work to include horses or other livestock. Willing to get involved with everything.
Her work experience includes a hostess / waitress at a restaurant, communications and social media intern for a brand of peanut butter, and office management in turn for a youth social development organisation and an event manager. She has also worked building theatre sets and for a dementia care organisation, works as a volunteer for a food bank charity. She has also worked assisting staff in service and construction initiatives in Dominican Republic and Guatemala.
A novice to intermediate horse rider, she rode a little as a teenager which she really enjoyed. Comfortable and confident around horses, keen to learn. Normally a fast learner with physical and practical skills. Looking forward to learning to work with horses and to dealing with challenges along the way.
Full driving licence, basic experience of manual vehicles.
Good general fitness has taken part in martial arts for seven years. She walks 6 to 7 (approx. 10km per day) 155 cm, 75 kg stop normal diet, no medical considerations, non-smoker.
English as first language. Also speaks Spanish. An independent character used to standing on her own 2 feet. Cheerful and friendly, sociable outgoing girl.
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Hannah, 26, British, Horsewoman with racehorse experience, keen for any work with horses or general farm work which include horses
Hannah Pitcher, 26, Female, British
HORSEWOMAN WITH RACEHORSE EXPERIENCE,
KEEN FOR ANY WORK WITH HORSES OR GENERAL FARM WORK WHICH INCLUDE HORSES
PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE AND BEAUTY WORKER, ALSO WILLING TO WORK IN HOSPITALITY / BEAUTY / SPA INDUSTRY
Available from 21/10/2019 for Six months
Hannah is from the centre of the UK. She attended school and volunteered every Saturday in 2008 and 2009 at a horse racing yard / stables, and after leaving school she attended Northern racing College to learn about racehorse care and how to exercise the horses on the gallops. She was identified as talented in this field at the time.
She is an experienced horsewoman and has been riding since age 9 through to age 16/17. She has ridden less since then (only occasionally) but continues to have good experience with horses from her day-to-day experience of mucking out the horses, feeding, exercising and grooming as well as some recent recreational riding. She is very keen to get back into the racing industry as she feels she has more to do. She is also extremely keen to work with horses in any general farm work or stable setting.
She now works in the massage and beauty industry but hopes to join the Royal Air Force as a mechanical engineer. Her Plan B is to teach massage and beauty at a college.
Full driving licence (eight years)
Good level of fitness, strongly built. 152 cm, 86 kg. Has been training in preparation for arriving in Australia and working with horses. Normal diet, no medical conditions. (Had surgery on a broken ankle but is fully recovered and medically cleared for work). Non-smoker
English is first language, motivated by the prospect of change and the chance to rediscover her passion for working with horses.
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Michelle, 27, German, keen recreational horse rider with annual farm volunteer experience (horses and sheep)
Michelle Pierau, 27, Female, German
KEEN RECREATIONAL HORSE RIDER WITH ANNUAL FARM VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE (HORSES AND SHEEP)
MOTORBIKE OWNER, PROFESSIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
KEEN FOR ANY FARM WORK WITH HORSES, OR SIMPLY WORK WITH HORSES
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Up to 6 months
Michelle is from the countryside north of and work in North Germany. She completed an apprenticeship as an office communications clerk in 2013 and has been working as a human resources manager and advertising agency since then.
She has assisted on a family farm for at least one week every year as a volunteer. Duties include feeding, cleaning stables, bringing in sheep with a horse and help with lambing. She really enjoys farm life and especially working with horses. After seven years of office work she is keen to travel and experience something different and to follow up her love of farm and horse work.
Advanced level rider, has been around horses since age 2. She took riding lessons from early childhood and has been riding or attending a stable everyday for the last six years as a recreational hobby. Has ridden English and Western-style.
Full driving licence, nine years, drives at least 60 km per day. Experience of manual motorbike riding since 2016, owns a Kawasaki Ninja.
Good level of fitness, 175 cm, 63 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker. Positive, professional and well organised character, keen to challenge herself and experience something new and completely different.
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MALE
Max, 18, German, farm work beginner, intelligent, well organised
Max Lembcke, 18, Male, German
FARM WORK BEGINNER, INTELLIGENT, WELL ORGANISED
YOUTH WAGE ELIGIBLE
KEEN FOR ANY GENERAL FARM WORK ROLE, INTENDS TO EARN HIS SECOND VISA
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Up to 4 months
Max is from North Germany, close to Hamburg. He has completed high school and plans to study business administration at university before starting a career in the economic sector.
His best friend lives on a farm and he has spent a lot of time there helping to handle, feed and cull the cattle and pigs. He enjoys this a great deal and is keen to do more manual work before he starts his career. His sister used to own three horses, he has basic experience of handling and riding from several years ago. Used to gardening and helping at home, lawn mowing, trimming bushes etc.
His work experience has been part-time summer work delivering pizzas for dominos. Has basic cooking skills cooking for himself and occasionally for his family.
Full driving licence (one year) approximately 350 hours of driving experience. Confident driver. Basic experience of 150 cc dirt bike.
Keen football player for the last 11 years. Uses the gym several times each week. Also enjoys camping. Good stamina, fit and strong. 170 cm, 75 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker.
Average English as second language. Keen, intelligent, well organised character.
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Merlin, 28, German, qualified roofer, experienced farm, horse and crop machinery worker
Merlin Vosen, 28, Male, German
QUALIFIED ROOFER, EXPERIENCED FARM, HORSE AND CROP MACHINERY WORKER
WIDE RANGE OF SKILLS WITH VEHICLES
KEEN FOR ANY GENERAL FARM WORK ROLE
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Three months or more
Merlin is from the western side of Germany. He completed an apprenticeship as a roofer and has since worked full-time as a roofer working in roofing and other construction companies.
He has also worked as a foreman on a farm for two years (2016-18) looking after 90 ha of land and 60 horses, typically approximately 60 hours per week. In this role and throughout his life he has developed skills and all-rounder including day-to-day routine care and feeding tasks and use of machinery, cutting straw, hay, transporting harvest or bales and preparing the soil between seasons. As a child (from age 11) he spent a lot of his spare time volunteering and helping on his friend’s farm.
The horse care aspect of this work involved looking after customers horses, bringing them in and out, cleaning stables, feeding, doing basic treatments such as wound disinfection, colic prevention and cleaning hooves. He also learnt arrive between ages 5 to 11. His mother taught him how to make contact with horses at that time and he has a good feeling for them.
Machinery used included tractors, trucks, quads, dirt bikes, front loaders, and lesser experience on excavators, wheel loaders. A quick learner with machinery. Good basic mechanical skills, he has restored a 28 year old Mercedes and spends a lot of time helping a friend in a garage, just for fun. Basic welding skill. Frequent use of chainsaws, lots of gardening and landscaping experience.
He currently works as a sales and development manager for a worldwide company; however his career plan is to return to agriculture and to work with livestock or horses
full driving licence (10 years). Experienced and competent driver in a range of vehicles. Frequent use of trailers on a wide range of vehicles. Experience on dirt bikes and quad bikes in farm and recreational settings.
Very good fitness, 186 cm, 73 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker. Enjoys wild camping, loves being out in nature. Good English as second language.
A complete enthusiast for outdoor work, farming and livestock. Likely to be a very good all-rounder looking forward to getting his hands dirty and planning his route back to work in agriculture.
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Dennis, 25, Danish, Part trained mechanic and certified BMW parts adviser. Farm work beginner keen for 2nd visa farm role
Dennis Munch, 25, Male, Danish
PART TRAINED MECHANIC AND CERTIFIED BMW PARTS ADVISER. KEEN FOR ANY FARM ROLE THAT QUALIFIES FOR SECOND VISA
WILLING TO APPLY HIMSELF TO ANY GENERAL FARM WORK ROLE, HOPES TO GET INVOLVED WITH EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Three months minimum
Dennis is from Denmark. He heard of our programme from a recent participant. He has completed high school, trained for one year as a mechanic and then attended business Academy for two years. His work experience includes two years as a mechanic / part controller for a Volkswagen dealership (including specialised training) and then for the last four years for his local BMW dealership supporting the spare parts function for workshop and body shop repairs and looking after the online BMW shop for Denmark. All these roles involved sales skills.
Full driving licence (seven years), a competent driver. A keen basic to intermediate level mechanic, (medium to advanced hobby level) he has always done the maintenance on his own vehicles and those are family and friends. He has self-built in 1992 BMW tractor enjoys maintaining and race driving. Looking forward to learning to operate tractors and farm machines. A little experience of motorbikes.
Very good fitness, works out of the gym four or five times per week. 186 cm, 90 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker.
Average English as second language.
An extrovert character, happy positive and motivated. Well organised and professional mindset. Looking to challenge himself and gain new skills and experiences.
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Max Lembcke, 18, Male, German
FARM WORK BEGINNER, INTELLIGENT, WELL ORGANISED
YOUTH WAGE ELIGIBLE
KEEN FOR ANY GENERAL FARM WORK ROLE, INTENDS TO EARN HIS SECOND VISA
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Up to 4 months
Max is from North Germany, close to Hamburg. He has completed high school and plans to study business administration at university before starting a career in the economic sector.
His best friend lives on a farm and he has spent a lot of time there helping to handle, feed and cull the cattle and pigs. He enjoys this a great deal and is keen to do more manual work before he starts his career. His sister used to own three horses, he has basic experience of handling and riding from several years ago. Used to gardening and helping at home, lawn mowing, trimming bushes etc.
His work experience has been part-time summer work delivering pizzas for dominos. Has basic cooking skills cooking for himself and occasionally for his family.
Full driving licence (one year) approximately 350 hours of driving experience. Confident driver. Basic experience of 150 cc dirt bike.
Keen football player for the last 11 years. Uses the gym several times each week. Also enjoys camping. Good stamina, fit and strong. 170 cm, 75 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker.
Average English as second language. Keen, intelligent, well organised character.
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Merlin, 28, German, qualified roofer, experienced farm, horse and crop machinery worker
Merlin Vosen, 28, Male, German
QUALIFIED ROOFER, EXPERIENCED FARM, HORSE AND CROP MACHINERY WORKER
WIDE RANGE OF SKILLS WITH VEHICLES
KEEN FOR ANY GENERAL FARM WORK ROLE
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Three months or more
Merlin is from the western side of Germany. He completed an apprenticeship as a roofer and has since worked full-time as a roofer working in roofing and other construction companies.
He has also worked as a foreman on a farm for two years (2016-18) looking after 90 ha of land and 60 horses, typically approximately 60 hours per week. In this role and throughout his life he has developed skills and all-rounder including day-to-day routine care and feeding tasks and use of machinery, cutting straw, hay, transporting harvest or bales and preparing the soil between seasons. As a child (from age 11) he spent a lot of his spare time volunteering and helping on his friend’s farm.
The horse care aspect of this work involved looking after customers horses, bringing them in and out, cleaning stables, feeding, doing basic treatments such as wound disinfection, colic prevention and cleaning hooves. He also learnt arrive between ages 5 to 11. His mother taught him how to make contact with horses at that time and he has a good feeling for them.
Machinery used included tractors, trucks, quads, dirt bikes, front loaders, and lesser experience on excavators, wheel loaders. A quick learner with machinery. Good basic mechanical skills, he has restored a 28 year old Mercedes and spends a lot of time helping a friend in a garage, just for fun. Basic welding skill. Frequent use of chainsaws, lots of gardening and landscaping experience.
He currently works as a sales and development manager for a worldwide company; however his career plan is to return to agriculture and to work with livestock or horses
full driving licence (10 years). Experienced and competent driver in a range of vehicles. Frequent use of trailers on a wide range of vehicles. Experience on dirt bikes and quad bikes in farm and recreational settings.
Very good fitness, 186 cm, 73 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker. Enjoys wild camping, loves being out in nature. Good English as second language.
A complete enthusiast for outdoor work, farming and livestock. Likely to be a very good all-rounder looking forward to getting his hands dirty and planning his route back to work in agriculture.
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Dennis, 25, Danish, Part trained mechanic and certified BMW parts adviser. Farm work beginner keen for 2nd visa farm role
Dennis Munch, 25, Male, Danish
PART TRAINED MECHANIC AND CERTIFIED BMW PARTS ADVISER. KEEN FOR ANY FARM ROLE THAT QUALIFIES FOR SECOND VISA
WILLING TO APPLY HIMSELF TO ANY GENERAL FARM WORK ROLE, HOPES TO GET INVOLVED WITH EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Three months minimum
Dennis is from Denmark. He heard of our programme from a recent participant. He has completed high school, trained for one year as a mechanic and then attended business Academy for two years. His work experience includes two years as a mechanic / part controller for a Volkswagen dealership (including specialised training) and then for the last four years for his local BMW dealership supporting the spare parts function for workshop and body shop repairs and looking after the online BMW shop for Denmark. All these roles involved sales skills.
Full driving licence (seven years), a competent driver. A keen basic to intermediate level mechanic, (medium to advanced hobby level) he has always done the maintenance on his own vehicles and those are family and friends. He has self-built in 1992 BMW tractor enjoys maintaining and race driving. Looking forward to learning to operate tractors and farm machines. A little experience of motorbikes.
Very good fitness, works out of the gym four or five times per week. 186 cm, 90 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker.
Average English as second language.
An extrovert character, happy positive and motivated. Well organised and professional mindset. Looking to challenge himself and gain new skills and experiences.
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2 SKILLED MACHINERY OPERATORS (PAIR OF FRIENDS)
Mike, 23, Danish, career farmer specialising in plant breeding, extensive tractor, machinery skills including harvesters
Mike Jensen, 23, Male, Danish
CAREER FARMER SPECIALISING IN PLANT BREEDING, EXTENSIVE TRACTOR, MACHINERY SKILLS INCLUDING HARVESTERS
KEEN FOR ANY FARM WORK INVOLVING MACHINERY, HOPES TO WORK ON LARGE SCALE MACHINES
HOPES TO WORK WITH HIS FRIEND RASMUS, BUT HAPPY TO SEPARATE IF REQUIRED
SEEKS ANY PAID WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Up to 6 months
Mike is from Denmark. He is a career farmer specialising in plant breeding education. He attended agricultural College in 2012-16 building up specialised knowledge in plant breeding. He is travelling with his friend Rasmus and ideally, they hope to work together.
His motivation for work in Australia is to broaden his skills and experience to help become a better farmer. She also hopes to improve his English. Very keen to work with large scale machinery wherever possible.
He has been working in agriculture for eight years (since age 15). The last three years he has been employed as a machinist and handyman, and more recently as a general machinery operator on a thousand hectare farm. Much of his experience involved spraying and various ploughing and excavation machines.
The last 1.5 years he has also been working as a contractor harvesting, ploughing, harrowing, sowing, operating combine harvesters in a wide range of other machinery -related tasks.
In 2013 to 17 he worked as an agricultural driver of a range of farm vehicles, and in 2013 as an agricultural machinery engineer.
Full driving licence. Experienced tractor driver with experience of a wide range of implements including sprayers, various ground preparation equipment and excavators. Lots of experience with modern machinery, repair and maintenance. All-round practical skills and good references from his employers. Enjoys mechanical work in his spare time. Competent on dirt bikes and quad bikes. As additional practical skills with welding, mechanical work, basic construction and chainsaw.
Fit and used to work outdoors and riding machines, especially with long hours. 178 cm, 83 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker.
Average English as second language. An energetic young man, keen sense of humour and enjoys working and engaging with others. A fun member of a team.
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Rasmus, 23, Danish, experienced machinery operator including excavators, dozers, trenchers, a range of tractors and various farm related implements.
Rasmus Ibsen, 23, Male, Danish
EXPERIENCED MACHINERY OPERATOR INCLUDING EXCAVATORS, DOZERS, TRENCHERS, A RANGE OF TRACTORS AND VARIOUS FARM RELATED IMPLEMENTS.
SEEKING TRACTOR, MACHINERY AND HARVEST WORK, IDEALLY ON LARGER PROPERTIES AND LARGER MACHINES
HOPES FOR WORK WITH HIS FRIEND MIKE
SEEKS ANY PAID WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Up to 6 months
Rasmus is from Denmark. He is trained as a car mechanic worked for 4 ½ years as a mechanic. He has worked on farms since a child and grew up on a small farm. He has worked much of his time in the construction industry and was has become very experience with a range of construction and farm -related machinery. An experienced farmhand and machinery operator and is travelling with his friend Mike, also an experienced farmer and machinery operator.
His aim is to find new challenges and learn new skills with machinery, as well as to develop it English so he can extend his career with machinery operation back in Denmark
Full driving licence. He has a wide range of tractor and machinery experience. With tractors his experience covers case, John Deere, new Holland, Fendt, Valtra and Mitsubishi. Experience of other machinery and implements includes harvesters, mowers, ploughing, harrowing and seeding. He also has good experience of excavators from 500 kg up to 56 tons. CatD5 dozer, Liebherr 736 and 566, JCB trencher, rubberised Volvo 110 – 180. Competent on manual motorbikes (used to ride motocross) and quad bikes.
An experienced mechanic good at fixing machines motors. Also used to using chainsaws and other power tools.
Fit, used to outdoor and labouring work and uses the gym occasionally 187 cm, 86 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker.
Basic English as second language. Cheerful outgoing character, switched on, engaged and with a good sense of humour.
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Mike Jensen, 23, Male, Danish
CAREER FARMER SPECIALISING IN PLANT BREEDING, EXTENSIVE TRACTOR, MACHINERY SKILLS INCLUDING HARVESTERS
KEEN FOR ANY FARM WORK INVOLVING MACHINERY, HOPES TO WORK ON LARGE SCALE MACHINES
HOPES TO WORK WITH HIS FRIEND RASMUS, BUT HAPPY TO SEPARATE IF REQUIRED
SEEKS ANY PAID WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Up to 6 months
Mike is from Denmark. He is a career farmer specialising in plant breeding education. He attended agricultural College in 2012-16 building up specialised knowledge in plant breeding. He is travelling with his friend Rasmus and ideally, they hope to work together.
His motivation for work in Australia is to broaden his skills and experience to help become a better farmer. She also hopes to improve his English. Very keen to work with large scale machinery wherever possible.
He has been working in agriculture for eight years (since age 15). The last three years he has been employed as a machinist and handyman, and more recently as a general machinery operator on a thousand hectare farm. Much of his experience involved spraying and various ploughing and excavation machines.
The last 1.5 years he has also been working as a contractor harvesting, ploughing, harrowing, sowing, operating combine harvesters in a wide range of other machinery -related tasks.
In 2013 to 17 he worked as an agricultural driver of a range of farm vehicles, and in 2013 as an agricultural machinery engineer.
Full driving licence. Experienced tractor driver with experience of a wide range of implements including sprayers, various ground preparation equipment and excavators. Lots of experience with modern machinery, repair and maintenance. All-round practical skills and good references from his employers. Enjoys mechanical work in his spare time. Competent on dirt bikes and quad bikes. As additional practical skills with welding, mechanical work, basic construction and chainsaw.
Fit and used to work outdoors and riding machines, especially with long hours. 178 cm, 83 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker.
Average English as second language. An energetic young man, keen sense of humour and enjoys working and engaging with others. A fun member of a team.
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Rasmus, 23, Danish, experienced machinery operator including excavators, dozers, trenchers, a range of tractors and various farm related implements.
Rasmus Ibsen, 23, Male, Danish
EXPERIENCED MACHINERY OPERATOR INCLUDING EXCAVATORS, DOZERS, TRENCHERS, A RANGE OF TRACTORS AND VARIOUS FARM RELATED IMPLEMENTS.
SEEKING TRACTOR, MACHINERY AND HARVEST WORK, IDEALLY ON LARGER PROPERTIES AND LARGER MACHINES
HOPES FOR WORK WITH HIS FRIEND MIKE
SEEKS ANY PAID WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Up to 6 months
Rasmus is from Denmark. He is trained as a car mechanic worked for 4 ½ years as a mechanic. He has worked on farms since a child and grew up on a small farm. He has worked much of his time in the construction industry and was has become very experience with a range of construction and farm -related machinery. An experienced farmhand and machinery operator and is travelling with his friend Mike, also an experienced farmer and machinery operator.
His aim is to find new challenges and learn new skills with machinery, as well as to develop it English so he can extend his career with machinery operation back in Denmark
Full driving licence. He has a wide range of tractor and machinery experience. With tractors his experience covers case, John Deere, new Holland, Fendt, Valtra and Mitsubishi. Experience of other machinery and implements includes harvesters, mowers, ploughing, harrowing and seeding. He also has good experience of excavators from 500 kg up to 56 tons. CatD5 dozer, Liebherr 736 and 566, JCB trencher, rubberised Volvo 110 – 180. Competent on manual motorbikes (used to ride motocross) and quad bikes.
An experienced mechanic good at fixing machines motors. Also used to using chainsaws and other power tools.
Fit, used to outdoor and labouring work and uses the gym occasionally 187 cm, 86 kg. Normal diet, no medical conditions, non-smoker.
Basic English as second language. Cheerful outgoing character, switched on, engaged and with a good sense of humour.
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EXCELLENT SKILLED YOUNG FARMER COUPLE
Sam, 26, British, Experienced mixed farm hand with dairy, grassland, arable and equine experience
Sam Dennis, 26, Male, British
EXPERIENCED MIXED FARM HAND WITH DAIRY, GRASSLAND, ARABLE AND EQUINE EXPERIENCE
KEEN FOR ANY GENERAL FARM ROLE, IDEALLY ON A MIXED FARM WITH CATTLE
HOPES TO WORK WITH HIS PARTNER CHLOE WILKINS
Available from 21/10/2019 for Three months initially
Sam is from a mixed farm in southern England. Most of his workplace experience is agriculture in the last 10 years. This includes six years of dairy experience as second milker and main TMR feeder. This has included general herding, calving and calf rearing. He has 10 years’ experience of grassland cultivation and management including mowing, raking, round and square baling, three years arable farm experience including stubble cultivation and haulage work, and two years equine experience including general care and handling thoroughbreds. Also has more than five years’ experience of fencing of all types including electric, barbed and post-and rail. Has recently completed a cattle medicines course.
His future plans are to expand his knowledge of cattle and to develop his own suckler herd and to progress to become a hands on farm manager. Here in Australia his aim is to gain more skill and knowledge of farm practices and methods and apply these to his career in UK. His secondary aim is to gain arable experience of drilling, combining and spraying.
Significant amount of tractor experience including trailer work and lots of 6 metre + tele-handlers. Typically up to 250 hp, front end loaders and all haymaking equipment. Lots of recreational and work-related quad bike use. Basic workshop skills which she is keen to develop. Also some experience of concreting.
A beginner horse rider but he has worked on a study yard for two years, assisting with foaling, caring for brood mares and foals and starting early foal training.
Full driving licence (seven years). Confident and accomplished driver
176 cm, 65 kg. Good fitness from manual work, normal diet, no medical conditions apart from being a type I diabetic (controlled and self-managed, he injects insulin which requires refrigeration). Non-smoker.
A down-to-earth hard worker with career farming aspirations.
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Chloe, 21, British, experienced farm girl with a wide range of general farm and mixed farm experience
Chloe Wilkins, 21, Female, British
EXPERIENCED FARM GIRL WITH A WIDE RANGE OF GENERAL FARM AND MIXED FARM EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCED HORSE RIDER AND STABLE WORKER, VERY GOOD MACHINERY EXPERIENCE
KEEN FOR GENERAL MIXED FARM WORK
HOPES TO WORK WITH HER PARTNER SAM
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Three months initially
Chloe is from an arable farm in south-west England. She has worked with horses her entire life, training them including riding and groundwork as well as general care. This includes stud work in study yards working with brood mares and foals, foaling down and working on early stages of foal training. She is also worked on a dairy farm looking five nights per week and working through the calving season. She has grown up on an arable farm and has driven tractors and other machinery frequently. She still currently works in horse yards and on a dairy farm. Her career goal is to run a small equestrian centre competing her own dressage horses and owning and producing from her own heard of rare breed beef cattle.
Her motivation is to expand her knowledge with rearing of beef cattle, and to develop her experience of riding and horse care, especially training. Hopes to work the horseback mustering season if possible
She has owned a horse since age 4 and is familiar with all aspects of horse care and riding including dealing with injuries and ground training methods such as lungeing and working under the saddle.
Her experience includes work with racehorses, riding school, event horses, dressage, young horses, broodmares, groundwork, general manual labour and riding, as well as assisting with children’s lessons.
She has also worked with bred game birds including hatching, fencing, feeding and releasing.
She has gained additional specialised experience working with a vet learning to deal with injuries, injections and some assistance to operations, blacksmith and basic farrier work.
She has completed an apprenticeship in horse care and a further apprenticeship to gain her HGV (heavy goods vehicle licence).
Full driving licence (three years), good experience of farm machinery including moving muck heaps, loading and unloading bales, mowing grass, baling, corn carting during harvest, fencing off about horses and cattle and general yard work on a variety of farms. Has her full HGV licence, competent with tractor and trailer on road and farm for many years, and with trucks and trailers on the farm. Used to operating a range of machinery and small farm machinery such as loaders and quad bikes. 100+ hours of work related quad bike use.
Has studied photography and art for four years. Passionately interested in photography and capturing animals and landscapes. Some experience of babysitting the children under age 8.
Average to good work related fitness. Strong. 170 cm, 70 kg. Gluten free diet, no medical conditions apart from Coeliac disease (intolerant to wheat and barley). Broke her back in a horse fall but now fully recovered. Non-smoker
English is first language, hard-working, loyal, friendly and easy to get along with. Good working attitude.
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Sam Dennis, 26, Male, British
EXPERIENCED MIXED FARM HAND WITH DAIRY, GRASSLAND, ARABLE AND EQUINE EXPERIENCE
KEEN FOR ANY GENERAL FARM ROLE, IDEALLY ON A MIXED FARM WITH CATTLE
HOPES TO WORK WITH HIS PARTNER CHLOE WILKINS
Available from 21/10/2019 for Three months initially
Sam is from a mixed farm in southern England. Most of his workplace experience is agriculture in the last 10 years. This includes six years of dairy experience as second milker and main TMR feeder. This has included general herding, calving and calf rearing. He has 10 years’ experience of grassland cultivation and management including mowing, raking, round and square baling, three years arable farm experience including stubble cultivation and haulage work, and two years equine experience including general care and handling thoroughbreds. Also has more than five years’ experience of fencing of all types including electric, barbed and post-and rail. Has recently completed a cattle medicines course.
His future plans are to expand his knowledge of cattle and to develop his own suckler herd and to progress to become a hands on farm manager. Here in Australia his aim is to gain more skill and knowledge of farm practices and methods and apply these to his career in UK. His secondary aim is to gain arable experience of drilling, combining and spraying.
Significant amount of tractor experience including trailer work and lots of 6 metre + tele-handlers. Typically up to 250 hp, front end loaders and all haymaking equipment. Lots of recreational and work-related quad bike use. Basic workshop skills which she is keen to develop. Also some experience of concreting.
A beginner horse rider but he has worked on a study yard for two years, assisting with foaling, caring for brood mares and foals and starting early foal training.
Full driving licence (seven years). Confident and accomplished driver
176 cm, 65 kg. Good fitness from manual work, normal diet, no medical conditions apart from being a type I diabetic (controlled and self-managed, he injects insulin which requires refrigeration). Non-smoker.
A down-to-earth hard worker with career farming aspirations.
Please contact 0499 686155 or email jobs@visitoz.org
Chloe, 21, British, experienced farm girl with a wide range of general farm and mixed farm experience
Chloe Wilkins, 21, Female, British
EXPERIENCED FARM GIRL WITH A WIDE RANGE OF GENERAL FARM AND MIXED FARM EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCED HORSE RIDER AND STABLE WORKER, VERY GOOD MACHINERY EXPERIENCE
KEEN FOR GENERAL MIXED FARM WORK
HOPES TO WORK WITH HER PARTNER SAM
SEEKS PAID 2ND VISA QUALIFYING WORK
Available from 21/10/2019 for Three months initially
Chloe is from an arable farm in south-west England. She has worked with horses her entire life, training them including riding and groundwork as well as general care. This includes stud work in study yards working with brood mares and foals, foaling down and working on early stages of foal training. She is also worked on a dairy farm looking five nights per week and working through the calving season. She has grown up on an arable farm and has driven tractors and other machinery frequently. She still currently works in horse yards and on a dairy farm. Her career goal is to run a small equestrian centre competing her own dressage horses and owning and producing from her own heard of rare breed beef cattle.
Her motivation is to expand her knowledge with rearing of beef cattle, and to develop her experience of riding and horse care, especially training. Hopes to work the horseback mustering season if possible
She has owned a horse since age 4 and is familiar with all aspects of horse care and riding including dealing with injuries and ground training methods such as lungeing and working under the saddle.
Her experience includes work with racehorses, riding school, event horses, dressage, young horses, broodmares, groundwork, general manual labour and riding, as well as assisting with children’s lessons.
She has also worked with bred game birds including hatching, fencing, feeding and releasing.
She has gained additional specialised experience working with a vet learning to deal with injuries, injections and some assistance to operations, blacksmith and basic farrier work.
She has completed an apprenticeship in horse care and a further apprenticeship to gain her HGV (heavy goods vehicle licence).
Full driving licence (three years), good experience of farm machinery including moving muck heaps, loading and unloading bales, mowing grass, baling, corn carting during harvest, fencing off about horses and cattle and general yard work on a variety of farms. Has her full HGV licence, competent with tractor and trailer on road and farm for many years, and with trucks and trailers on the farm. Used to operating a range of machinery and small farm machinery such as loaders and quad bikes. 100+ hours of work related quad bike use.
Has studied photography and art for four years. Passionately interested in photography and capturing animals and landscapes. Some experience of babysitting the children under age 8.
Average to good work related fitness. Strong. 170 cm, 70 kg. Gluten free diet, no medical conditions apart from Coeliac disease (intolerant to wheat and barley). Broke her back in a horse fall but now fully recovered. Non-smoker
English is first language, hard-working, loyal, friendly and easy to get along with. Good working attitude.
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