Job Description & General Information
General Station Hand / Handy Person / Water Maintenance
This position will first and fore-mostly be responsible for the water and lick maintenance of the cattle stations.
This position will then secondly include the general station hand job description.
Maintenance and service of 
Water tanks and troughs, keeping them clean and full at all times.
Motors and generators, recording oil changes.
Submersible pumps, and generators.
Identify delivery of water in liters per second.
Checking holding paddocks and traps are in good order.
Water vehicle, manitou and four wheeler.
Feed out and record any supplementary cattle lick used and needed.
Identifying and report the conditions of cattle and grass per paddock.
Recording rainfall and maintain rain gauges throughout station.
Collecting dung samples to send for faecal sampling when needed.
Skills required for this position
Below are some of the work place jobs and skills that are required for the position as a General station hand / Stockperson.
Cattle handling and mustering on both horse & motorbikes.
Branding.
Fencing construction and maintenance.
Water construction and maintenance.
Machinery maintenance.
Truck driving.
Welding.
Feeding Lick supplement to the cattle herd and
other associated rural cattle station duties.
Please fill out the Rural Application Form located on the Jobs at May Downs station web page Application form at Jobs Page on our web.
Interviews can not be arranged unless this form is completed.
May Downs Rules
1. Turn up fit for work
2. If an issue arises call a meeting.
•If spoken in the meeting it’s constructive
•If spoken in the paddock it’s destructive.
3. Cattle must have a drink and feed every day.
4. We are to look after the land, animals & people.
5. Don’t go out & muster a paddock.
•Go out and handle cattle correctly
•Block up
•Hold
•Move cattle straight off pressure
•Never let cattle go without blocking them up.
6. Notice to be given at breakfast if you’re not staying for dinner.
