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Farm Hands – Henderson Farm (Hopeland, WA 6125)
• Are you a hard worker with experience in agriculture?
• Trying to find a casual, part time or full-time opportunity near Hopeland, WA 6125?
• Are you on a visa looking for employment?
• Looking to learn on the job? Undertake further study?
• Do you want to work for a company that is willing to invest in you?
Grow your career with ProTen….
About the role
We are looking for Farm Hands to join our teams in current vacancies on our Henderson Farm (Hopeland, WA 6125). You will be working alongside managers with day-to-day work on the poultry farms. With the scope to progress into future management roles. Duties will include but not limited to:
• Working as part of an effective and efficient team, including following direction from farm manager and assistant farm manager
• Working with livestock daily and making sure bird health and wellbeing is excellent.
• Daily shed routine checks, record keeping, grounds maintenance
• Completing minor repairs, reporting repairs to be made.
• Making sure company policies and biosecurity measures are followed at all times.
About Us
ProTen is Australia's largest corporate meat chicken grower, setting the standard in broiler farm operations and development. With over 720 poultry sheds across 62+ broiler farms strategically located in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, and Queensland, ProTen is at the forefront of the industry. Our farms have the capacity to produce over 174 million broiler chickens annually, contributing approximately 25% of Australia's total broiler chicken production.
At ProTen, we are driven by a simple but powerful mission - "We grow the chickens”. Our role is much more than just producing food—it's about contributing to the health and well-being of every Australian. We are dedicated to helping our customers ensure that all Australians have access to an affordable, sustainable, healthy, and complete diet.
This mission is something we take to heart, and it's why we are committed to caring for our people, our communities, our animals, and the land we work on. It’s not just what we do, it’s who we are. Which is underpinned by our core values of “Teamwork, Professional, Communication, Caring and Curious”.
ProTen's aim is to be the market leader in the design, construction, and operation of broiler chicken farms in Australia. ProTen attributes a great deal of its past success to the adoption and implementation of a continuous improvement culture that encourages employees and other stakeholders to share new ideas and improved practices.
About you
As this is an entry level role, previous experience with Poultry Farming is not essential, but would be highly regarded. You are efficient, with excellent attention to detail and a can do attitude. You are a proven self-starter who is able to work well in a small team.
The successful applicant must have the right to work in Australia and be willing to work hard, in a safe manner. You must be physically fit and able to do the role. This will include undergoing a pre employment functional assessment (incl Drug & Alcohol testing) during the recruitment process.
What can we offer:
If this sounds like you and you’d love to join our team – APPLY NOW!
Please note - due to quarantine restrictions we are unable to accept applications from people who regularly come into contact with pigs or birds (including owning at your residence) OR; have anyone living in the same residence as you, work in other poultry or pig operations.
