Gabby Macdonald
Summary
Hi, I am Gabby a 21 year old from Australia. I have a huge passion for agriculture, (particularly cattle and horses), and I intend on pursuing a long term career in the industry. I have a few years of experience under my belt so far, and am focused on learning and gaining as much experience as I can. I am looking for work over the rest of the winter, into early spring, as my canadian work visa expires in early April 2025. However, if I find a property that is the right fit for me, I would like to apply for another visa and stay throughout the summer and fall! I am a reliable and hard worker who is looking to improve on, and gain skills. I have videos of me riding, if you are interested I can pass them along. I also have references of all of my past employers, who's phone numbers or emails I am happy to supply you upon request!
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Livestock Hand
Banongill South Pastoral Company
Vite Vite, VIC
03.2024 - 10.2024
- Banongill South is a mixed operation focusing on cropping, beef, lamb, and wool production. My main duties here were assisting with lambing and calving, performing routine checks on livestock on my own to monitor health, grazing quality, water availability, and any other issues that may arise.
- Processing both sheep and cattle through the yards to drench, vaccinate, brand, draft, etc.
- Mustering using horses or Polaris buggies, while implementing low stress stock handling techniques.
Kitchen Hand
Crawford catering
Ballarat, Vic
02.2024 - 03.2024
- After returning from Canada, I did some short seasonal work, helping in catering kitchens to feed firefighters during our summer bushfires.
- Being involved in the kitchen, I had to work cohesively with other people.
- Maintain a clean and safe work environment.
- Maintain effective time management and punctuality.
Stable Hand
CD Quarter horses
Swift Current , Saskatchewan, CA
11.2023 - 12.2023
- CD Quarter Horses is a Quarter Horse stud focusing on reining.. I worked here temporarily before I left Canada to come back home to Aus.
- My main duties included mixing individual feeds for horses, blanketing, grooming and turning out daily, cleaning stalls and barn, loping horses for warm up/cool down, lunging for exercise, monitoring health and condition and tacking up.
Ranch Hand
Chilancoh Ranch
Redstone, BC, CA
04.2023 - 11.2023
- Chilancoh Ranch is a cattle ranch located in Redstone, BC.
- My main duties at Chilancoh were monitoring, moving and mustering both heifers and cow/calf pairs, predominantly on horseback and occasionally quad.
- Cattle were grazed in large areas, which often involved long days in the saddle locating cattle, assessing grazing quality and moving if needed
- Also the maintenance of log, barb and electric fences
- building temporary yards to muster cattle to on range and truck from.
Station Hand
Wave Hill Station
Kalkarindji, Northern Territory, Aus
03.2022 - 04.2023
- Wave Hill is a large-scale cattle station located in Northern Australia, running predominantly Brahman cattle.
- My main duty at Wave was mustering large paddocks on horseback with a crew of 8-12 people'
- safe handling of feral cattle using low stress stock handling techniques
- processing cattle through the yards to draft, vaccinate and brand
- maintaining barbed fences
- installing troughs
- operating machinery such as telehandler, 4 wheel drives, small trucks, ute and trailer
Farm Hand
Alnor dairy
Learmonth, Victoria, Aus
01.2021 - 03.2022
- Alnor is a dairy farm located in Learmonth, VIC.
- My role here was predominantly feeding calves, as well as milking, and mustering cattle using horses and quad bikes when necessary.
- I would feed and monitor calves daily, keeping clean water, plenty of feed, and clean pens to reduce the risk of illness.
- Identify and monitor illnesses, and administer medication when necessary.
- Monitor the condition of calves and pregnant or lactating cows to ensure all are well-nourished and sound.
- Keep birthing, illness, treatment, and stock rotation records.
- Assist with general farm chores such as feeding hay, fencing, monitoring irrigation etc.
Education
Certificate II of Agriculture - Agriculture
Charles Darwin UNiversity
Katherine, NT11-2022
High School Diploma -
Loreto College Ballarat
Ballarat, VIC12-2021
Skills
- Trustworthy to work alone but also enjoys working in a team
- Confident rider (with lots left to learn!), comfortable with tricky cattle or in rough terrain
- Low stress handling of cattle while mustering or processing in yards
- competent in all aspects of branding (vaccinating, tagging, hot brand, castration with knife or rings)
- Manual license, confident towing trailers and driving off road
- Easy going and able to adapt to changes in plan or situations
- Physically fit with no injuries or illness, happy doing manual labour and working long days
Timeline
Livestock Hand
Banongill South Pastoral Company
03.2024 - 10.2024
Kitchen Hand
Crawford catering
02.2024 - 03.2024
Stable Hand
CD Quarter horses
11.2023 - 12.2023
Ranch Hand
Chilancoh Ranch
04.2023 - 11.2023
Station Hand
Wave Hill Station
03.2022 - 04.2023
Farm Hand
Alnor dairy
01.2021 - 03.2022
Certificate II of Agriculture - Agriculture
Charles Darwin UNiversity
High School Diploma -
Loreto College Ballarat
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