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Beef Cattle Farmer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what beef cattle farmers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most beef cattle farmers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Beef cattle farmer with experience across breeding, pasture management and herd health on commercial grazing properties. Comfortable handling cattle low-stress, keeping NLIS records accurate and managing the budget and labour side of a farm. Works well in a small team and stays calm under pressure during calving, mustering and sale periods.
Key skills
- Animal care and handling
- Operations management
- Plant and equipment operation
- Worksite safety management
- Inventory management
- Budgeting and forecasting
- AgriWebb
- MaiaGrazing
- NLIS database
- Xero
- FarmMap4D
- Physical stamina and dexterity
Experience: example bullet points
- Managed grazing rotations and pasture upkeep to improve ground cover and reduce reliance on supplementary feed.
- Monitored herd health, treated injuries and diseases, and maintained vaccination and drenching schedules.
- Oversaw mustering, branding, tagging and transport of cattle, keeping NLIS records accurate for every movement.
- Maintained fences, water systems and cattle yards, reducing downtime from broken infrastructure.
- Managed farm budget and stock inventory using Xero and AgriWebb, tracking costs and forecasts.
- Operated tractors, utes and quad bikes safely, following worksite safety procedures.
Education
Year 12 or equivalent, with a Certificate III in Agriculture (Beef Cattle Production) or relevant on-farm experience.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- NLIS
- Property Identification Code
- PIC
- Livestock Production Assurance
- LPA
- AgriWebb
- MaiaGrazing
- FarmMap4D
- Xero
- beef cattle
- herd health
- pasture management
- grazing rotation
- mustering
- animal welfare
- biosecurity
- worksite safety
- quad bike
- cattle handling
- NLIS database
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.