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Sheep Farmer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what sheep 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 sheep farmers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Sheep farmer with hands-on experience running breeding flocks and finishing lambs on pasture. Skilled in animal health, wool classing and pasture management, with a practical approach to machinery, fencing and record keeping. Comfortable working across seasonal demands and using farm software to track flock performance and budgets.
Key skills
- Animal care and handling
- Breeding program management
- Pasture and grazing management
- Wool classing and preparation
- Plant and equipment operation
- Fencing and water infrastructure maintenance
- Farm budgeting and forecasting
- Regulatory compliance and biosecurity
- Inventory and feed management
- AgriWebb
- NLIS database
- Xero
- Mobble
- Sheep Genetics (SG) tools
- Physical stamina and dexterity
- Problem solving
Experience: example bullet points
- Managed joining of ewes and rams across a 1,200-head breeding flock, recording lambing outcomes to guide culling and ram selection.
- Monitored flock health and body condition daily, drafting ewes and lambs for targeted nutrition and treatment, which lowered ewe mortality during lambing.
- Coordinated shearing and crutching for a 3,000-head flock, classing wool into lines and preparing lots for sale through the local wool broker.
- Maintained fencing, water troughs and stockyards across a 2,000-hectare property, reducing stock escapes and downtime from broken infrastructure.
- Sold lambs and wool through saleyards, auctions and direct contracts, building repeat buyers by presenting well-conditioned stock.
- Used AgriWebb and Mobble to track paddock rotations, mob movements and treatment records, improving grazing decisions and traceability.
Education
Typically holds a Certificate III in Agriculture (Sheep and Wool) or Certificate IV in Agriculture, or has equivalent on-farm experience; many sheep farmers also complete a diploma in agriculture or agribusiness for owner-manager roles.
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
- Sheep Genetics
- AWEX
- Woolclasser
- ChemCert
- Farm biosecurity
- Pasture management
- Livestock handling
- Quad bike safety
- AgriWebb
- Mobble
- Xero
- Certificate III in Agriculture
- Australian Wool Exchange
- Lamb marking
- Crutching
- Joining
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.