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Stepin - Online Application for the 365 day Agricultural Work programme. 


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The online form should take you 10-20 minutes to complete. Please take the time to give us relevant detail. 

    Personal information


    only if you already have an Australian mobile number
    This should be your correspondence address in your home country.

    e.g. where you saw the advert or poster, which hostel in which city etc etc The name of the person who referred you to us.

    Australian Admin Information
    The arrival and induction normally starts on a Thursday. The training course starts on the following Monday. Please enter the date of the Monday you expect to start the training course.
    Please note that you need to plan to arrive in Brisbane, Queensland, early on a Thursday morning to join the programme induction.
    Please tell us if you know this already. If not yet known please leave blank.

    Emergency Contact Details 

    Profile Information / about your work in rural Australia
    We use the profile to get you a job and to introduce you to our employers. It is very important. Please give us the best answers you can. Please keep the information clear and factual and specific. It helps us greatly to know exactly what you have done, how long for, and what skills you have. 

    Please give their name(s)
    e.g. 3 months, 6 months, as much as possible, with long holiday breaks between jobs etc etc

    Your work history. 
    ..just a simple summary...the highest level you have reached, favourite subjects or specialisms and other educational qualifications you have...
    Please let us know what stage you are at, what your future plans are or might be. Just a few key points is fine.
    Please tell us about your highest level of education, and any special courses, certificates that you hold that may relate to outdoor work. 
    ...just a simple summary...the highest level you have reached, favourite subjects or specialisms and other educational qualifications you have...
    Farmwork / Livestock experience
    What animals have you worked with? how long?
    Paid job/volunteering/family farm?
    Vet work/studies?
    What sort of duties did you perform? mustering? worming? dehorning? administering medication? injecting? shearing? milking- what type of machines? 

    ...tell us about any farm or other outdoor manual work you have done; (what you did, where, how long for)

    Mechanical and machinery experience, including tractors and motorbikes 
    How many times/seasons/months/years/have you worked?
    Did you grow up on a crop farm?
    What brand (make) of tractors have you driven? size/horsepower
    What work have you done? what crops?
    What implements have you used ? front end loaders? seeders? ploughs? slashers? balers?mowers? 
    Any Advanced tractor work such as combine harvesters? contract work?
    Can you repair tractors and other agricultural machinery? please expand on your level of experience basic/advanced?
    Any other machinery? e.g forklift? bull dozers? excavators? loader? 
    Have you driven large vehicles? are you licenced? rigid trucks, semi trucks?  how many tonnes? 
    Any additional qualifications or certificates? licences?


    Motorbike experience
    How often have you ridden?
    What size motorbikes do you ride? e.g 150 cc 
    Manual? Automatic?
    Scooters? Mopeds? Road bikes? Dirtbikes?
    Do you own your own motorbike?
    Do you compete in sporting events with them?
    Do you have experience in mechanical repairs? please expand on your level of experience basic/advanced?
    Any additional qualifications or certificates? licences?

    Approximately how much time have you spent riding manual motorbikes or automatic scooters ?
    ...tell us about any mechanical or machinery / driving experience you have...especially motorbikes and tractors. Include any other machinery you can use too.

    Equine (horse) experience
    For how many years have you been riding?
    Do you go to a riding school – daily, weekly, less often? has there been a gap in time since you last rode regularly? 
    Can you saddle and bridle a horse?
    Have you worked at a riding stables or more professionally as stud groom? volunteer or paid career job?
    Are you used to feeding and caring for a horse, cleaning the stables, tacking up, washing down etc?
    Do you have your own horse/s? How long for? 
    Have you worked/ or ridden/broken in young horses? 
    Have you handled foals/stallions/brood mares? 
    Have you been riding in competitions? what level- local shows? high level?
    Teaching riding to adults/children
    Any dressage, show jumping, cross country, polo, eventing, endurance riding, racing, western riding experience? how much, how long, what have you done?
    Any additional qualifications or certificates?

    If you have competed or worked full time you are likely to be advanced - if you work or ride for only a few hours a week you are likely to be Australian intermediate. You can give us more specific experience on the following page.
    ...tell us about your riding skills and experience with horses (what you did, where, for how long etc)...

    Practical skills / trade skills and other interests ?
    Have you got experience and/or qualifications in the following
    Farmer / Carpentry / Electrician / Forestry/Chainsaw / Fencing / Mechanic / Plumber / Butcher
    Landscape Gardening/Gardening work / Brick laying/builder / Unskilled labour / Construction
    Military / Welding / and other
    Please tell us your level of experience in years/qualifications and work experience/jobs that you have had 

    Any sporting interests?
    Overseas Volunteer work? 
    Challenging/extreme activities or experiences? 
    Camping? Hiking? Outdoor pursuits?
    Any first aid certificate? 
    Other useful qualifications or practical skills?


    ...any other qualifications, certificates, licences... this could be trades skills (plumbing, painting, electrician, building, carpentry etc etc)

    Hospitality/ teaching / tutoring / domestic jobs experience 

    Have you got experience and/or qualifications in the following
    Restaurant/Bar/Hotel/Reception work
    Childcare 
    Teaching/Tutoring
    Cooking for family basic 6-10 people?restaurant kitchen? 
    Cleaning home or job?
    Please expand in detail on what you job duties included/how long for/unpaid or professional



    ...and a few final important questions...
    Please include any injuries or conditions that may affect you while in Australia. Please include medications or treatment for depression, anxiety etc as well as medical issues.
    ... this is essential, you must answer 'yes'!
    eg vegetarian, vegan, lactose intolerant, allergy to nuts etc etc
    This is important. Being a smoker does restrict your job opportunities. If you smoke during the training course we will have to declare you as a smoker.
    Height in metres Weight in kg
    This is Australian shoe sizes - for comparisons please see https://www.mathers.com.au/need-help/size-guide/
    This can be important when you travel from the training farm to your job on a flight. We may be making this booking for you.
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    CONFIRMATION 
    On completion of my course I understand that I will be asked to pay for travel to my employer and I will provide cash or card payment for this once the travel options and costs have been explained to me. 

Submit my application
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