
Indi Wheeler
Farm hand
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About
Positive and ambitious. Eager to learn, enjoys new challenges, composed. Passionate & dedicated. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Driven, reliable, and devoted work ethic. Energetic and enthusiastic. Excellent time management skills and highly punctual and proactive. Highly observant and detail orientated. A real go-getter who goes above and beyond.
Experience
Stockman/general farm hand/milker and Kid rearing at Goughs Goat Farm (2023-01 – 2023-12)
- Milking goats, Mustering with (own) dogs and buggy/motorbike, managing various aspects of animal husbandry, including kid feeding, monitoring kids, and administering medical treatments
- Proficient in animal husbandry tasks such as vaccinations, deworming, foot care, drenching, disbudding
- Skilled in wound care, dispatching sick or injured animals, and assisting with c-sections
- Hands-on experience in farm maintenance, including fence construction and maintenance, yard work, mustering, weaning, export procedures, loading trucks & weed management
- Other Animal duties include calf feeding, tagging, and veterinary export procedures
Farm hand/stockman at Sparcorp (2023-07 – 2026-07)
Living on one of the sheep properties with broad duties across 6 separate properties. Sheep and beef cattle operations.
- Mustering both sheep and cattle
- Yard work both cattle and sheep
- All animal husbandry
- Checking stock during lambing and calving, pulling lambs and calves if needed
- Loading trucks and unloading trucks
- Bottle feeding lambs and calves if needed
- Fixing and extending yards and fences
- Administration of medications, drenching
- Lamb marking, calf marking
- Pen pusher at shearing
- Cleaning yards, sheds, mowing and general maintenance
- Feeding out hay and pellets
- Tractor use
Landscaper, Gardener & Conservation and Land Management Crew member at Self-employed (2005-01 – Present)
- Designing and implementing visually appealing outdoor spaces, specializing in soil preparation, planting, and maintaining various plants
- Expert in horticultural practices like pruning, weeding, and pest control to ensure landscape health
- Overseeing landscape maintenance
- Conserving remnant environments and creating wetlands
Traffic controller/Traffic management at Self-employed (2022-01 – 2022-12)
- Stop and Go traffic controller
- Communicating strictly with other traffic managers to assist the flow of traffic safely while managing the work site for workers
- Worked on main roads, building sites, Ergon sites
- Controlling traffic using stop and go bats as well as red/green lights on larger sites and main roads
Education
Year 12 – Padua Catholic College (2005-01 – 2005-12)
Certificate in Conservation and Land Management in Conservation and Land Management – Chisholm Institute (2006-01 – 2006-12)
Certificate in Aged Care Medication Administration for Personal Assistant in Aged Care Medication Administration – Pragmatic Training services (2010-01 – 2010-12)
Certified in Phlebotomy in Phlebotomy – Chisholm Institute (2013-01 – 2013-12)
