How to become a Poultry Farm Worker

Performs routine tasks on a poultry farm such as collecting eggs and placing them in incubators, providing poultry with feed and water, and disinfecting hatcheries to prevent disease.

Main tasks

• Assists with maintaining the health and welfare of poultry, including by patrolling, inspecting and reporting on their condition
• Provides poultry with feed and water, and implements poultry feeding and welfare programs
• Carries out poultry hatching duties
• Collects eggs and places eggs into incubators
• Undertakes general farming and maintenance activities, such as erecting and repairing fences, and maintaining and cleaning poultry barns and sheds
• Operates and maintains general poultry farm machinery and equipment

Ways in

• TAFE and VET: Certificate III in Poultry Production (AHC30522); Certificate II in Agriculture (AHC20122); Certificate III in Agriculture (AHC30122); Certificate I in Agriculture (AHC10222)

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• About 28,300 people work in this job group now, and about 28,900 are projected by 2035. (+1.8%)
• AI is more likely to help with parts of this job than to do it. Jobs and Skills Australia rates its automation exposure as low.

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• Beef Cattle Farm Worker
• Cattle and Sheep Farm Worker
• Dairy Cattle Farm Worker
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• Livestock Husbandry Worker
• Piggery Farm Worker

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Questions people ask

How do I become a Poultry Farm Worker?

Ways in include: Certificate III in Poultry Production; Certificate II in Agriculture.

Is a Poultry Farm Worker a growing career in Australia?

Employment is projected to stay about the same by 2035: about 28,300 people now and 28,900 later (Jobs and Skills Australia).

Do you need a degree to become a Poultry Farm Worker?

Usually not. Only 9% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Ways in include: Certificate III in Poultry Production; Certificate II in Agriculture.

Will AI change the work of a Poultry Farm Worker?

AI is more likely to help with parts of this job than to do it. Jobs and Skills Australia rates its automation exposure as low.

Sources

• Jobs and Skills Australia: Occupation data (ANZSCO), from ABS Labour Force and Census (February 2026), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-04
• Jobs and Skills Australia: Generative AI Capacity Study, interactive table data (September 2025), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-04
• Jobs and Skills Australia: Employment Projections (Victoria University) (May 2025 to May 2035), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-04

Updated 2026-10-04