Fencer
821311 · Heavy Next-day ready Career data Verified
Fencers prepare the ground and construct and repair fences, barriers or walls made of timber, metal, wire or other materials.
Most common salary $50k – $78k
Upper salary up to $99k
Training 0-1 year
Description
Erects and repairs fences and gates.
Typical work tasks
- Lays out fence lines and marks positions for post holes; drills or digs holes, drives posts into ground with post driver or lifts and positions fence posts in holes and secures posts with concrete, stone fill and soil; forms fence frames; constructs and attaches gates to fences; stretches fencing wire between fence posts; constructs wooden palings, fibre-cement and metal fences; repairs and demolishes existing fences.
Typical work environment
- Works outside in rural farming areas, but may work in suburban areas.
- Works in most weather conditions.
- Frequently works in dirty, wet, windy and/or dusty conditions.
Typical physical and mental demands
- Medium to heavy physical demand levels.
- Constantly stands and walks up and down fence-lines and when rolling out wire or laying out and erecting other fencing materials.
- Stretching up or across is frequent when working on high fences such as deer fencing.
- Squatting, crouching or kneeling will be required occasionally when stapling at low levels, or drilling holes in posts.
- Twisting of the body or neck will be occasionally required to complete some fencing tasks.
- Lifts and carries posts and coils of wire or gates. Also pulls when straining wires.
- Bending will be frequent, usually associated with lifting and digging.
- Repetitive movements will be occasional to frequent when straining, boring holes in posts and when stapling to attach wires.
- Driving is likely to be frequently required.
- Hand tools both manual and mechanical are used constantly such as hammers, fence strainers, staple pullers and drills as well as hand-held hole boring machines and chainsaws.
- Mental skills necessary include practical, organisational and technical skills.
Entry signal Reviewed
No formal entry barrier — can start without prior training. Flagged next-day ready.
Entry barrier No formal entry barrier
Licence / registration No licence required
ANZSCO skill level 5
Next-day ready Yes
How this was determined (model-generated): Nil entry requirements for a fencer.
Entry Requirements
- Nil (ANZSCO Skill Level 5).
Further Comments
- There are opportunities for flexibility of movement but they are limited.