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  Visitoz applications
APPLICATION FORM
for
2nd VISA QUALIFYING FARMWORK PROGRAMME
&
4 MONTH / 4 MONTH+ PROGRAMMES
​&
VOLUNTEER PROGRAMMES
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​The online form should take you about 15-20 minutes to complete. 
Please take the time to complete it as fully as possible with relevant detail and please ensure you have the following documents with you before you start:
- Personal information (i.e. passport, driving licence)
- Travel and work insurance details

    Personal information

    This should be your correspondence address in your home country.
    only if you already have an Australian mobile number
    Please provide the number of the document with which you have travelled to Australia.

    Which programme ?

    The 4 MONTH+ programme includes a 4 day welcome, arrival and set up package when you arrive at Brisbane Airport and is for participants booking and joining the programme from overseas. 
    The 4 MONTH programme does not include the welcome package and is for participants booking and joining the programme from within Australia. 


    Which work type ? 
    We can offer some choice of work type, depending on your previous skill and experience. Please enter your preference here. If there is none, or you have no previous experience please select 'GENERAL FARM WORK'

    2nd visa requirement ?

    Company you are booking with ?

    Please enter the discount, offer or booking code given to you by the Agent

    Arrival in Australia 
    All training courses start on a Monday. Please enter the date of the Monday you prefer to start the training course. Please give an alternative 2nd choice date. We will respond to your application to confirm availability on the dates you mention here. Please also mention if you are flexible with your start dates.
    12 months after the date of first arrival in Australia

    Insurance information

    Your Visitoz agent or Visitoz staff can advise you about what type and level of cover you require to travel and work in Australia. This should normally be arranged at the same time as, or very soon after your programme booking with Visitoz and your flight to Australia. 
    You will be required to have an insurance that covers you for paid work and volunteering on farms, including use of equipment and machinery (i.e. motorbikes, tractors, chainsaws and other farm machinery). Your agent or Visitoz can advise you about suitable working holiday insurances.
    IMPORTANT - please include the company name, policy number, and number to be used in case of emergency

    Emergency contact details 

    About your work in rural Australia
    You normally need to be prepared to commit to a minimum of 3 months work. Employers prefer longer commitment if possible.
    Please give their name(s) and also your relationship to them
    Your work experience and skills
    (information that we use to create your employer profile)
    We use the profile to find you a job and to introduce you to our employers. It is very important. Please give us concise answers and keep the information clear, factual and specific. It helps us greatly to know exactly what you have done, for how long, and what skills you have.
    Not every field will apply to you. If this is the case, please write 'DOES NOT APPLY' and move to the next field.
    Your work history and career
    ...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.
    i.e. Full-time (how many years?); part-time (how many days / hours per week? how many months / years?)

    General farm work / livestock experience
    ...tell us about any farm or other outdoor manual work you have done. Please say: the animals you have worked with; when it was, how long for, and what type of work it was (part time, full time, holiday job); whether it was a paid job, a volunteer job, a job on a family farm etc.; your duties: mustering, worming, dehorning, administering medication, injecting, shearing, milking, what type of machines did you use etc..

    Driving, tractor and other machinery experience
    If you do not have a license to drive with a trailer / horse trailer please consider getting one and also getting some practice. This is very likely to be useful to employers.
    If applicable, please tell us: how many times/seasons/months/years/have you worked; if you grew up on a crop farm; the brand (make) of tractors you have driven, their size/horsepower; the type of work you have done and with which crops; the implements you have used (front end loaders, seeders, ploughs, slashers, balers, mowers etc.); if you have done any advanced tractor work (combine harvesters, contract work, etc.); if you can repair tractors and other agricultural machinery; your level of experience basic/advanced; if you have experience with any other machinery (e.g forklift, bull dozers, excavators, loaders); if you have driven large vehicles and if have a licence for them (rigid trucks, semi-rigid trucks, how many tonnes..); if you have any other relevant qualifications, certificates or licences. Please estimate total hours or operation. Please specify brand and model of machine (if possible) and what tasks you completed.

    Motorbike and quad bike driving experience
    Approximately how much time have you spent riding manual motorbikes or automatic scooters ?
    If applicable, please tell us: how often you have ridden, the size/type of motorbikes you have ridden (e.g 150 cc, manual, automatic, scooter, moped, road bike, dirt bike..); if you own your own motorbike; if you compete in sporting events; if you have experience in mechanical repairs; your level of experience ( basic/advanced); any additional qualifications, licences or certificates

    Equestrian / equine (horse) experience
    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.
    If applicable, please tell us about your riding skills and experience with horses: for how many years you have been riding; if you go to a riding school – daily, weekly, less often; if there has been a gap in time since you last rode regularly; if you can saddle and bridle a horse; if you have worked at riding stables or more professionally as stud groom; if you volunteered or had a paid job; if you are used to feeding and caring for a horse, cleaning the stables, tacking up, washing down etc...; if you have your own horse/s and for how long you had them; if you have worked with/ridden/broken in young horses; if you have handled foals/stallions/brood mares; if you have been riding in competitions and at what level (local shows, high level..); if you have been teaching riding to adults/children; if you have experience in dressage, show jumping, cross country, polo, eventing, endurance riding, racing, western riding (how much, how long, what have you done?); if you have any additional qualifications or certificates?

    Practical skills, trade skills and other interests
    If applicable, please tell us about any other practical and trade skills qualifications, certificates, licences: farming; carpentry; electrician; forestry and chainsaws; fencing; mechanic; plumbing; butchering; landscape gardening or gardening work; brick laying, building and construction work; unskilled labour; military work; welding and other. Please specify level of experience in years/qualifications and work experience/jobs that you have had. Please tell us about any overseas volunteer work and / or if you hold any other useful qualifications (i.e. first aid certificate..)

    Au-pair and childcare, domestic, teaching, tutoring experience 
    If applicable, please tell us about you work experience and/or qualifications in the following: restaurant and bar work (waiter, chef/cook, barista, kitchen hand..); hotel and reception work (cleaning, customer service..); childcare, teaching and tutoring work; specify what type of work you did (part time, full time, paid, unpaid and for how long); specify if you are used to cooking for your family/firends, cleaning the house and doing other maintenance jobs aound the house (i.e. painting, mowing, gardening...).
    Cooking and / or household duties 
    Please tell us at what level you can cook ? (for example not at all, basic, confident for self and family, confident cooking for 10 or more people). Please tell us if you have any training, qualifications or experience.

    Other special skills or interests 
    Please use this section to tell us about any sporting interests and / or special skills. This could be music, a special hobby, challenging/extreme activities or experiences (i.e. endurance challenges, hiking, camping, outdoor pursuits..).

    Fitness, health and other personal information ...
    Please tell us if you do any sports or go to a gym, and how often.
    Your workplace fitness and stamina is important. Please tell us if you do any sports or go to a gym, and how often. Also, if you are used to working long days, spending time on your feet, lifting heavy weights and are used to physical work or long working hours.
    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.
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    Please note that the minumum English language level required is equivalent to or higher than a IELTS score of 5-6.

    Motivation and aims 

    Other information 
    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. This is baggage for the aircraft hold only. You should aim to keep this wieght less than 25kg if possible. 20kg is typical. .

    Supporting documents (Optional)
    ​You may wish to include a one page summary CV (we prefer this to be kept to one concise page). Please upload it here.
    Max file size: 20MB

    Payment Information

    Please disregard this section if you are booking with one of our Agents.

    ​Please provide your credit card details in the section below in payment of the deposit fee of $500 (to be paid when booking) and of the remaining balance one month prior to your arrival in Australia.

    DECLARATION
    I confirm that the information I have provided above is true and complete in so far as it is relevant to living and working in rural Australia. 

    I am aware that I will need to acknowledge and agree to the programme 'Terms and Conditions' on or before arrival.  

Submit my application