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APPLICATION FORM 
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Visitoz / Australian Working Adventures
Rural and Outback Work Programmes
100 Wall Street, Suite 301
New York, NY 10005 USA
Ph. 
(212) 924-0446
E. jbridge@interexchange.org

​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 details.

It will help to have access to
1. Passport and driving licence information
2. A digital copy of your CV
3. A recent head and shoulders photograph



    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 will be travelling to Australia; please check its expiry date to ensure it will remain current for the entire lenght of your trip.

    The organisation you are booking with

    Visitoz programme information
    If unsure, please check with your agent.

    Arrival in Australia 
    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.

    Motivation and aims 

    About your work in rural Australia
    3 months, 6 months or longer
    Please give their name(s) and also your relationship to them
    e.g. 3 months, 6 months, as much as possible, with long holiday breaks between jobs etc etc

    Types of work ​


    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
    i.e. Full-time (how many years?); part-time (how many days / hours per week? how many months / years?)
    ...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.

    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 vehicle or 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?
    Photos and movies showing your riding ability (can also be sent later) 
    Max file size: 20MB
    Please upload one or more photos of you riding at your most advanced level, for example jumping or at full, gallop. This may give an employer a good idea of your ability.

    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..)

    Hospitality, au-pair and childcare, cooking, 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...).

    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..).

    Medical and other personal information ...
    Please note that the minumum English language level required is equivalent to or higher than a IELTS score of 5-6.
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    Please tell us if you do any sports or go to a gym, and how often.
    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.

    Emergency contact details 
    Please include name, relationship to you, email address and phone numbers

    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

    Other information 

    Supporting documents 
    Here you may upload various documents. Please include:
    1. A one page summary CV (we prefer this to be kept to one concise page)
    2. A recent and representative head and shoulders photograph
    Max file size: 20MB
    Max file size: 20MB

    DECLARATION
    I understand that this application form will be submitted to the Agent representing Visitoz, and that the information will be passed to Visitoz for assessment.

    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 confirm that I have been made aware of the information on the 'Joining Info' pages on the visitozapplications.org website and am aware that I will be required to submit a signed copy of the 'Terms and Conditions' document to complete my application. 

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