Bec Brayley

Senior Biosecurity Inspector, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Bec has always had a keen interest in Agriculture. After leaving school, Bec spent a year working as a jillaroo in an otherwise-all-male stock camp in the Channel Country. She then enrolled at UQ Gatton Campus, graduating with a degree in Applied Science, (Production Animals) with a specialisation in Beef Cattle obtained at Texas A&M University USA.

Bec worked for two years in an Abattoir with an all-male crew, trail-blazing a path for other women. For the last 13 years Bec has been working in a traditionally male role as the ‘Stocky’ Biosecurity Inspector in Charleville. In recent years, she is delighted to have seen an increase in the number of women join the ranks in Queensland.

Her husband Chris is a local tradie who is often working away from home. Consequently, while she has a nanny during her work hours, when Chris is not there, she juggles work and parenting three small children on her own. Bec’s downtime revolves around their garden which is both beautiful and productive and the ever-increasing menagerie of dogs, chooks, and assorted feathered friends.

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