Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

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Job Description

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Key Tasks

• Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
• Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.
• Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.
• Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment.
• Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.
• Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.
• Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.
• Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.
• Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts.
• Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps.
• Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions.
• Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food.
• Protect herds from predators, using trained dogs.
• Order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery.
• Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births.
• Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles.
• Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records.
• Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals, dock ears and tails, or shear coats to collect hair.
• Spray livestock with disinfectants and insecticides, or dip or bathe animals.

O*NET Information

• SOC Code: 45-2093.00
• Title: Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Related Occupations

Based on O*NET Standard Occupational Classification.

Career Resources

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