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Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

SOC 45-2093.00

Attend to live farm, ranch, or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, finfish, shellfish, and bees. Attend to animals produced for animal products, such as meat, fur, skins, feathers, eggs, milk, and honey. Duties may include feeding, watering, herding, grazing, castrating, branding, de-beaking, weighing, catching, and loading animals. May maintain records on animals; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; assist in birth deliveries; and administer medications, vaccinations, or insecticides as appropriate. May clean and maintain animal housing areas. Includes workers who shear wool from sheep, and collect eggs in hatcheries.

Zone 1 Farming, Fishing, and Forestry

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Active Listening

3.5

Critical Thinking

3.5

Monitoring

3.4

Coordination

3.2

Operation Monitoring

3.2

Operation and Control

3.2

Speaking

3.1

Complex Problem Solving

3.1

Knowledge Areas 8

Administration and Management

3.0

Customer and Personal Service

2.8

Biology

2.8

Production and Processing

2.7

English Language

2.6

Food Production

2.6

Mechanical

2.5

Personnel and Human Resources

2.5

Key Tasks

1Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.

2Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.

3Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.

4Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment.

5Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions.

Also Known As

Animal Care Taker Animal Feeder Animal Herder Animal Husbandry Worker Animal Keeper Aquaculture Worker Aquatic Laborer Aquatic Life Laborer Artificial Breeding Distributor Bait Digger