Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, & Aquacultural Animals
Also called: Livestock Handler, Cowboy, Farm Hand, Ranch Hand
What they do:
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.
On the job, you would:
- Feed and water livestock; and monitor food and water supplies.
- Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.
- Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.
Business
Math and Science
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Basic Skills
Problem Solving
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Hand and Finger Use
Verbal
Controlled Movement
Ideas and Logic
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People interested in this work like activities that include
practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They do well at jobs that need:
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You might use software like this on the job: Data base user interface and query software
Spreadsheet software
Internet browser software
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