Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

What Does a Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals Do?

Attend to live farm, ranch, open range or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, rabbits, 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, milking, 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.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
• 2Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.
• 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.
• 5Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.
• 6Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.
• 7Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.
• 8Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.

Required Skills

• BCL Landview Systems WinCrop
• Farm Works Software Trac
• Lancaster DHIA PCDART
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Word
• Valley Agricultural Software DairyCOMP 305
• Web browser software

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals Salary