Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

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.

Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food.

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

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.

Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions.

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.

Milk animals such as cows and goats, by hand or using milking machines.

Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.

Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles.

Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records.

Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps.

Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.

Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.

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.

Collect, inspect, and place eggs in incubators, operate machines for egg washing, candling, and grading, and pack eggs in cartons.

Protect herds from predators, using trained dogs.

Trim and shear poultry beaks, toes, and wings using debeaking machines, heated hand shears, or hot wires.