- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who breeds and raises livestock, such as beef cattle, dairy cattle, goats, horses, reindeer, sheep, and swine, for such purposes as sale of meat, riding or working stock, breeding, or for show; and for products, such as milk, wool, and hair. Respnsibilities include:
* Selects and breeds animals according to knowledge of animals, genealogy, characteristics, and offspring desired.
* Selects pasture, range, and crop lands to graze animals and produce feed crops.
* Mixes feed and feed supplements according to dietary requirements of animals and availability of grazing land.
* Feeds, waters, grazes, and distributes salt licks for animals.
* Observes animals to detect signs of illness and injury, treats minor injuries and ailments, disinfects and vaccinates animals, and engages veterinarian to treat serious illnesses and injuries.
* Attends animals during and after birth of offspring.
* Castrates, docks, and dehorns animals.
* Brands, tattoos, notches ears, and attaches tags to identify animals.
* Milks cows and goats, shears sheep, and clips goats' hair.
* Operates farm machinery to plant, cultivate, and harvest feed crops.
* Cleans and fumigates barns, stalls, and pens, and sterilizes milking machines and equipment.
* Cools milk to prevent spoilage and packages wool and other products for shipment.
* Maintains and repairs farm machinery, equipment, buildings, pens, and fences.
* Arranges for sale of animals and products.
* Maintains cost and operation records.
* May butcher animals and cure meat.
* May hire and supervise workers.
* May exercise and train horses.
* May groom and exhibit animals at livestock shows.
* May be designated according to animal raised as Cattle Rancher; Dairy Farmer; Goat Farmer; Horse Rancher; Reindeer Rancher; Sheep Rancher; Swine Rancher.
* May manage farm that raises and breeds thoroughbred horses and be designated Thoroughbred Horse Farm Manager.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who breeds and raises swine in confinement buildings for purpose of selling pork to meatpacking establishments. Respnsibilities include:
* Selects and breeds swine according to knowledge of animals, genealogy, characteristics, and offspring desired.
* Regulates breeding of sow herd to produce maximum number of litters.
* Attends sows during farrowing and helps baby pigs to survive birth and infancy.
* Castrates and docks pigs.
* Notches ears to identify animals.
* Determines weaning dates for pigs based on factors such as condition of sows, cost of feed, and available space in nursery.
* Vaccinates swine for disease and administers antibiotics and iron supplements, using syringes and hypodermic needles.
* Formulates rations for swine according to nutritional needs of animals and cost and availability of feeds.
* Grinds and mixes feed and adds supplements to satisfy dietary requirements.
* Stores and periodically examines feeds to ensure maintenance of appropriate temperatures and moisture levels.
* Operates water foggers, air-conditioners, fans, and heaters to maintain optimal temperature in swine confinement buildings.
* Flushes hog wastes into holding pit.
* Repairs and maintains machinery, plumbing, physical structures, and electrical wiring and fixtures in swine farrowing, nursery, and finishing buildings.
* May hire and supervise worker to assist in swine production activities.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who collects milk samples from farms, dairy plants, and tank cars and trucks for laboratory analysis. Respnsibilities include:
* Removes sample from bulk tanks, tankers or milking machine, using dipper or pipette, and pours sample into sterile bottles.
* Weighs samples, using scale.
* Labels bottle with origin of sample, and packs samples in dry ice.
* Transports samples to laboratory for bacteriological and butterfat content analysis.
* Contacts potential customers to explain benefits of testing program to sell milk testing service.
* May assist customer in interpreting sample test results to maximize benefits to customer.
* May maintain individual milk production records for each cow in customer's herd.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who collects milk samples from farms, dairy plants, and tank cars and trucks for laboratory analysis. Respnsibilities include:
* Removes sample from bulk tanks, tankers or milking machine, using dipper or pipette, and pours sample into sterile bottles.
* Weighs samples, using scale.
* Labels bottle with origin of sample, and packs samples in dry ice.
* Transports samples to laboratory for bacteriological and butterfat content analysis.
* Contacts potential customers to explain benefits of testing program to sell milk testing service.
* May assist customer in interpreting sample test results to maximize benefits to customer.
* May maintain individual milk production records for each cow in customer's herd.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who attends to ewes during lambing. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes ewes to determine delivery time and assists ewes during delivery.
* Places ewes and lambs in pens or erects canvas tents and places lambs and ewes inside to protect from elements.
* Assists weak lambs in suckling.
* Administers artificial respiration or stimulants as needed.
* Skins dead lambs and ties skins over live lambs to induce ewes to adopt rejected or orphaned lambs.
* Feeds orphaned lambs from bottle.
* Feeds and waters ewes while in enclosures.
* Docks lambs.
* May castrate lambs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following tasks to attend livestock, such as cattle, sheep, swine, and goats on farm or ranch. Respnsibilities include:
* Mixes feed and additives, fills feed troughs with feed, and waters livestock.
* Herds livestock to pasture for grazing.
* Examines animals to detect diseases and injuries.
* Vaccinates animals by placing vaccine in drinking water or feed or using syringes and hypodermic needles.
* Applies medications to cuts and bruises, sprays livestock with insecticide, and herds them into insecticide bath.
* Confines livestock in stalls, washes and clips them to prepare them for calving, and assists veterinarian in delivery of offspring.
* Binds or clamps testes or surgically removes testes to castrate livestock.
* Clips identifying notches or symbols on animal or brands animal, using branding iron, to indicate ownership.
* Clamps metal rings into nostrils of livestock to permit easier handling and prevent rooting.
* Docks lambs, using hand snips.
* Cleans livestock stalls and sheds, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, and shovels.
* Grooms, clips, and trims animals for exhibition.
* May maintain ranch buildings and equipment.
* May plant, cultivate, and harvest feed grain for stock.
* May maintain breeding, feeding, and cost records.
* May shear sheep.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following duties to attend animals, such as mice, canaries, guinea pigs, mink, dogs, and monkeys, on farms and in facilities, such as kennels, pounds, hospitals, and laboratories. Respnsibilities include:
* Feeds and waters animals according to schedules.
* Cleans and disinfects cages, pens, and yards and sterilizes laboratory equipment and surgical instruments.
* Examines animals for signs of illness and treats them according to instructions.
* Transfers animals between quarters.
* Adjusts controls to regulate temperature and humidity of animals' quarters.
* Records information according to instructions, such as genealogy, diet, weight, medications, food intake, and license number.
* Anesthetizes, inoculates, shaves, bathes, clips, and grooms animals.
* Repairs cages, pens, or fenced yards.
* May kill and skin animals, such as fox and rabbit, and pack pelts in crates.
* May be designated according to place worked such as Dog-Pound Attendant; Farmworker, Fur; Helper, Animal Laboratory; Kennel Attendant; Pet Shop Attendant; Veterinary-Hospital Attendant.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of the following duties on a beef cattle ranch to attend to beef cattle. Respnsibilities include:
* Herds, castrates, and brands cattle.
* Inspects and repairs fences, windmills, watering troughs, and feed containers.
* Feeds cattle supplemental food during shortages of natural forage.
* Trains saddle horses.
* Rides beside horse being trained to prevent bucking horse or rider from being injured.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of the following tasks to bed, feed, water, load, weigh, mark, and segregate livestock. Respnsibilities include:
* Feeds grains, hay, and prepared feed and waters livestock according to schedule.
* Opens gates and drives livestock to scales, pens, trucks, railcars, and holding and slaughtering areas according to instructions, using electric prod and whip.
* Weighs animals and records weight.
* Segregates animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.
* Marks livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.
* Cleans ramps, scales, trucks, railcars, and pens, using hose, fork, shovel, and rake.
* Scatters new bedding material, such as sawdust and straw, in pens, railcars, and trucks.
* May vaccinate, apply liniment, drench, isolate, and mark animals to effect disease control program.
* May make routine repairs and perform general maintenance duties in stockyard.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cares for horses and mules to protect their health and improve their appearance. Respnsibilities include:
* Waters animals and measures, mixes and apportions feed and feed supplements according to feeding instructions.
* Washes, brushes, trims and curries animals' coats to clean and improve their appearance.
* Inspects animals for disease, illness, and injury and treats animals according to instructions.
* Cleans animals' quarters and replenishes bedding.
* Exercises animals.
* Unloads and stores feed and supplies.
* May whitewash stables, using brush.
* May clean saddles and bridles.
* May saddle animals.
* May shoe animals.
* May be designated according to animal cared for as Horse Tender; Mule Tender; Stallion Keeper.
Industry:Professional careers
