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Job Description

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.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-2093.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 26,840.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 12.00
Currently, there are 35,670 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals”.

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Tasks for “Aquaculture Worker”

Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.
Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions.
Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles.
Trim and shear poultry beaks, toes, and wings using debeaking machines, heated hand shears, or hot wires.
Order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery.
Milk animals such as cows and goats, by hand or using milking machines.
Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.
Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals, dock ears and tails, or shear coats to collect hair.
Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births.
Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.
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.
Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.
Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food.
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.
Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts.
Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records.
Protect herds from predators, using trained dogs.
Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment.
Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.

Related Technology & Tools

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Egg grading machines
Tail dockers
Ear taggers
Feed conveyors
Animal hair trimmers
Insemination syringes
Post hole diggers
Milking equipment sterilizers
Animal hair clippers
Milking machines
Automated feed batch mixers
Snowplows
Cattle prods
Backhoes
Fumigators
Egg candlers
Veterinary intravenous IV sets
Laptop computers
Balling guns
Dehorners
Cattle chutes
Grease guns
Hoof trimmers
Electronic animal scales
Horse bridles
Power drills
Insecticide sprayers
Skid steer loaders
Egg washing machines
Dust and particulate respirators
Poultry incubators
Animal vaccination syringes
Debeakers
Feed trailers
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Blood drawing syringes
Feed wagons
Horse saddles
Disinfectant sprayers
Nebulizers
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Automatic watering devices
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