Will “Farm or Ranch Animal Caretaker” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

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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 “Farm or Ranch Animal Caretaker”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

Spreadsheet software
BCL Landview Systems WinCrop
Web browser software
Farm Works Software Trac