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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 “Horse Wrangler”

Protect herds from predators, using trained dogs.
Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.
Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.
Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food.
Collect, inspect, and place eggs in incubators, operate machines for egg washing, candling, and grading, and pack eggs in cartons.
Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts.
Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.
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.
Spray livestock with disinfectants and insecticides, or dip or bathe animals.
Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles.
Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.
Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.
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.
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.
Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records.
Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps.
Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Web browser software