How do they match: Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

  • Machine Egg Washer
  • Machine Milker
  • Feed Grinder
  • Animal Feeder
  • Cattle Feeder
  • Incubator Machine Operator
  • Livestock Feeder
  • Milking Machine Operator
  • Stock Feeder

  • Attend to live farm, ranch, open range or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, rabbits, 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, milking, 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.

  • Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
  • Collect, inspect, and place eggs in incubators, operate machines for egg washing, candling, and grading, and pack eggs in cartons.
  • Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.
  • Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.
  • Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records.
  • Milk animals such as cows and goats, by hand or using milking machines.
  • Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions.
  • Trim and shear poultry beaks, toes, and wings using debeaking machines, heated hand shears, or hot wires.