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

  • Incubator Operator
  • Incubator Machine Operator
  • Milking Machine Operator

  • 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.

  • Collect, inspect, and place eggs in incubators, operate machines for egg washing, candling, and grading, and pack eggs in cartons.
  • Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.

  • Operate farming equipment.
  • Maintain operational records.
  • Maintain forestry, hunting, or agricultural equipment.
  • Mark agricultural or forestry products for identification.
  • Package agricultural products for shipment or further processing.