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.

  • Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts.
  • Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps.
  • 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.
  • Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals, dock ears and tails, or shear coats to collect hair.
  • Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.

  • Operate farming equipment.
  • Clean equipment or facilities.
  • Maintain operational records.
  • Maintain forestry, hunting, or agricultural equipment.
  • Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
  • Transport animals, crops, or equipment.