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

  • Production Manager

  • 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.
  • Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records.
  • Order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery.
  • Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food.

  • Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
  • Mark agricultural or forestry products for identification.
  • Package agricultural products for shipment or further processing.