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

  • Machine Egg Washer
  • Machine Milker
  • Incubator Machine Operator
  • Incubator 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.
  • Milk animals such as cows and goats, by hand or using milking machines.
  • Trim and shear poultry beaks, toes, and wings using debeaking machines, heated hand shears, or hot wires.

  • Operate farming equipment.
  • Maintain operational records.