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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.

Typical skills in this occupation (O*NET)

Critical ThinkingMonitoringProduction and ProcessingBiologyAdministration and ManagementEnglish LanguageOperation and ControlJudgment and Decision Making

  1. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

    Close match

    ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

    Speaking, Operations Monitoring

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  2. Slaughterers and Meat Packers

    Close match

    ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

    Food Production, Production and Processing, English Language

    ＋ Skills often needed to add

    Customer and Personal Service

    2 live listings on JOBUS in California

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  3. First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

    Good match

    ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

    Administration and Management, Critical Thinking, Coordination, Production and Processing, Speaking, Monitoring

    ＋ Skills often needed to add

    Customer and Personal ServiceManagement of Personnel ResourcesTime ManagementReading ComprehensionInstructing

    1 live listing on JOBUS in California

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  4. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

    Good match

    ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

    Administration and Management, Production and Processing, Coordination

    ＋ Skills often needed to add

    Customer and Personal ServicePublic Safety and SecurityTransportationMathematics

    9 live listings on JOBUS in California

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  5. Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

    Possible match

    ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

    Administration and Management, Production and Processing, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Biology, Speaking

    ＋ Skills often needed to add

    Reading ComprehensionMathematicsComplex Problem SolvingManagement of Personnel ResourcesPersonnel and Human Resources

    1 live listing on JOBUS in California

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Occupation data: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. JOBUS modified the data for display.