Overview
Specialized livestock workers carry out feeding, health and breeding programs on dairy, beef, sheep, poultry, swine and other livestock farms. Farm machinery operators operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment. They are employed on crop, livestock, fruit, vegetable and specialty farms.
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Specialized livestock workers
Perform or assist in performing animal husbandry activities
Implement pasture or pen breeding programs
Develop and implement feeding programs
Follow safety and bio-security procedures
Detect and treat certain diseases and health problems in livestock
Maintain livestock performance records
Select livestock for sale
Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
Train horses
Maintain inventory and order materials as required
May be responsible for the collection of semen and the insemination of donor females
May supervise general farm labourers.
Farm machinery operators
Operate farm equipment and machinery to till soil, plant, cultivate and harvest crops, and load and unload crops or containers of materials
Perform equipment and machinery maintenance
Monitor equipment and machinery operations to detect malfunctions
Follow safety procedures
May perform minor repairs to farm equipment and machinery.