- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 1
- Job Duties:
- Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies. Herd livestock to pastures for
grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures. Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or
disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain. Provide medical
treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to
provide more extensive treatment. Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using
brands, tags, paint, or tattoos. Maintain heated watering system. Segregate animals according
to weight, age, color, and physical condition. Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment,
machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences. Move equipment 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. Mix feed, additives, and
medicines in prescribed portions.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2093.00 - Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals