6121-Livestock and dairy producers

Tasks include

• monitoring market activity and conditions, determining kinds and amounts of stock to produce planning and coordinating production accordingly
• cultivating pastures and providing and monitoring fodder and water supplies to maintain appropriate nutritional levels and condition of livestock
• monitoring and examining animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical condition such as rate of weight gain
• grooming , marking, clipping, trimming, drenching and/or castrating animals and shearing coats to collect hair or wool
• herding livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, sheds, vehicles, or other enclosures
• milking animals by hand or using milking machines
• mixing feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions and distributing or hand-feeding to animals for consumption
• performing duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding, artificial insemination, and helping with animal births
• maintaining and cleaning farm buildings, machinery, equipment, and structures
• slaughtering and skinning animals and preparing them for market
• storing and carrying out some processing of animal and dairy produce
• promoting and marketing products, arranging the sale, purchase and transportation of livestock, produce and supplies and maintaining and evaluating records of farm activities and transactions
• training and supervising workers in animal care procedures, maintenance duties, and health and safety precautions and hiring and discharging workers and contractors.