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Job Description

Attend to live farm, ranch, or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, 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, 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.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-2093.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 26,840.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 12.00
Currently, there are 35,670 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals”.

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Tasks for “Farm Hand”

Protect herds from predators, using trained dogs.
Collect, inspect, and place eggs in incubators, operate machines for egg washing, candling, and grading, and pack eggs in cartons.
Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions.
Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.
Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records.
Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment.
Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food.
Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals, dock ears and tails, or shear coats to collect hair.
Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts.
Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.
Order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery.
Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births.
Trim and shear poultry beaks, toes, and wings using debeaking machines, heated hand shears, or hot wires.
Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.
Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.
Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles.
Milk animals such as cows and goats, by hand or using milking machines.
Spray livestock with disinfectants and insecticides, or dip or bathe animals.
Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.
Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps.
Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.

Related Technology & Tools

Dehorners
Egg washing machines
Skid steer loaders
Shovels
Animal vaccination syringes
Nebulizers
Egg candlers
Balling guns
Electronic animal scales
Feed wagons
Nail trimmers
Cattle chutes
Snowplows
Feed trailers
Grease guns
Post hole diggers
Castration equipment
Hoof trimmers
Power saws
Automatic watering devices
Dust and particulate respirators
Power drills
Horse bridles
Animal hair clippers
Horse saddles
Fumigators
Insecticide sprayers
Egg grading machines
Milking machines
Farm trucks
All terrain vehicles ATV
Veterinary intravenous IV sets
Tail dockers
Insemination syringes
Multipurpose tractors
Backhoes
Debeakers
Automated feed batch mixers
Blood drawing syringes
Animal hair trimmers
Feed conveyors
Laptop computers
Disinfectant sprayers
Hand trucks
Milking equipment sterilizers
Animal trailers
Claw hammers
Cattle prods
Ear taggers
Desktop computers
Poultry incubators

Web browser software
Farm Works Software Trac
Spreadsheet software
BCL Landview Systems WinCrop