Occupations/45-2093.00
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
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.
Usually a high school diploma, plus some experience or short training.
AI automation risk
25%
More resilient
Human characteristics
54%
Balanced human and task mix
Task orientation
31%
More resilient
A day in this job
- Mostly routine
Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
- Task
Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.
- Task
Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.
The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.
Core tasks
- 01Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
- 02Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.
- 03Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.
- 04Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment.
- 05Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.
- 06Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks2.76
- Degree of automation1.82
- Time sitting1.84
- Originality (ability)2.62
- Conflict situations2.42
- Hands-on objects/tools3.18
- Outdoors / weather4.12
- Disease exposure2.51
- Decision freedom3.97
Top abilities
- Problem Sensitivity3.75
- Control Precision3.62
- Oral Comprehension3.38
- Deductive Reasoning3.38
- Arm-Hand Steadiness3.38
- Trunk Strength3.25
- Near Vision3.25
- Static Strength3.12
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension3.00
- Active Listening3.12
- Writing2.62
- Speaking3.00
- Mathematics2.12
- Science1.88
- Critical Thinking3.38
- Active Learning2.88
- Learning Strategies2.12
- Monitoring3.25
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 19 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND · Public | Apiculture 01.0310 | $10,800 | 83% | 66% | 1 yr $52,789 2 yr $56,415 Bachelor's · CIP 01.03 |
Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN · Public | Apiculture 01.0310 | $10,000 | 53% | 83% | 1 yr $46,087 2 yr $43,426 Bachelor's · CIP 01.03 |
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC · Public | Apiculture 01.0310 | $9,200 | 47% | 84% | 1 yr $33,281 2 yr — Associate · CIP 01.03 |
Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · Public | Apiculture 01.0310 | $12,800 | 53% | 83% | 1 yr $32,467 2 yr $31,133 Associate · CIP 01.03 |
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI · Public | Apiculture 01.0310 | $16,100 | 88% | 82% | 1 yr $25,967 2 yr — Certificate · CIP 01.03 |
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA · Public | Apiculture 01.0310 | $17,400 | 64% | 83% | 1 yr $25,709 2 yr $24,615 Bachelor's · CIP 01.03 |
Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN · Public | Apiculture 01.0310 | $9,800 | 71% | 61% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Certificate · CIP 01.03 |
Saint Paul College St. Paul, MN · Public | Apiculture 01.0310 | $6,100 | 100% | 29% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Certificate · CIP 01.03 |
Ridgewater College Willmar, MN · Public | Apiculture 01.0310 | $6,100 | 100% | 36% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
Minnesota West Community and Technical College Granite Falls, MN · Public | Apiculture 01.0310 | $6,000 | 100% | 37% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public | Apiculture 01.0310 | $11,200 | 49% | 89% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Certificate · CIP 01.03 |
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA · Public | Apiculture 01.0310 | $10,700 | 86% | 79% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Master's · CIP 01.03 |