Occupational Employment Statistics
45-2093 Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
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.
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Southwest Minnesota
| 90 | 15 | $18.29/hr | $14.51/hr | $15.99/hr | $18.14/hr | $18.99/hr | $23.28/hr |
| Natural Resources and Mining | 360 | $16.02/hr |
| Manufacturing | 60 | $18.60/hr |
| Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 120 | $17.94/hr |
| Professional and Business Services | N/A | N/A |
| Education and Health Services | N/A | N/A |
| Other Services | N/A | N/A |
| Public Administration | N/A | N/A |
- Collect, inspect, and place eggs in incubators, operate machines for egg washing, candling, and grading, and pack eggs in cartons.
- Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
- Protect herds from predators, using trained dogs.
- Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.
- Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.
- Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles.
- Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles.
- Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps.
- Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.
- Trim and shear poultry beaks, toes, and wings using debeaking machines, heated hand shears, or hot wires.