Livestock farm labourers perform simple and routine tasks in farm production of animals, including poultry and insects.
Skill level:
Unskilled
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Tasks and duties
- Digging and shovelling to clear ditches or for other purposes
- Loading and unloading supplies, produce and other materials
- Feeding, watering and cleaning animals and keeping their quarters clean
- Monitoring livestock and reporting on their condition
- Assisting with maintaining the health and welfare of livestock
- Assisting with herding, droving and separating livestock for milking, shearing, transportation or slaughter, and between pastures
- Collecting eggs and placing in incubators
- Raking, pitching, stacking and storing hay, straw and other types of animal feed and bedding
- Grading, sorting and packing produce into containers
- Performing minor repairs on fixtures, buildings, equipment and fences
