farmworker

Job duties include cleaning stalls, pens, and equipment using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps; driving trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed; examining animals to detect illness, injury, disease, or weight changes; feeding and watering livestock and monitoring feed and water supplies; herding livestock to pastures, scales, trucks, or other enclosures; maintaining and repairing equipment, machiner y, buildings, pens, yards, and fences; maintaining growth, feeding, production, and cost records; marking livestock using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos; mixing feed, additives, and medicines; moving livestock manually or with trucks or carts; performing reproduction-related duties such as breeding, artificial insemination, and assisting with births; providing medical treatment or arranging veterinary care; segregating animals by weight, age, co lor, and physical condition; shifting animals between grazing areas to ensure adequate access to food; caring for animals, cleaning facilities, transporting animals, and treating animal injuries or illnesses.