Occupation Atlaslivestock worker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/65bd2342-f7de-4932-9164-eb480e35a791
livestock worker
Livestock workers maintain the health and welfare of animals. They oversee the breeding/production and day-to-day care such as feeding and watering of animals.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.36
- C Conventional3.58
- I Investigative3.40
- S Social2.38
- E Enterprising2.00
- A Artistic1.45
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Animal Breeders (45-2021.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (16)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- agronomical production principles
- animal nutrition
- assist animal birth
- biology
- breed rabbits
- breed stock
- computerised feeding systems
- control livestock disease
- livestock feeding
- maintain farm equipment
- maintain pastures
- maintain the farm
- manage the health and welfare of livestock
- operate agricultural machinery
- perform farm equipment hygiene
- recycle livestock manure
Optional (35)
- agritourism
- arrange tables
- breed ducks
- breed goats
- breed ostriches
- breed snails
- clean rooms
- conduct shearing of wool
- cut pig's teeth
- direct the preparation of food
- dock pig's tail
- equine dental diseases
- handle feathers
- handle pigs
- harvest crop
- install irrigation systems
- maintain linen operation
- manage crop production
- manage farm supplies
- manage grain storage
- milk animals
- monitor crops
- monitor the production of eggs
- operate dairy farms
- order supplies
- perform milk control
- present the farm facilities
- process dairy farm products
- process harvested honey
- raise hens
- serve food in table service
- skin animals
- slaughter animals
- store raw food materials
- train horses
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 16 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
groom
10 shared · 16 more of its ownperform farm equipment hygiene, control livestock disease, maintain the farm, breed stock
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equine worker
4 shared · 10 more of its ownmaintain the farm, maintain pastures, assist animal birth, biology
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equine yard manager
4 shared · 12 more of its owncontrol livestock disease, maintain the farm, breed stock, biology
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fur animals breeder
4 shared · 25 more of its ownbreed rabbits, manage the health and welfare of livestock, assist animal birth, animal nutrition
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pig breeder
4 shared · 26 more of its ownlivestock feeding, manage the health and welfare of livestock, assist animal birth, animal nutrition
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horse breeder
4 shared · 28 more of its ownlivestock feeding, manage the health and welfare of livestock, assist animal birth, animal nutrition
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cattle breeder
3 shared · 27 more of its ownmanage the health and welfare of livestock, assist animal birth, animal nutrition
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sheep breeder
3 shared · 27 more of its ownmanage the health and welfare of livestock, assist animal birth, animal nutrition
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