Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals

Work description

Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust machinery; Operate or tend self propelled equipment and implements used in agricultural production for duties such as cultivating, harvesting, storing crops and grinding/mixing feeds for swine production; Drive truck, tractor, or other equipment to distribute; Perform duties related to livestock reproduction such as breeding sows within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with farrowing; Help baby pigs to survive birth and infancy; Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to castrate, notch ears, vaccinate; Cleans stalls and pens by flushing waste into holding pits; Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences; Drive farm vehicle.