Farmworker, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animal resume
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Also called dairy farmworker, frog farmworker, livestock farmworker and oyster farmworker.
$36,670
Median pay a year
32,810
People do this work
6
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Farmworker, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animal
Summary
Farmworker attending to livestock by feeding, watering, herding, and examining animals for health issues. Provides medical treatment, maintains records, and cleans animal housing areas
Experience
Farmworker, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animal
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Fed and watered livestock and checked food and water supplies
Herded livestock to pastures for grazing or to trucks and enclosures
Examined animals for illness, injury, or disease and checked weight gain
Provided medical treatment, gave medications and vaccinations, or called veterinarians
Marked livestock for ownership and grade using brands, tags, or paint
Drove trucks and tractors to distribute feed to animals
Cleaned stalls, pens, and equipment using disinfectants and brushes
Skills
Core Skills
Caring for animals, Operating farming equipment, Classifying organisms, Marking agricultural products, Examining animals, Preparing materials for animals, Cleaning equipment and facilities, Driver's license, Transporting equipment
Technical Skills
Maintaining agricultural equipment, Maintaining operational records
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Fed and watered livestockHerded livestock to pasturesChecked animals for illnessGave medications and vaccinationsMarked livestock for ownershipDrove trucks to distribute feed
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Fed and watered livestock, ensuring proper nutrition and hydration for healthy growth
Checked animals for signs of illness or injury, contributing to overall herd health
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Add how often you checked food and water supplies.
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Fed and watered livestock several times each day, ensuring proper nutrition and hydration for healthy growth
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Several times each dayEvery shift I workedDaily for all livestock
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Checked animals for signs of illness or injury, contributing to overall herd health
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Fewer sick animals in the herdHealthier growth rates overallBetter recovery times for injured animals
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Caring for animals
Operating farming equipment
Classifying organisms
Marking agricultural products
Examining animals
Preparing materials for animals
Cleaning equipment and facilities
Transporting equipment
Maintaining agricultural equipment
Maintaining operational records
Performing animal breeding
Treating animal injuries
The work itself
What a Farmworker, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animal does
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Attend to live farm, ranch, open range or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, rabbits, 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, milking, 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.
What it pays
How much does a Farmworker, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animal make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$31,020
Median
$36,670
75th percentile
$45,700
About 32,810 people do this work in the United States.
This page is about the occupation Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.