Livestock Farm Worker / Assistant (Occupation Code : 821201)
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Description
Performs routine tasks on a livestock farm such as feeding, mustering, counting and moving livestock, and assisting with animal husbandry.Tasks
Feeding and watering livestock, monitoring food and water supplies and rotating animals between grazing areas.Handling and hay, straw and other types of animal feed and bedding.
Mixing feeds and additives in prescribed portions and assisting with food distribution to animals in pastures.
Milking animals such as cows and goats, by hand or using milking machines.
Examining animals to detect illness, injury or disease, dipping livestock with disinfectants and insecticides, and assisting with administering medications and vaccinations.
Marking livestock to identify ownership using brands, tags, paint or tattoos.
Segregating animals according to weight, age, sex and/ or physical condition.
Assisting with moving farming equipment or livestock from one location to another, either manually or using trucks or carts.
Cleaning, inspecting, maintaining and repairing buildings, pens, yards and fences.
Performing basic duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births.
Alternate Occupation Names
Abattoir Livestock Attendant
Feedlot Worker
Beef Cattle Farm Worker
Sheep Farm Worker
Milking Equipment Operator
Dairy Cattle Farm Worker
Stablehand
Animal Attendant Farm
Livestock Drafter
Shepherd
Learning Pathways
No formal qualification 1
Step 1 : Admission requirements
- No formal qualification
You don't need any formal schooling or formal qualifications to enter this occupation. However, employers may set their own entry requirements when they recruit people for positions in this occupation.
Step 2 : Workplace experience
- Workplace Learning - General
Through workplace learning, you will gain knowledge and skills from informal and incidental learning opportunities, as well as through formal internal training that might be offered by your employer.
Learnership 2
Step 1 : Admission requirements
- Adult Basic Education and Training
Step 2 : Learnerships
- Learnership - Mixed Farming Systems NQF Level 1
A candidate needs to have an employer in order to enter into a learnership.
Step 3 : Learnerships
- Learnership - Mixed Farming Systems NQF Level 2
A candidate needs to have an employer in order to enter into a learnership.