Livestock Worker Agricultural & Forestry Labourers

The techniques, methods and principles of conventional agronomical production.

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Principles of Agronomy for Sustainable Agriculture

Francisco J. Villalobos,…

2017

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The Principles of Agronomy

Franklin Stewart Harris,…

2022

Aspects of how different animal species are fed and provided water. Different types of animal food, the quality criteria for animal food and methods to feed and give water to …

Tissues, cells, and functions of plant and animal organisms and their interdependencies and interactions with each other and the environment.

The functioning of computered controlled systems that provide animal feeding.

Food given to domestic animals in the course of animal husbandry.

Assist in animal births, and care for newborn livestock.

Assess the current health status of your livestock. Manage any existing disease or disorder, including the requirements for isolation of livestock. Plan and manage a livestock health and welfare plan …

Operate motorised agricultural equipment including tractors, balers, sprayers, ploughs, mowers, combines, earthmoving equipment, trucks, and irrigation equipment.

Breed and raise livestock such as cattle, poultry, and honeybees. Use recognised breeding practices to strive for continuous improvement in the livestock.

Control the spread of disease and parasites in herds, by using vaccination and medication, and by separating sick animals.

Use oil, grease guns, and hand tools to lubricate, adjust, and make minor repairs to farm equipment.

Ensure that animals on pastures or grazing lands have enough feed. Employ pasture-conservation measures such as grazing in rotation.

Maintain farm facilities such as fences, water supplies, and outdoor buildings.

Clean and sanitise equipment used in milking: milk storage tanks, collection cups, and udders of the animals. Ensure that procedures for the sanitary handling of milk are followed.

Aspects of agritourism involving agriculturally based activities to bring visitors to a farm.

Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of dental diseases for horses.

Clean rooms by cleaning glasswork and windows, polishing furniture, vacuuming carpets, scrubing hard floors, and removing garbage.

Mow, pick or cut agricultural products manually or using appropriate tools and machinery. Take into account the relevant quality criteria of products, hygiene prescriptions and use the appropriate methods.

Command products from relevant suppliers to get convenient and profitable products to purchase.

Perform customer adapted presentations of the farm organization and farm processes taking under consideration the farm sustainability and local environment.

Provide food at the table whilst maintaining high level of customer service and food safety standards.

Keep in reserve raw materials and other food supplies, following stock control procedures.

Organise and dress tables to accommodate special events.

Carry out specialised procedures such as branding, tagging, castration, tail-docking and tooth cutting in humane manner taking into account the hygiene, welfare and safety regulations

Handle poultry

Cut or grind off part of a piglet's teeth. Take adequate measures to protect hearing from loud vocalisations of piglet.

Oversee the preparation of a variety of dishes such as soups, salads, fish, meats, vegetables or desserts. Participate in and direct food preparation either on a day-to-day basis, or for …

Cut off part of the tail of pigs to keep stressed animals from biting each other's tails.

Clean, sort, dry and package feathers taking into account the company policy and specific orders.

Install and shift irrigation systems to distribute water according to needs.

Keep daily operations of a linen stock, including its distribution, maintenance, rotation and storage.

Perform crop production duties such as planning, tilling, planting, fertilising, cultivating, spraying, and harvesting. Supervise all steps of the crop production and ranging process, including planting, fertilising, harvesting, and herding

Manage farm supplies by taking care of the purchase and storing procedures. Select and purchase supplies and equipment such as seeds, livestock feed, fertilisers and farm machinery.

Transport grain to silos to be stored. Burn or bale any leftover straw.

Milk cows and other farm animals, manually or using mechanical means.

Monitor the growth of the crops to ensure the crops are free from diseases, harmful chemicals and organisms.

Measure control of temperature and humidity in incubators and keep records of egg production.

Operate dairy farms that produce bulk milk.

Carry out controlling the quality and quantity of the milk following biosecurity regulations.

Carry out on-farm processing of diary products using appropriate methods and equipment, following food hygiene regulations.

Harvest and process honey according to health, safety and biosecurity regulations.

Keep hens in order to produce table eggs for eating or fertile eggs for breeding.

Carry out sheep or goat wool shearing and initial processing and packaging as appropriate

Skin animals in an appropriate manner considering the end purpose of the skin. Strip off the hide of an animal to prepare for processing the carcass, or to use the …

Kill fur animals as humanely as possible within budget limits and in accordance with national legislation.

Harness, dress and train horses as per the instructions provided. Take into account the age and breed of the horse and the preparation purposes.