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This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Specialized livestock workers

• Perform or assist in performing animal husbandry activities
• Implement pasture or pen breeding programs
• Develop and implement feeding programs
• Follow safety and bio-security procedures
• Detect and treat certain diseases and health problems in livestock
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Select livestock for sale
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
• Train horses
• Maintain inventory and order materials as required
• May be responsible for the collection of semen and the insemination of donor females
• May supervise general farm labourers.

Farm machinery operators

• Operate farm equipment and machinery to till soil, plant, cultivate and harvest crops, and load and unload crops or containers of materials
• Perform equipment and machinery maintenance
• Monitor equipment and machinery operations to detect malfunctions
• Follow safety procedures
• May perform minor repairs to farm equipment and machinery.

• Specialized livestock workers may require a college certificate or other specialized training in agriculture or livestock husbandry.
• There are no specific education or training requirements for farm machinery operators. However, a college certificate or specialized courses related to farming, such as farm equipment mechanics, agricultural welding and pesticide application, are available.
• Basic farm knowledge, usually obtained from working on a family farm, may be required for employment.
• A course or certificate in first aid may be required.

• Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
• Specialized livestock workers usually specialize in one type of farm animal such as beef cattle, dairy cattle, poultry or swine.

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