Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| livestock-worker | Occupational skill for the role 'livestock worker' (also: husbandry worker, stockman, farm animal worker, animal husbandry worker, stable worker). Use when the user asks for typical livestock worker work such as: Purchase and stock supplies of feed and medicines.; Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches.; Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury. |
Livestock Worker
Livestock workers maintain the health and welfare of animals. They oversee the breeding/production and day-to-day care such as feeding and watering of animals.
Core workflow
- Purchase and stock supplies of feed and medicines.
- Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches.
- Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury.
- Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics.
- Treat minor injuries and ailments and contact veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries.
- Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary.
- Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets.
- Build hutches, pens, and fenced yards.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
Key competences (essential)
- agronomical production principles
- animal nutrition
- assist animal birth
- biology
- breed rabbits
- breed stock
- computerised feeding systems
- control livestock disease
- livestock feeding
- maintain farm equipment
- maintain pastures
- maintain the farm
- manage the health and welfare of livestock
- operate agricultural machinery
- perform farm equipment hygiene
Hot technologies
- Microsoft Access
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Adobe Creative Cloud software
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Windows
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/65bd2342-f7de-4932-9164-eb480e35a791), ONET 30.3 (45-2021.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*