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livestock-yard attendant
A professional who performs any combination of the following tasks to bed, feed, water, load, weigh, mark, and segregate livestock. Respnsibilities include:
- Feeds grains, hay, and prepared feed and waters livestock according to schedule.
- Opens gates and drives livestock to scales, pens, trucks, railcars, and holding and slaughtering areas according to instructions, using electric prod and whip.
- Weighs animals and records weight.
- Segregates animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.
- Marks livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.
- Cleans ramps, scales, trucks, railcars, and pens, using hose, fork, shovel, and rake.
- Scatters new bedding material, such as sawdust and straw, in pens, railcars, and trucks.
- May vaccinate, apply liniment, drench, isolate, and mark animals to effect disease control program.
- May make routine repairs and perform general maintenance duties in stockyard.
- Jenis Kata: noun
- Industri / Domain: Karier profesional
- Kategori: Jabatan pekerjaan
- Company: U.S. DOL
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