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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.
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  • Jason F
  • (United States of America)

  •  (V.I.P) 16216 poin
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