How to become a livestock farm labourer

Official title: Livestock farm labourers

Also called: Livestock farm labourer

Livestock farm labourers perform simple and routine tasks in the farm production of animals, including poultry and insects.

Main tasks

• Digging and shovelling to clear ditches or for other purposes
• Loading and unloading supplies, produce and other materials
• Feeding, watering and cleaning animals and keeping their quarters clean
• Monitoring livestock and reporting on their condition
• Assisting with maintaining the health and welfare of livestock
• Assisting with herding, droving and separating livestock for milking, shearing, transportation or slaughter, and between pastures
• Collecting eggs and placing in incubators
• Raking, pitching, stacking and storing hay, straw and other types of animal feed and bedding
• Grading, sorting and packing produce into containers
• Performing minor repairs on fixtures, buildings, equipment and fences

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$14,400 a month
• About 337,600 people in 2025, and about 334,700 projected by 2028. (-0.8%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Garden and horticultural labourers
• Mixed crop and livestock farm labourers
• Fishery and aquaculture labourers
• Crop farm labourers

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Questions people ask

Do you need a degree to become a livestock farm labourer?

Usually not. Only 2% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a livestock farm labourer?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (Annual Earnings and Hours Survey): Monthly and hourly wage percentiles by occupational group (5 groups) (Tables 220-23014, 220-23024, 220-23003) (2025 (May to June 2025), released 2026-03-23), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026