How to become a farming technician
Official title: Farming technician (animal production)
Also called: Aquaculture technician, Artificial breeding technician (livestock and fisheries), Artificial insemination technician, Dairy technician, Farming technician (livestock and fisheries), Farming technician (pets), Pisciculture technician, Poultry technical officer, Aquaculture Technician (Aquaculture), Aquaculture technician, Artificial breeding technician (livestock and fisheries), Artificial insemination technician
Farming technician (animal production) assists agricultural scientists by providing technical support in the preparation of specimens such as animal cells, tissues or parts or animal organs and the conduct of experiments, tests and analysis. He/she assists in devising preventive controls against outbreak of diseases on livestock, and conducts or supervises operational programmes such as fish hatchery and livestock production programmes.
Main tasks
- Preparing materials and equipment for experiments, tests and analyses
- Collecting and preparing specimens such as soils, plant or animal cells, tissues or parts or animal organs for experiments, tests and analyses
- Assisting with and performing experiments, tests and analyses and applying methods and techniques such as microscopy, histochemistry, chromatography, electrophoresis and spectroscopy
- Identifying pathogenic micro-organisms and insects, parasites, fungi and weeds harmful to crops and livestock and assisting in devising methods of control
- Conducting or supervising operational programmes such as fish hatchery, greenhouse and livestock production programmes
Ways in
- Polytechnic or ITE: Polytechnic diploma. Related diplomas: Diploma in Veterinary Technology (Temasek Polytechnic). Peernovo matched these from course names; polytechnics do not publish which jobs each course leads to.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Horticultural technician
- Plant tissue culture technician
- Biological technician
- Clinical research coordinator
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Questions people ask
How do I become a farming technician?
Ways in include: Polytechnic diploma.
Will AI change the work of a farming technician?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- 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