How to become a livestock or Dairy farm worker
Official title: Livestock/Dairy farm worker
Also called: Artificial inseminator (livestock), Dairy farm worker, Dairy farmer, Farm supervisor (livestock), Farm supervisor (pigs), Livestock farm worker, Livestock farmer, Milk producer (farm), Milker, Milking machine operator, Pig farm worker, Sheep shearer
Livestock/Dairy farm worker breeds and raises domesticated animals (excluding poultry), such as cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, horses and camels, for the production of meat, milk and other dairy products, skins and wool or for use as working, sporting or recreational animals, for sale or delivery to wholesale buyers, marketing organisations or at markets.
Main tasks
- Cultivating pastures and providing and monitoring fodder and water supplies to maintain appropriate nutritional levels and condition of livestock
- Monitoring and examining animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical condition such as rate of weight gain
- Grooming, marking, clipping, trimming, drenching and/or castrating animals and shearing coats to collect hair or wool
- Herding livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, sheds, vehicles, or other enclosures
- Milking animals by hand or using milking machines
- Mixing feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions and distributing or hand-feeding to animals for consumption
- Performing duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding, artificial insemination and helping with animal births
- Maintaining and cleaning farm buildings, machinery, equipment, and structures slaughtering and skinning animals and preparing them for market
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Will AI change the work of a livestock or Dairy farm worker?
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