First-Line Supervisors of Animal Husbandry and Animal Care Worker
Other Titles
Animal Care Supervisor, Animal Caretaker Supervisor, Broiler Supervisor, Cattle Manager, Facility Manager, Facility Supervisor, Feed Manager, Research Animal Facility Supervisor, Sow Farm Manager
Assign tasks such as feeding and treatment of animals, and cleaning and maintenance of animal quarters.
Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who violate safety regulations.
Observe animals for signs of illness, injury, or unusual behavior, notifying veterinarians or managers as warranted.
Treat animal illnesses or injuries, following experience or instructions of veterinarians.
Train workers in spawning, rearing, cultivating, and harvesting methods, and in the use of equipment.
Coordinate dismantling, moving, and setting up equipment at new work sites.
Perform both supervisory and management functions, such as accounting, marketing, and personnel work.
Transport or arrange for transport of animals, equipment, food, animal feed, and other supplies to and from work sites.
Inspect buildings, fences, fields or ranges, supplies, and equipment to determine work to be performed.
Read inventory records, customer orders, or shipping schedules to determine required activities.
Inspect facilities to determine maintenance needs.
Confer with managers to determine production requirements, conditions of equipment and supplies, and work schedules.
Prepare and maintain time or payroll reports, as well as details of personnel actions, such as performance evaluations, hires, promotions, or disciplinary actions.
Issue equipment, such as farm implements, machinery, ladders, or containers to workers, and collect equipment when work is complete.
Calculate or monitor budgets for maintenance or development of collections, grounds, or infrastructure.
Direct or assist with the adjustment or repair of equipment or machinery.
Monitor operations to identify and solve problems, improve work methods, and ensure compliance with safety, company, and government regulations.
Plan work schedules according to personnel and equipment availability.
Management of Personnel Resources→ Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Active Listening→ Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Judgment and Decision Making→ Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Monitoring→ Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Critical Thinking→ Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Speaking→ Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Coordination→ Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Time Management→ Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Social Perceptiveness→ Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Operation Monitoring→ Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Operation and Control→ Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Reading Comprehension→ Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Complex Problem Solving→ Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Instructing→ Teaching others how to do something.
Active Learning→ Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Persuasion→ Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Writing→ Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Learning Strategies→ Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates→ Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Getting Information→ Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Making Decisions and Solving Problems→ Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings→ Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material→ Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment→ Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events→ Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Controlling Machines and Processes→ Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
Handling and Moving Objects→ Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work→ Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others→ Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
Performing General Physical Activities→ Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
Scheduling Work and Activities→ Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People→ Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards→ Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates→ Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
Documenting/Recording Information→ Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Processing Information→ Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships→ Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment→ Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge→ Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information→ Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
Monitoring and Controlling Resources→ Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
Developing Objectives and Strategies→ Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
Training and Teaching Others→ Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
Developing and Building Teams→ Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
Analyzing Data or Information→ Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others→ Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
Coaching and Developing Others→ Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
Assign duties or work schedules to employees.
Monitor animal behavior or condition.
Train workers in farming or rearing techniques.
Treat animal injuries or illnesses.
Confer with managers to make operational decisions.
Communicate with other workers to coordinate activities.
Coordinate agricultural activities.
Schedule agricultural or forestry work.
Operate farming equipment.
Direct activities of agricultural employees.
Transport animals or equipment.
Inspect equipment or facilities to determine condition or maintenance needs.
Monitor organizational processes.
Maintain personnel records.
Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
Monitor financial activities.
Direct technical activities or operations.
Maintain forestry, rearing, or agricultural equipment.
Monitor operational quality or safety.
Oral Expression→ The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Problem Sensitivity→ The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Oral Comprehension→ The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Deductive Reasoning→ The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning→ The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Information Ordering→ The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g. , patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Near Vision→ The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Far Vision→ The ability to see details at a distance.
Speech Clarity→ The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition→ The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Written Comprehension→ The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Flexibility of Closure→ The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Control Precision→ The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Written Expression→ The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Category Flexibility→ The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Multilimb Coordination→ The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
Perceptual Speed→ The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Fluency of Ideas→ The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Arm-Hand Steadiness→ The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Auditory Attention→ The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
Selective Attention→ The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Visualization→ The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
Administration and Management→ Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Production and Processing→ Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Mechanical→ Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Education and Training→ Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Language→ Knowledge of the structure and content of a language - English, French, Swahili et cetera - including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Customer and Personal Service→ Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Biology→ Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Public Safety and Security→ Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Psychology→ Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Accounting software -- e.g., Intuit Books; Sage 50 Accounting
Calendar and scheduling software -- Work scheduling software; Employee scheduling software
Database user interface and query software -- Data entry software; Database software; Cattle management software; On-farm dairy management software
Electronic mail software -- e.g., Gmail; Mozilla Thunderbird; Microsoft Outlook
Enterprise resource planning ERP software -- Cow herd management software
Expert system software
Internet browser software -- e.g., Mozilla Firefox; Internet Explorer; Google Chrome
Inventory management software -- Inventory software
Map creation software -- Mapping software
Office suite software -- e.g., Google Workspace; Microsoft Office
Presentation software -- e.g., Google Slides; Microsoft PowerPoint
Project management software -- e.g., Zoho Projects; Trello; JIRA; Asana; Slack; Confluence
Spreadsheet software -- e.g., Google Sheets; Microsoft Excel
Time accounting software -- Payroll software
Word processing software -- e.g., Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Adjustable widemouth pliers
Adjustable wrenches→ Adjustable hand wrenches
Agricultural tractors→ Logging tractors; Multipurpose tractors
Air pumps→ Aeration pumps
All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled→ Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
Animal husbandry equipment→ Debeakers; Dehorners; Feed wagons; Tail dockers
Animal shearing or clipping equipment→ Clipping equipment; Shearing equipment
Animal watering machines→ Automatic watering devices
Animal weighing scales→ Electronic animal scales; Fish weighing scales
Axes
Backhoes
Blast freezers→ Blast chillers
Blood collection syringes→ Blood drawing syringes
Bridles→ Horse bridles
Cargo trucks→ Grain trucks
Claw hammer→ Claw hammers
Cleaning brushes→ Tank cleaning brushes
Commercial fishing nets→ Fish capture nets; Fyke nets; Gill nets; Hoop nets
Conventional truck cranes→ Mobile logging cranes
Conveyor screw→ Feed conveyors
Cultivators→ Rototillers; Soil tillers
Desktop computers
Digital camcorders or video cameras→ Video camera systems
Dissolved oxygen meters→ Dissolved oxygen indicators
Diving instruments or accessories→ Scuba diving equipment
Dollies→ Logging arches
Dropping pipettes→ Irrigation pipettes
Dump trucks
Egg inspection or collecting equipment→ Egg candlers; Egg grading machines; Egg washing machines
Feed mixers→ Automated feed batch mixers
Flatbed trailers→ Mud sleds
Flowmeters→ Flow meters
Fog or mist generators→ Fog systems; Fumigators
Forestry saws→ Pruning shears; Tree pruning equipment
Forestry skidders→ Log skidders
Forklifts
Front end loaders
Garden forks→ Pitchforks
Gas generators→ Gas-powered generators
Global positioning system GPS receiver→ Geodetic ground global positioning system GPS receivers
Grapples→ Timber tongs
Greenhouse ventilation equipment→ Greenhouse climate control systems
Hand sprayers→ Handheld spray guns
Handheld thermometer→ Handheld digital thermometers
Hard hats
Harvesters→ Crop harvesters; Forage harvesters
Haymaking machinery→ Hay rakes; Round balers; Square balers
Hoes
Hoists→ Hoisting racks
Incubators or brooders for poultry→ Poultry incubators
Irrigation overheads→ Field watering systems
Laboratory beakers→ Glass beakers
Lawnmowers→ Flail mowers; Riding mowers
Light trucks or sport utility vehicles→ Light pickup trucks
Livestock identification equipment→ Ear tagging equipment
Livestock trailers→ Animal trailers
Marine hatchery equipment→ Hatching trays
Milking machines→ Milk separators; Milking equipment
Multipurpose or general test tubes→ Laboratory test tubes
Nebulizer or accessories→ Nebulizers
Personal computers
pH meters→ pH indicators
Ploughs→ Plows
Portable data input terminals→ Portable data collectors
Post hole digger→ Post hole diggers
Power drills→ Cordless drills
Power saws→ Chain saws
Rakes
Recreational motorboats→ Small power boats
Recreational rowboats→ Rowboats
Respirators→ Dust and particulate respirators
Saddles→ Horse saddles
Saws→ Hand saws
Screwdrivers→ Phillips head screwdrivers; Straight screwdrivers
Seed drills
Shovels→ Long handle shovels
Socket sets→ Socket wrench sets
Sonars→ Sonar equipment
Spades→ Digging spades
Sprayers→ Chemical injection systems; Weed sprayers
Squeegees or washers→ Squeegees
Tape measures→ Measuring tapes
Track bulldozers→ Tracked bulldozers
Track excavators→ Tracked excavators
Track loaders→ Knuckleboom loaders
Turbidimeters
Two way radios
Ultraviolet disinfection equipment→ Ultraviolet water purification systems
Veterinary castration instruments→ Castration equipment
Veterinary injection or suction units or accessories→ Animal injection syringes; Animal vaccination syringes; Artificial insemination syringes; Balling guns; Suction syringes; Veterinary intravenous IV sets
Veterinary nail trimmers or cutters→ Hoof trimmers; Nail trimmers
Water analyzers→ Water testers
Water pumps→ Water transfer systems
Water purification equipment→ Ozone water purification systems
Water samplers→ Total dissolved solids TDS meters
Wet mops→ Cleaning mops
Enterprising→ Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
Realistic→ Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
Conventional→ Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Dependability→ Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
Attention to Detail→ Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
Integrity→ Job requires being honest and ethical.
Leadership→ Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
Cooperation→ Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
Initiative→ Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
Independence→ Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
Self Control→ Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
Adaptability/Flexibility→ Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
Stress Tolerance→ Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
Persistence→ Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
Achievement/Effort→ Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
Analytical Thinking→ Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
Concern for Others→ Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
Innovation→ Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
Social Orientation→ Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
Independence→ Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
Support→ Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
Independence→ Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
Support→ Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
Achievement→ Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
Achievement→ Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.