// Unit group · 6122

Poultry Producers

Poultry producers plan, organize and perform farming operations to breed and raise chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks and other poultry to produce meat, eggs and breeding stock for sale or delivery to wholesale buyers, marketing organizations or at markets.

6 Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers / 61 Market-oriented Skilled Agricultural Workers / 612 Animal Producers / All level 4

// Working conditions

BiologicalHeat and coldLifting and postureMachinery

// Hand tools

No hand tools in this set.

monitoring market activity, planning and coordinating production accordingly, maintaining and evaluating records of farming activities

growing and purchasing feed and other supplies needed to maintain appropriate nutritional levels and condition of poultry

monitoring and examining poultry to detect illness, injury, or disease and to check physical condition, such as rate of weight gain, and removing weak, ill and dead poultry from flock

mixing feed and feed additives and filling feed and water containers

vaccinating poultry via drinking water, injection or dusting of air

collecting and storing eggs and packaging them for sale or delivery to market

determining sex of chicks and facilitating breeding, artificial insemination and hatching of eggs

renting or investing in, and maintaining and cleaning, farm buildings, machinery, equipment and structures

slaughtering and dressing poultry for sale or delivery to market

storing and carrying out some processing of produce

arranging the sale, purchase and transportation stock, produce and supplies

training and supervising workers in poultry production procedures, maintenance duties and health and safety precautions, and hiring and discharging workers and contractors.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Poultry breeder
- Poultry farmer
- Poultry tender

Notes

Workers who produce a combination of domestic livestock and other animals such as poultry, insects and non-domesticated animals should be classified according to their predominant activity.

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