// Unit group · 6320

Subsistence Livestock Farmers

Subsistence livestock farmers breed, raise and tend livestock in order to provide food, shelter and, in some cases, a minimum of cash income for themselves and their households.

6 Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers / 63 Subsistence Farmers, Fishers, Hunters and Gatherers / 632 Subsistence Livestock Farmers / All level 4

// Working conditions

BiologicalHeat and coldLifting and posture

// Hand tools

No hand tools in this set.

cultivating pastures, or managing grazing lands, and monitoring feed and water supplies needed to maintain condition of livestock

monitoring and examining animals to detect illness, injury or disease, and to check physical condition

grooming and marking animals and shearing coats to collect hair or wool

herding or leading livestock to pastures, grazing land and water supplies

raising, tending, feeding and milking animals or draining blood from them

breeding animals and helping with animal births

slaughtering and skinning animals and preparing them and their products for consumption or sale

carrying out some processing of animal products

building and maintaining houses and other shelters

making tools, clothes and utensils for use by the household

fetching water and gathering firewood

buying, bartering and selling animals and some products.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Subsistence cattle farmer

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
-Livestock farm labourer - 9212
-Mixed crop and livestock farm labourer - 9213
-Water and firewood collectors - 9624

Notes

Workers in a subsistence setting whose main tasks are fetching water and gathering firewood, are classified in Unit Group 9624: Water and Firewood Collectors. Workers in subsistence agriculture who perform a limited range of simple and routine tasks, usually under the direction of others, are classified in the relevant unit group in Sub-major Group 92, Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Labourers.

Indexed job titles 9