# Tasks & work activities — aquaculture hatchery manager

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 45-2093.00 (Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 6221; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.

## Task statements

- **[Core]** Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
- **[Core]** Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.
- **[Core]** Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.
- **[Core]** Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment.
- **[Supplemental]** Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions.
- **[Core]** Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.
- **[Core]** Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts.
- **[Core]** Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps.
- **[Core]** Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.
- **[Core]** Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.
- **[Supplemental]** Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food.
- **[Supplemental]** Order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery.
- **[Supplemental]** Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births.
- **[Core]** Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.
- **[Supplemental]** Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles.
- **[Supplemental]** Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records.
- **[Supplemental]** Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals, dock ears and tails, or shear coats to collect hair.
- **[Supplemental]** Spray livestock with disinfectants and insecticides, or dip or bathe animals.
- **[Supplemental]** Protect herds from predators, using trained dogs.

## Detailed work activities

- Care for animals.
- Classify organisms based on their characteristics or behavior.
- Clean equipment or facilities.
- Examine animals to detect illness, injury or other problems.
- Maintain forestry, hunting, or agricultural equipment.
- Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
- Maintain operational records.
- Mark agricultural or forestry products for identification.
- Operate farming equipment.
- Perform animal breeding procedures.
- Prepare materials or solutions for animal or plant use.
- Transport animals, crops, or equipment.
- Treat animal injuries or illnesses.