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Animal Husbandry Technician

Animal Breeders
Description
Provide daily animal care and reproductive support in farm or research settings. Monitor health and welfare, assist with selection and breeding based on pedigrees and traits, operate artificial insemination equipment and protocols, and maintain detailed records of heats, birth intervals, and lineage.
Skills
Content
  • • Active Listening
  • • Speaking
  • • Science
Process
  • • Critical Thinking
  • • Active Learning
  • • Monitoring
Complex Problem Solving Skills
  • • Complex Problem Solving
Systems Skills
  • • Judgment and Decision Making
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
  • • Oral Comprehension
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
  • • Problem Sensitivity
  • • Deductive Reasoning
  • • Inductive Reasoning
  • • Information Ordering
  • • Category Flexibility
Fine Manipulative Abilities
  • • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • • Finger Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
  • • Multilimb Coordination
Physical Strength Abilities
  • • Static Strength
  • • Trunk Strength
Visual Abilities
  • • Near Vision
  • • Far Vision
Auditory and Speech Abilities
  • • Speech Clarity
Knowledge
Business and Management
  • • Administration and Management
  • • Administrative
  • • Sales and Marketing
  • • Customer and Personal Service
Mathematics and Science
  • • Mathematics
  • • Biology
Related specializations
Interview options
Interview options
Interviewee gender
Interviewee accent
Interview time
Related Pathways
Agriculture View
Source
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
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