Description
Care for dairy cattle and support milk production operations. Duties include feeding and watering herds; operating and sanitizing milking parlors and equipment; monitoring animal health, breeding cycles, and calving; and administering medications, vaccinations, and insect control. May clean and maintain barns, stalls, calf housing, and manure systems; move and sort cattle; and maintain records of milk yield, treatments, feed, and costs. May assist with artificial insemination, newborn calf care, dehorning, and hoof care; operate tractors and other equipment to mix and deliver feed.
Skills
Content
- • Reading Comprehension
- • Active Listening
- • Speaking
Process
- • Critical Thinking
- • Monitoring
Social Skills
- • Coordination
Complex Problem Solving Skills
- • Complex Problem Solving
Technical Skills
- • Operations Monitoring
- • Operation and Control
- • Troubleshooting
Systems Skills
- • Judgment and Decision Making
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Written Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Inductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Perceptual Abilities
- • Flexibility of Closure
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
- • Manual Dexterity
- • Finger Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
- • Control Precision
- • Multilimb Coordination
Physical Strength Abilities
- • Static Strength
- • Trunk Strength
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
- • Far Vision
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Speech Recognition
- • Speech Clarity
Knowledge
Business and Management
- • Administration and Management
Manufacturing and Production
- • Production and Processing
- • Food Production
Engineering and Technology
- • Mechanical
Mathematics and Science
- • Mathematics
- • Biology
Arts and Humanities
- • English Language
Related specializations
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Related Pathways
Agriculture
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
