- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who performs any combination of following duties in poultry hatchery. Respnsibilities include:
* Places eggs in incubator trays, wads paper between eggs to secure them, and clips trays to incubator racks.
* Transfers trays from incubator to hatchery and removes paper wads from between eggs to make room for hatching chicks.
* Transfers hatched chicks from trays to chick boxes and counts out prescribed number of chicks to each box section.
* Supplies baby chicks to other workers for sexing, grading, and debeaking. May deliver cartons of chicks to designated farms or commercial growing establishments, using truck.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who trims and sears beaks, toes, and wings of baby chicks to prevent injury and flight. Respnsibilities include:
* Inserts chick's beak in guide hole of heated trimmer and depresses pedal to cut off and sear tip of beak or trims and sears chick's beak, using heated hand shears.
* Trims and sears chick's toes and wings by pressing them against hot wire.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who trims and sears beaks, toes, and wings of baby chicks to prevent injury and flight. Respnsibilities include:
* Inserts chick's beak in guide hole of heated trimmer and depresses pedal to cut off and sear tip of beak or trims and sears chick's beak, using heated hand shears.
* Trims and sears chick's toes and wings by pressing them against hot wire.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in breeding, raising, and protecting game on private or state game farm. Respnsibilities include:
* Plans daily schedule and assigns workers to tasks, such as feeding and watering animals, cleaning pens and yards, gathering, incubating, and hatching eggs, planting cover crops, and maintaining buildings and equipment.
* Oversees preparation and transfer of game to zoos, filming locations, and release areas.
* Directs feeding and watering of game, cleaning of pens and yards, and maintenance of buildings and equipment.
* Observes game to detect signs of illnesses and injuries, treats minor ailments, and notifies manager, game preserve of serious illnesses and injuries.
* Trains workers in methods of raising, training, and transferring game.
* Records number and specie of game animals raised and location of release sites.
* Performs duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in care and exhibition of birds and animals at establishments, such as zoos or circuses.
* Observes animals to detect signs of illness and consults with veterinarian to determine type of medication or treatment required.
* Inspects cages, grottos, and pens for cleanliness and structural defects.
* Assigns workers to various tasks, and oversees treatment, preparation of food, feeding of animals, and maintenance and repair of animal quarters.
* Specifies type of animal to exhibit in zoo and location of exhibit, according to weather, animal behavior characteristics, and physical condition.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
* May hire, train, and discharge workers.
* May keep time records and prepare supply requisitions and reports.
* May coordinate training of animals for circus performance.
* May give lectures to public to stimulate interest in animals.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who breeds and raises wild birds, such as pheasant, quail, or partridge. Respnsibilities include:
* Feeds and waters birds and cleans bird pens and yards.
* Examines birds to detect signs of illness, and inoculates ill birds with antibiotics.
* Removes eggs from nests and hatches eggs in incubator.
* Clips birds' wings to prevent flight.
* Trims bills of birds to prevent injury.
* Exhibits prize birds at shows.
* Crossbreeds birds to improve strain and develop new types.
* Builds and repairs pens and yards.
* Arranges with hunting and gun clubs, game preserves, or poultry houses for sale of birds.
* May be designated according to type of game bird raised as Partridge Farmer; Pheasant Farmer; Quail Farmer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who feeds, waters, and cleans quarters of animals and birds in zoo, circus, or menagerie. Respnsibilities include:
* Prepares food for charges by chopping or grinding meat, fish, fruit, or vegetables; mixing prepared, dry, or liquid commercial feeds; or unbaling forage grasses.
* Adds vitamins or medication to food as prescribed by veterinarian.
* Fills water containers and places food in cages as specified.
* Cleans animals' quarters, using rake, water hose, and disinfectant.
* Observes animals to detect illnesses and injuries and notifies animal keeper, head or veterinarian of findings.
* Transfers animals from one enclosure to another for purposes such as breeding, giving birth, rearrangement of exhibits, or shipping.
* Sets temperature and humidity controls of quarters as specified.
* Answers visitors' questions concerning animals' habits or zoo operations.
* Bathes and grooms animals as required.
* May assist veterinarian in treatment of animals for illnesses and injuries.
* May assist animal trainer or instructor in presentation of programs, shows, or lectures.
* May assist maintenance staff in cleaning zoo facilities.
* May be designated according to animal cared for as Bear Keeper; Elephant Keeper; Monkey Keeper; or according to species as Bird Keeper; Mammal Keeper.
* May direct activities of other workers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cares for newborn and young animals in zoo nursery and exhibit area. Respnsibilities include:
* Prepares liquid formula, cereal, and other foods for young animals according to direction of zoo veterinarian and prepares standard diet foods for mothers of newborn animals according to requirements of species.
* Fills sterilized nursing bottles with formula and feeds animals that have been orphaned or deserted, or that require food in addition to that provided by mother.
* Observes newborn animals to detect indications of abnormality or disease, and notifies zoo veterinarian when such indications are evident.
* Periodically conducts physical examination of young animals, performing such tasks as taking temperatures, blood pressure, and pulse rate, and weighing and measuring animals.
* Maintains records of animal weights, sizes, and physical conditions to be used in zoo account of animals born in captivity.
* Adjusts humidity and temperature controls to maintain specified environmental conditions in nursery or exhibit area.
* Installs equipment such as infrared light stands, cribs, or feeding devices in young animal exhibit area.
* Explains to visitors procedures for care and feeding of young animals, and answers questions concerning factors such as native habitats and breeding habits.
* Observes children petting or feeding animals in designated area and cautions children against activities that might be harmful to animals.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cares for newborn and young animals in zoo nursery and exhibit area. Respnsibilities include:
* Prepares liquid formula, cereal, and other foods for young animals according to direction of zoo veterinarian and prepares standard diet foods for mothers of newborn animals according to requirements of species.
* Fills sterilized nursing bottles with formula and feeds animals that have been orphaned or deserted, or that require food in addition to that provided by mother.
* Observes newborn animals to detect indications of abnormality or disease, and notifies zoo veterinarian when such indications are evident.
* Periodically conducts physical examination of young animals, performing such tasks as taking temperatures, blood pressure, and pulse rate, and weighing and measuring animals.
* Maintains records of animal weights, sizes, and physical conditions to be used in zoo account of animals born in captivity.
* Adjusts humidity and temperature controls to maintain specified environmental conditions in nursery or exhibit area.
* Installs equipment such as infrared light stands, cribs, or feeding devices in young animal exhibit area.
* Explains to visitors procedures for care and feeding of young animals, and answers questions concerning factors such as native habitats and breeding habits.
* Observes children petting or feeding animals in designated area and cautions children against activities that might be harmful to animals.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of duties to attend game, such as ducks, pheasants, bears, cougars, and lions on private or state game farm. Respnsibilities include:
* Feeds and waters game.
* Gathers bird eggs from field nests and places eggs in incubators.
* Brails (ties) wings of birds to prevent flying.
* Cleans water containers, pens, cages, and yards.
* Maintains and repairs fences, coops, pens, buildings, and equipment.
* Observes game to detect signs of illness and adds prescribed medications to food and water.
* Crates or cages game to prepare for movement.
* Transports game to release areas, filming locations, and zoos, using truck.
* Sets and maintains traps to protect birds from predatory animals.
* May operate farm equipment to cultivate and plant field crops.
Industry:Professional careers
