| O*NET SOC Tasks |
| Adjust controls to maintain specific building temperatures required for animals' health and safety. |
| Arrange for sale of animals and eggs to hospitals, research centers, pet shops, and food processing plants. |
| Attach rubber collecting sheaths to genitals of tethered bull and stimulate animal's organ to induce ejaculation. |
| Bathe and groom animals. |
| Brand, tattoo, or tag animals to allow animal identification. |
| Clip or shear hair on animals. |
| Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury. |
| Exercise animals to keep them in healthy condition. |
| Exhibit animals at shows. |
| Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches. |
| Inject prepared animal semen into female animals for breeding purposes, by inserting nozzle of syringe into vagina and depressing syringe plunger. |
| Maintain logs of semen specimens used and animals bred. |
| Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary. |
| Perform procedures such as animal dehorning or castration. |
| Place vaccines in drinking water, inject vaccines, or dust air with vaccine powder to protect animals from diseases. |
| Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets. |
| Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics. |
| Treat minor injuries and ailments and contact veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries. |
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