Skills
47 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
6 skills
Essential skills / competences
24 skills
Optional knowledge
2 skills
Optional skills / competences
15 skills
Overview
Cattle breeders oversee cattle production and daily animal care, with attention to feeding, reproduction, housing hygiene, movement, records, health and welfare.
In job descriptions, look for cattle breeding, livestock monitoring, animal nutrition, biosecurity, calf care, milking, animal records, farm equipment and work with veterinarians.
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Cattle breeder work is based around the herd, housing and farm routines. Daily tasks can include checking animals, feeding, moving cattle, supporting births, cleaning accommodation and updating animal records.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes animal nutrition, cattle reproduction, signs of illness, biosecurity, safe animal handling and welfare monitoring. Some roles add milking, calf rearing, transport preparation or computerised feeding systems.
Salary context
Salary context depends on herd size, animal-welfare responsibility, breeding work, machinery use, milking duties, weekend cover and whether the role includes records, treatments or supervision of other farm workers.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward herd manager, dairy or beef production lead, breeding specialist, farm supervisor or advisory work in livestock productivity and animal welfare.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name dairy or beef cattle, calf care, milking, breeding, machinery, animal records and veterinary contact. These details show the practical scope of the job.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
Livestock and dairy producers (6121)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b4ff30f8-073b-4dd8-9128-ecf9d0ff87ba |
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| ESCO code | 6121.1 |
| ISCO group | 6121 |
| Concept type | Occupation |