Worker, laboratory animal breeding

This unit group includes animal producers not classified elsewhere in minor group 612 Animal producers. It covers animal producers who breed, raise and tend non-domesticated mammals, game birds (excluding poultry), snakes, snails and other reptiles, as well as various insects and animals used in scientific laboratory testing, for sale or regular delivery to wholesale buyers, marketing organisations, zoos and circuses, or at markets.

• monitoring market conditions and determining the types and numbers of species to be raised accordingly, and planning and coordinating production;
• raising, feeding and tending animals;
• slaughtering and skinning mammals and preparing carcasses or animal products for market;
• checking and examining birds to detect diseases and injuries and to monitor their physical condition, such as rate of weight gain during fattening;
• carrying out activities related to animal reproduction such as selection, artificial insemination and assisting at births;
• renting or investing in buildings, and maintaining and cleaning buildings, machinery, equipment and facilities;
• storing and carrying out primary processing of produce;
• promoting and marketing produce, arranging the sale, purchase and transport of animal products and supplies, and maintaining records of farm activities and transactions;
• training and supervising animal care workers and ensuring occupational health and safety.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Worker, reptile breeding (excluding snakes)
• Worker, fur-bearing wild animal farm
• Worker, wild bird breeding
• Worker, laboratory animal breeding
• Worker, snail breeding
• Game breeder