Poultry breeder
Code 6122.1
Poultry breeders oversee the production and day-to-day care of poultry. They maintain the health and welfare of poultry.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- animal nutrition
- livestock species
- animal welfare legislation
- health and safety regulations
- signs of animal illness
Skills and competences
- administer drugs to facilitate breeding
- administer treatment to animals
- apply animal hygiene practices
- assist animal birth
- assist in transportation of animals
- control animal movement
- breed poultry
- care for juvenile animals
- maintain animal accommodation hygienic
- create animal records
- dispose of dead animals
- operate farm equipment
- handle feathers
- provide nutrition to animals
- monitor the production of eggs
- monitor the welfare of animals
Transversal competences
- manage animal biosecurity
- maintain professional records
- provide first aid to animals
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences