livestock advisor
Code 2132.6
Livestock advisors provide complex specialist advice to farmers and livestock breeders to ensure that their business and production is optimised.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- animal nutrition
- livestock feeding
- biosecurity
- quality criteria for livestock feed production
- livestock species
- customer relationship management
- animal welfare legislation
- consultation methods
- health and safety regulations
- marketing principles
- crop production principles
- sustainable agricultural production principles
- livestock selection principles
- livestock reproduction
- livestock farming systems
Skills and competences
- estimate costs in farm
- supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
- manage livestock
- research livestock production
- comply with agricultural code of practice
- use different communication channels
- use agricultural information systems and databases
Transversal competences
- advise on livestock productivity
- make decisions regarding livestock management
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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