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Career Guidance Skills handling and moving S6.9 - handling animals S6.9.5 - feeding and grooming animals Maintain pastures
Description
Ensure that animals on pastures or grazing lands have enough feed. Employ pasture-conservation measures such as grazing in rotation.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 4 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 5 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 9 (Elementary occupations)
Essential for
- ShepherdShepherds manage the welfare and movement of livestock, especially sheep, goats and other grazing animals, in a variety of surroundings. Other titles The following job titles also …
- Livestock workerLivestock workers maintain the health and welfare of animals. They oversee the breeding/production and day-to-day care such as feeding and watering of animals. Duties Livestock wor…
- Equine workerEquine workers provide caring activities for horses and ponies. Duties The duties of an equine worker include, but are not limited to: Caring and feeding of ponies and horses,…
- GroomGrooms provide practical daily horse care to ensure the horses health, welfare and safety.They take part in exercising horses, cleaning and maintaining the stables, buildings and t…
Optional for
- Equine yard managerEquine yard managers are responsible for the day to day running of the yard including managing staff, care of the horses, all aspects of health and safety and dealing…
Related skills
- Assist animal birth
- Train horses
- Agritourism
- Equine dental diseases
- Biology
- Breed stock
- Maintain the farm
- Operate agricultural machinery
- Keep task records
- Safe horseback riding principles
- Attach horseshoes
- Animal welfare legislation
Last updated on February 19, 2026
