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How exposed to AI is a Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animal?

Of the 22 tasks O*NET lists for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals, 0 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 19 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
CowboyFarm HandFarrowing WorkerHerdsmanLivestock HandlerMilking WorkerRanch HandRancherVaccinatorWrangler
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
22
tasks rated for this occupation
0%
hold a degree, from a survey of 32
34k
people do this job in the US
5 of 12
least protected in farming and forestry

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Only with software built on top

3
  • Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos
  • Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition
  • Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records

Cannot be sped up

19
  • Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies
  • Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures
  • Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain
  • Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment
  • Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals
  • Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences
  • Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts
  • Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps
  • Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions
  • Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food
  • Protect herds from predators, using trained dogs
  • Order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery
  • Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births
  • Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles
  • Collect, inspect, and place eggs in incubators, operate machines for egg washing, candling, and grading, and pack eggs in cartons
  • Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals, dock ears and tails, or shear coats to collect hair
  • Spray livestock with disinfectants and insecticides, or dip or bathe animals
  • Trim and shear poultry beaks, toes, and wings using debeaking machines, heated hand shears, or hot wires
  • Milk animals such as cows and goats, by hand or using milking machines
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.