🌾Agriculture
Zootechnician
Handles animal breeding and husbandry
Organizes proper feeding, housing and breeding of livestock to improve their productivity.
What they do
- ▹Draws up feeding rations for different groups of animals
- ▹Monitors housing conditions and livestock hygiene
- ▹Works on breeding and improving livestock breeds
- ▹Assesses productivity (milk yield, weight gain) and tracks herd records
Skills you need
- ▹Knowledge of the biology and physiology of farm animals
- ▹Organizational skills for running a farm
- ▹Observing the herd's condition
- ▹Willingness to work on a farm and with large livestock
- ▹Responsibility and systematic record-keeping
Focus on these subjects at school
BiologyChemistry
Where they work
- ▹Livestock and poultry farms
- ▹Dairy and meat farms
- ▹Breeding farms and livestock breeding stations
- ▹Compound feed producers (ration consulting)
- ▹The Ministry of Agriculture (veterinary and zootechnical oversight)
Pros
- + In demand at livestock farms and agricultural enterprises
- + An important role in developing agriculture and the dairy/meat industry
Challenges
- − Work is often far from the city, in rural areas
- − Physically tied to daily animal care
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