Equine Facility Manager Level 3 - Herd Manager

Median Annual Income

$38,141

Projected Job Growth

+4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Manually move freight, stock, luggage, or other materials, or perform other general labor. Includes all manual laborers not elsewhere classified.

Median Annual Income

$40,205

Projected Job Growth

+5 %

Career Cluster(s)

Agriculture

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Use hands or hand tools to perform routine cutting and trimming of meat, poultry, and seafood.

Median Annual Income

$34,199

Projected Job Growth

-2 %

Career Cluster(s)

Agriculture

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.

Median Annual Income

$44,420

Projected Job Growth

+6 %

Career Cluster(s)

Agriculture

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Work with agricultural scientists in plant, fiber, and animal research, or assist with animal breeding and nutrition. Set up or maintain laboratory equipment and collect samples from crops or animals. Prepare specimens or record data to assist scientists in biology or related life science experiments. Conduct tests and experiments to improve yield and quality of crops or to increase the resistance of plants and animals to disease or insects.

Median Annual Income

$34,198

Projected Job Growth

+8 %

Career Cluster(s)

Agriculture

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops; feeding and herding livestock; or removing animal waste. May perform tasks such as crop baling or hay bucking. May operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.

Median Annual Income

$36,225

Projected Job Growth

-5 %

Career Cluster(s)

Agriculture

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Grade, sort, or classify unprocessed food and other agricultural products by size, weight, color, or condition.

Median Annual Income

$37,855

Projected Job Growth

+2 %

Career Cluster(s)

Agriculture

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Select and breed animals according to their genealogy, characteristics, and offspring. May require knowledge of artificial insemination techniques and equipment use. May involve keeping records on heats, birth intervals, or pedigree.

Median Annual Income

$33,151

Projected Job Growth

+17 %

Career Cluster(s)

Agriculture

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Feed, water, groom, bathe, exercise, or otherwise provide care to promote and maintain the well-being of pets and other animals that are not raised for consumption, such as dogs, cats, race horses, ornamental fish or birds, zoo animals, and mice. Work in settings such as kennels, animal shelters, zoos, circuses, and aquariums. May keep records of feedings, treatments, and animals received or discharged. May clean, disinfect, and repair cages, pens, or fish tanks.

Median Annual Income

$38,140

Projected Job Growth

+1 %

Career Cluster(s)

Agriculture

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Perform nonroutine or precision functions involving the preparation of large portions of meat. Work may include specialized slaughtering tasks, cutting standard or premium cuts of meat for marketing, making sausage, or wrapping meats. Work typically occurs in slaughtering, meat packing, or wholesale establishments.

Median Annual Income

$

Projected Job Growth

-1 %

Career Cluster(s)

Agriculture

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Hunt, trap, catch, or gather wild animals or aquatic animals and plants. May use nets, traps, or other equipment. May haul catch onto ship or other vessel.

Median Annual Income

$

Projected Job Growth

+6 %

Career Cluster(s)

Public Service & Safety

Most Common Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Research or study range land management practices to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.

Median Annual Income

$

Projected Job Growth

-5 %

Career Cluster(s)

Agriculture

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Attend to live farm, ranch, open range or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, rabbits, finfish, shellfish, and bees. Attend to animals produced for animal products, such as meat, fur, skins, feathers, eggs, milk, and honey. Duties may include feeding, watering, herding, grazing, milking, castrating, branding, de-beaking, weighing, catching, and loading animals. May maintain records on animals; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; assist in birth deliveries; and administer medications, vaccinations, or insecticides as appropriate. May clean and maintain animal housing areas. Includes workers who shear wool from sheep and collect eggs in hatcheries.