Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Task by task

Each task this job involves, as listed by O*NET, rated on whether a large language model like GPT-4 could cut the time it takes by at least half at the same quality. Tasks marked Seen in real AI use appeared in conversations with Claude in April–May 2026 (Anthropic Economic Index).

• AI can speed this up on its own: 0 (0%)
• AI can speed this up with extra software: 3 (14%)
• Little or no AI speed-up: 19 (86%)

• Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.AI can speed this up with extra software · core task
• Order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery.AI can speed this up with extra software · supplemental task
• Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records.AI can speed this up with extra software · supplemental task
• Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Protect herds from predators, using trained dogs.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Collect, inspect, and place eggs in incubators, operate machines for egg washing, candling, and grading, and pack eggs in cartons.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals, dock ears and tails, or shear coats to collect hair.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Spray livestock with disinfectants and insecticides, or dip or bathe animals.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Trim and shear poultry beaks, toes, and wings using debeaking machines, heated hand shears, or hot wires.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Milk animals such as cows and goats, by hand or using milking machines.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task

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