Please consider the following information when reviewing the
agricultural livestock job profiles:
- Job profiles are sector-specific (e.g. beef, dairy, sheep) but
consistent in content across the sectors for common roles
- The term ‘livestock’ has been
used throughout the lists of knowledge and skills
- Job profiles have been compiled to reflect training and progression
routes
- Job profiles are wide-ranging to reflect the differing working roles of
people in agriculture e.g. the role of a small farm manager may
encompass all the tasks applicable to the role of herdsman, calf-rearer
and farm secretary
- Business skills and customer care are included to reflect that most
farmers are self-employed
- Animal welfare has been highlighted across all job profiles
- Responsibilities relating to social, economic and environmental themes, health and safety, and Codes of Good Agricultural Practice underpin all profiles with varying levels of magnitude.
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