livestock advisor
Livestock advisors provide complex specialist advice to farmers and livestock breeders to ensure that their business and production is optimised.
Also called: agricultural business advisor, agriculture advisor, agricultural zootechnologist, livestock business advisor, livestock consultant, agricultural advisor
- 24
- essential skills
- 23
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2132
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- farm milk controller8 skills in common
- horse breeder7 skills in common
- mixed farmer7 skills in common
- pig breeder7 skills in common
- agronomist6 skills in common
- bee breeder6 skills in common
- cattle breeder6 skills in common
- sheep breeder6 skills in common
Essential skills
24- advise on livestock productivity
- animal nutrition
- animal welfare legislation
- biosecurity
- comply with agricultural code of practice
- consultation methods
- crop production principles
- customer relationship management
- estimate costs in farm
- health and safety regulations
- livestock farming systems
- livestock feeding
- livestock reproduction
- livestock selection principles
- livestock species
- make decisions regarding livestock management
- manage livestock
- marketing principles
- quality criteria for livestock feed production
- research livestock production
- supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
- sustainable agricultural production principles
- use agricultural information systems and databases
- use different communication channels
Optional skills
23- agricultural business management
- agritourism
- apply animal hygiene practices
- computerised feeding systems
- develop management plans
- develop personal skills
- ecology
- feed livestock
- maintain farm equipment
- manage agricultural staff
- manage animal biosecurity
- manage brand assets
- manage farm supplies
- manage production enterprise
- manage stable
- manage the health and welfare of livestock
- monitor livestock
- operate farm equipment
- organic farming
- recycle livestock manure
- select livestock
- turf management
- use milk control software
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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