Grazing Officer Career Profile
- Career Name - Grazing Officer
- Category - Farming & Livestock Management / Law & Enforcement
- Skills Required - Life skills 40% - Career skills 60%
- Basic School Subjects - Language, Biology, Science
- Minimum Required Education - High School Certificate
- Species Worked With - Farm Animal
- Kind of Interaction with Animals - Direct
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14 August 2023
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What is a Grazing Officer?
The Grazing Officer liaises with land and livestock owners to assist and educate them on proper, effective and legal grazing.
Managed grazing is a way to move livestock around in a specific area to help eradicate problem plants or help with rotating grazing areas. In some cases the livestock may have to cross into other areas or share resources between different farmers.
Alternative Names
The career might be called something else in other countries:
- Grazing Monitoring Officer
- Grassland Scientist
Career Categories
The Grazing Officer career can be found in the following career categories:
- Farming and Livestock Management
- Law & Enforcement
What does a Grazing Officer do?
Groups of animals a Grazing Officer works with
What is the level of Interaction with the Animals?
- Directly - A person works directly with the animals with some form of physical contact at least once every few days
- Indirectly - The career doesn't require direct or physical contact at all.
What does a Grazing Officer focus on?
The main function of a grazing officer is to liaise with land and livestock owners to assist and educate them on proper, effective and legal grazing
With who does a Grazing Officer work?
Besides working with all of the animals, Grazing Officers will need to interact with other people while doing their daily tasks. The people might include fellow staff members or the public (customers).
Fellow staff might include:
- Supervisors/Managers
What are the daily tasks of a Grazing Officer?
- Inspect grazing land
- Research grazing methods and legal requirements
- Meet with land owners to discuss laws and proposed ideas
- Work with grazing staff and farmers
- Administration and marketing
The working Environment of a Grazing Officer
Where does a Grazing Officer work?
Environment –
Grazing Officers will mainly work outdoors, but can schedule meetings with land owners indoors.
Places of Employment –
They are employed by government or large agricultural research institutions
What is the average annual salary of a Grazing Officer?
They can earn a yearly average of US$40,000 per year. The income will be different according to experience and country.
Can a Grazing Officer be promoted?
Most Grazing Officers can be employed where there is an existing hierarchical structure.
Possible Promotion:
Grazing Officer > Livestock Control Officer > Manager or Supervisor
What difficulties can a Grazing Officer face?
The work might entail long hours and working over weekends and holidays.
Future Growth and Possibilities
Overall employment is projected to grow steady at around 3%.
Which Skills are required by a Grazing Officer?
The skills required for a career as a Grazing Officer can be divided into two very important groups. The first is the group containing life skills, which are the core skills that are necessary or desirable for full participation in everyday life. The second group is career skills, or the specific skills required to allow a person to enter and operate effectively within a specific career. Some or maybe even all of the life skills can assist in strengthening the career skills, and they might even be the same for specific careers.
Life Skills
- Self-awareness
- Empathy
- Critical thinking
- Creative thinking
- Decision making
- Problem Solving
- Effective communication
- Interpersonal relationship
Career Skills
- Animal Handling
- Customer Service
- Good health and physical fitness
- Computer literacy
Which Subjects must I have at School to prepare for this career?
Language as a subject is key for you to understand more about farming and agricultural terminology.
Science will be required for university acceptance
A basic biological or physiological knowledge of the animals worked with is important.
The subjects you choose at school are important as they lay the foundation for further studies at college or university. While still at school, it’s also important to learn more about the animals you will work with, as well as gain some experience.
OZT has a list of various tertiary institutions where you can study further, after school. Each of these institutions also have their own Group page on OZT where you will find the exact subjects they require of you to have passed in school. Keep these requirements in mind, and discuss it with your school, guidance counselor and parents to ensure that you are prepared!
What will I need to Study to become a Grazing Officer?
Minimum Requirements
The minimum qualifications to become a Grazing Officer is a Bachelor’s Degree in most countries. A small amount of countries do accept a recognized Diploma.
Study Focus
Majors –
You can follow a degree with majors in agricultural safety, livestock management, land and pasture management.
Short Courses –
Short Courses in animal husbandry.
Study Duration
The duration of a College Diploma is between 2 and 3 years and University degree between 3 to 4 years. Short Courses are usually between a few weeks and a year.
Possible Career Preparation Paths
If this is your dream career that you want to pursue, then it’s important to plan the way forward.
Why is planning important?
To ensure that you understand the requirements for your career, and that you are always prepared for the next step on the road towards your dream. A Preparation Path is like your road map to where you want to be.
Possible Paths:
Possible Combined Career Paths
It is possible to sometimes combine two or more related careers. This normally happens when you study and practice a specific main career, but the knowledge and experience gained also help you to have a paying hobby or secondary income career.
Possible Alternatives (there are a lot more):
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Where can I study further?
All of the above information will help you understand more about the Career, including the fact that there are different paths to take to reach it. But if you are almost done with High School (Grades 11 or 12), you also need to start thinking about further studies, and WHERE you will study.
See the List of Universities, Colleges and Online Training Academies who offer courses towards the field of farming and law enforcement.
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