Service Providers to the Farming Community
A list of all the careers categorised as those where a person delivers special service to the farming market.
The list includes careers where people:
- transport animals
- train animals
- give special care
- help eradicate pests
Career List
Click on the name of a career to view its summary. You can then read more about the career by clicking on the CAREER PAGE link.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Farm Animals
An animal groomer provides grooming and styling services for a number of different animals. They generally bathe pets, cut and style their hair, trim their nails, and brush their teeth, among other grooming services.
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Farm Animals, Wildlife
Animal import-export consultants help their clients to transport animals over long distances, using their knowledge of the customs implications in the different countries.
They are also the experts in informing their clients of tariffs, insurance, shipment, quotas, and business tax compliance.
The consultants normally work with large amounts of animals, such as cattle, sheep, fish, or game, that need to be moved from the sellers to the buyers. But they may also work within the exotic trade industry, where they can help breeders move their animals to customers in other countries
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Farm Animals, Wildlife
Drone pilots use the drones to survey a specific area or animals to assist in conservation, law enforcement, and anti-poaching.
Drones can also be used for eco-tourism marketing, ecology, game herding, wildlife and marine research, and search-and-rescue efforts.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Farm Animals
A farrier is highly skilled in certain techniques and tools to take care of the hooves of horses, from cleaning them to trimming the hooves to replacing horseshoes.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Farm Animals
A horse supply shop assistant works and performs various sales and general administrative duties within a shop that sells supplies to horse owners.
Also known as:
- Horse Supply Store Worker
- Horse Tack Shop Assistant
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Farm Animals
A person who trains working horses to become accustomed to humans and carry out easy tasks when commanded to do so. Training is also given to help rectify behavioural issues.
Working horses are seen as:
- Normal-riding horses
- Farm horses used to pull heavy equipment
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Farm Animals
Livestock loader is a professional responsible for the safe and efficient loading and unloading of livestock, such as cattle, sheep, pigs, or horses, onto and off transport vehicles like trucks, trailers, or trains.
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Farm Animals
A livestock transporter makes use of exceptional skills in driving heavy-load trucks to transport different kinds of farm animals from one place to another.
Farm animals may need to be transported to places where they are, for example, held for auction, grading, slaughter, or grazing.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Farm Animals
Penner-up is a person who is responsible for confining or penning up animals, usually livestock, in a designated area. This role is commonly found in agricultural settings, such as farms, ranches, or livestock markets.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Critters, Mammals, Birds, Insects, and Arachnids
A Pest Control Technician is trained to identify, manage, and eliminate pests that may pose a threat to public health, agriculture, or property
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Farm Animals
People responsible for the care and training of horses to enable them to compete in races.
The race horses include the following:
- Thoroughbred horses
- Standard Bred Race Horses
- American Quarter Horses
- Steeplechase of Jump Race Horses
- Harness Race Horses
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Farm Animals
A rodeo horse trainer is an individual who trains horses to perform specific and amazing tasks during rodeos.
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Farm Animals
Train horses to become accustomed to their riders and carry out special tasks when commanded to do so during a show. Training is also given to help rectify behavioural issues as well as train the riders.
The different show events include:
- Show Jumping
- Cross Country
- Dressage
- Vaulting
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Farm Animals
Working dog trainers use their skills and knowledge to train dogs to perform specific practical tasks, which can be seen as work (labour).
This career looks at people who train the following kinds of working dogs:
- Carting dogs
- Herding dogs
- Hunting dogs (retrievers)
- Sledding dogs
