First-Line Supervisors of Animal Husbandry and Animal Care Workers

• Monitor animal care, maintenance, breeding, or packing and transfer activities to ensure work is done correctly.
• Observe animals for signs of illness, injury, or unusual behavior, notifying veterinarians or managers as warranted.
• Train workers in animal care procedures, maintenance duties, and safety precautions.
• Treat animal illnesses or injuries, following experience or instructions of veterinarians.
• Assign tasks such as feeding and treatment of animals, and cleaning and maintenance of animal quarters.
• Perform the same animal care duties as subordinates.
• Prepare reports concerning facility activities, employees' time records, and animal treatment.
• Study feed, weight, health, genetic, or milk production records to determine feed formulas and rations and breeding schedules.
• Confer with managers to determine production requirements, conditions of equipment and supplies, and work schedules.
• Direct and assist workers in maintenance and repair of facilities.
• Establish work schedules and procedures.
• Inspect buildings, fences, fields or ranges, supplies, and equipment to determine work to be performed.
• Plan budgets and arrange for purchase of animals, feed, or supplies.
• Transport or arrange for transport of animals, equipment, food, animal feed, and other supplies to and from work sites.
• Operate euthanasia equipment to destroy animals.
• Recruit, hire, and pay workers.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for First-Line Supervisors of Animal Husbandry and Animal Care Workers.

• Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for First-Line Supervisors of Animal Husbandry and Animal Care Workers.