Animal Breeders
SOC Code: 45-2021
Animal Breederss feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 100.0/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Critical Thinking, Critical Thinking, Active Listening.
AI-Proof Score: 100.0 — Very High
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Median Salary
$52,000
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Job Growth
2.4%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Critical Thinking
- •Active Listening
- •Speaking
- •Science
- •Complex Problem Solving
- •Judgment and Decision Making
- •Active Learning
Common Tasks
- ✓Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches.
- ✓Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary.
- ✓Treat minor injuries and ailments and contact veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries.
- ✓Purchase and stock supplies of feed and medicines.
- ✓Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation