Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
The short answer
This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 823 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with a small part of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
This job is in the least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.
AI can help with or automate about 16% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Jobs you could switch to
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