6312-Subsistence Livestock Farmers

Job Title: 

Subsistence Livestock Farmers

Job Description: 

Subsistence livestock farmers breed, raise and tend livestock in order to provide food, shelter and a minimum of cash income for themselves and their households.

Tasks: 

Breeding animals and helping with animal births

Linked Education ( CESM Codes ) : 

106 - Animal Sciences

Specific Occupations: 

631201 - Subsistence Livestock Farmer
Description : Breeds, raises and tends livestock in order to provide food, shelter and a minimum of cash income for themselves and their households.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No

Additional Notes: 

NOTE: Workers in a subsistence setting whose main tasks are fetching water and gathering firewood, are classified in unit group 8624, Water and Firewood Collectors. Workers in subsistence agriculture who perform a limited range of simple and routine tasks, usually under the direction of others, are classified in the relevant unit group in Sub-major group 82, Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Labourers.

International Careers(ISCO): 
Source Of Info: 

Source : Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO) 2013, Department of Higher Education and Training, Republic of South Africa