Poultry Farm Worker (Stockperson)
🐔Works on a poultry farm: monitors feeding, lighting, ventilation and the health of thousands of birds, collects and grades eggs and keeps an eye on the automation.
Prospects & pay
What the work is like
💼 Job market
🇺🇸 $35.6k a year on average
Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders — US: Census ACS 2020–24 (full-time), BLS projections 2025–35
🇬🇧 £30k median a year · 20,000 jobs
Farm workers — UK: ONS ASHE 2025 (full-time)
🤖 AI & automation
Feeding, egg collection and climate are already automated, and AI spots disease by sound and video; fewer operators are needed.
Who it suits
Interests: 🐾 Animals, ⚙️ Tech and engineering, 🗂️ Order, paperwork, systems.
Key strengths: strength and stamina, organisation.
Where to study
- Apprenticeship Poultry/livestock apprenticeship (UK), Tierwirt Ausbildung in poultry (DE)
- Vocational Level 2–3 Agriculture or Animal Care
Key school subjects (A-level / IB / AP): Biology, Maths.
🧗 On-the-job training or an apprenticeship (Germany: Tierwirt Ausbildung in poultry). With college you can become a farm manager. Shift work in rural areas.
Things to know
🛢️ Dirt, noise, smells🌙 Night shifts and on-call
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