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Care for plants or animals

This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.

Part of Care for plants or animals, under the O*NET work activity group Assisting and Caring for Others. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 5 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Direct or monitor the quarantine and treatment or destruction of plants or plant products.Stays human Agricultural Inspectors
• Feed livestock or laboratory animals.Stays human Biological Technicians
• Perform general nursery duties, such as propagating standard varieties of plant materials, collecting and germinating seeds, maintaining cuttings of plants, or controlling environmental conditions.Stays human Agricultural Technicians

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Water plants, and cut, condition, and clean flowers and foliage for storage.Stays human Floral Designers
• Apply herbicide to eliminate harmful plants.Stays human Range Managers