What this code covers
Workers in this unit group plan and carry out the necessary operations to breed, raise and tend hogs for meat and deliver or sell these on a regular basis to wholesale buyers, marketing organizations or at markets. Their tasks include: a) determining the kinds and amounts of hogs to be produced; b) purchasing hogs, producing and purchasing fodder and othersupplies; c) renting or investing in buildings, equipment and machinery; d) breeding, raising and tending hogs; e) slaughtering, skinning and preparing hogs for market; f) storing and carrying out some basic processing of their produce; g) maintaining farm buildings, machinery and equipment; h) delivering or marketing farm products. Some related occupations classified elsewhere: Farm managers and overseers - 1231, Farmhands and laborers - 9211