Job Description:

• 1) Breeds and raises fur-bearing animals, such as mink, fox, or chinchilla: Buys or captures breeding stock.

• 2) Breeds and raises animals in surroundings simulating their habitat.

• 3) Feeds and waters animals and cleans their pens and yards.

• 4) Kills animals in their prime and removes their pelts.

• 5) Arranges with buyers for sale of pelts and breeding stock.

• 6) Packs pelts in crates and ships to processing plants.

• 7) Places live animals in crates and ships to buyers.

• 8) May treat and preserve pelts at farm.

• 9) May be designated according to type of animal raised as Chinchilla Farmer; Fox Farmer; Mink Farmer.