Likes animals and taking care of them. People who like science departments, because research also requires scientific knowledge.

Livestock farmers raise cattle, pigs, chickens, and other livestock to produce food products such as milk, meat, and eggs. Livestock technicians work at livestock experiment stations and farms to research and develop better breeds of livestock, breeding methods, and production technologies for feed crops, and to teach the results to livestock farmers. They conduct blood tests and vaccinations to prevent outbreaks of livestock diseases, provide guidance on infectious disease countermeasures and rearing environments, and conduct tests to determine the effectiveness of disease treatments, breed improvements, and new vaccines. There are also livestock technicians who specialize in this work, such as bovine insemination technicians and chickens' male and female chick identifiers.

To become a livestock technician, it is common to study technical expertise at a university's agriculture department, veterinary school, or agricultural high school's livestock department. After that, they aim to find employment, but in order to work at public organizations such as independent administrative agencies, prefectural research institutes, or regional agricultural extension centers, they must pass the "livestock breeding," "veterinarian," or "agriculture" section of the civil service examination and become a civil servant. In the private sector, you can also work for food manufacturers, beverage manufacturers, or pharmaceutical companies that handle dairy products, ham, and other products.

In Japan, where land is limited and many livestock farms are small, the price of livestock products tends to be high, and the country is being outpaced by cheap imported meat and dairy products. In order to compete with foreign countries, it is necessary to develop unique technologies and make management efforts. There are high expectations for livestock technicians to play a leading role in the future of the livestock industry. In particular, there are high expectations for research and development and practical application of biotechnology (technology that utilizes the functions of animals and plants at the cellular and genetic level), and the number of jobs in this field is rapidly increasing both in public organizations and private companies.

For a research position in the civil service, monthly income starts at about 240,000 yen.

Livestock technicians in the civil service have two days off a week. Those who work for private companies also seem to be able to take about eight days off per month.

Livestock experiment stations, ranches that raise steers, extension centers, food manufacturers, feed manufacturers, etc.

It's a chart that shows at a glance the main routes to a livestock technician job!