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Cares for outdoor sports pitches and arenas like horse racing grounds, football pitches and tennis courts.
Looks after and breeds laboratory animals used in medical, veterinary and dental research.
Owns or works on a dairy farm carrying out the day to day duties involved in managing a dairy herd.
Responsible for all aspects of a running and maintaining a fishing vessel, including its crew. Decides where and when to fish, and how the fish are sold.
Oversees the entire brewing process from start to finish, and is responsible for the quality of the final product.
Co-ordinates or supervises the activities of a crew on board ships and boats.
Supervises and manages the running of a fish farm.
Trains, prepares, and rides horses for professional competitions.
Uses scientific knowledge of the environment to solve and prevent practical landscape problems.
A grounds person works as part of the racecourse team to ensure that the racing track is kept in premium condition, this involves maintaining a safe racing surface, applying nutrients or pesticides, cutting grass and dealing with issues caused by the weather such as a waterlogged track. On race days they replace divots after each race.
Commercial horticultural workers grow, look after and harvest plant stock. The work may involve spraying, mulching, pruning, picking and grading.
Looks after dogs, keeping their living area clean and the dogs bathed and groomed.