Occupation
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.
O*NET 31.0 · 45-2092.00
A typical week, in the words of people in the job
- 01Set up and operate irrigation equipment.
- 02Identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers.
- 03Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment.
- 04Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress.
- 05Repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures.
- 06Load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities.
- 07Record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs.
- 08Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting.
- 09Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops.
- 10Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand.
- 11Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops.
- 12Clean work areas, and maintain grounds and landscaping.
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