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Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
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.
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This source lists 27 tasks, including 12 marked Core and 14 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 08/2022, 11/2020.
27 tasks shown
Core · Task 23387 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs.
Core · Task 23379 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting.
Core · Task 23392 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops.
Core · Task 23370 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them.
Core · Task 23373 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment.
Core · Task 23374 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand.
Core · Task 23372 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Set up and operate irrigation equipment.
Core · Task 23378 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress.
Core · Task 23380 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers.
Core · Task 23371 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops.
Core · Task 23397 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities.
Core · Task 23375 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Clean work areas, and maintain grounds and landscaping.
Supplemental · Task 23376 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Sell and deliver plants and flowers to customers.
Supplemental · Task 23381 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Regulate greenhouse conditions, and indoor and outdoor irrigation systems.
Supplemental · Task 23383 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Feel plants' leaves and note their coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease.
Supplemental · Task 23384 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Provide information and advice to the public regarding the selection, purchase, and care of products.
Supplemental · Task 23385 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Maintain and repair irrigation and climate control systems.
Supplemental · Task 23386 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Dig, cut, and transplant seedlings, cuttings, trees, and shrubs.
Supplemental · Task 23390 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Record information about plants and plant growth.
Supplemental · Task 23389 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Maintain inventory, ordering materials as required.
Supplemental · Task 23391 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Dig, rake, and screen soil, filling cold frames and hot beds in preparation for planting.
Supplemental · Task 23393 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Inspect plants and bud ties to assess quality.
Supplemental · Task 23395 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Move containerized shrubs, plants, and trees, using wheelbarrows or tractors.
Supplemental · Task 23396 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Tie and bunch flowers, plants, shrubs, and trees, wrap their roots, and pack them into boxes to fill orders.
Supplemental · Task 23398 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Haul and spread topsoil, fertilizer, peat moss, and other materials to condition soil, using wheelbarrows or carts and shovels.
Supplemental · Task 23388 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures.
Unspecified · Task 23399 · 11/2020 · Analyst
Plant, spray, weed, fertilize, water, and prune plants, shrubs, and trees, using gardening tools.
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