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Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop

SOC 45-2092.02

Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts 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; cleaning, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.

Zone 1 Farming, Fishing, and Forestry

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Operation Monitoring

3.1

Operation and Control

3.1

Active Listening

3.0

Speaking

3.0

Critical Thinking

3.0

Coordination

3.0

Monitoring

2.9

Equipment Maintenance

2.9

Knowledge Areas 8

Mechanical

2.6

Personnel and Human Resources

2.5

Food Production

2.4

Transportation

2.3

Administration and Management

2.2

Clerical

2.2

Public Safety and Security

2.2

English Language

2.2

Key Tasks

1Set up and operate irrigation equipment.

2Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops.

3Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment.

4Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand.

5Apply pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers to crops.