United States
6111-Field crop and vegetable growers
Job Title:
Field crop and vegetable growers
Job Description:
Field crop and vegetable growers plan, organize and perform farming operations to grow and harvest various types of field crop such as wheat and other cereals, rice, beetroot, sugar-cane, ground-nuts, tobacco, reed or other field crops and potatoes, cabbages or other field vegetables, for sale or delivery on a regular basis to wholesale buyers, marketing organizations or at markets.
Tasks:
Tasks include
- monitoring market activity and conditions, determining types and quantities of crops to be grown, and planning and coordinating production accordingly
- preparing soil by hand or machine, and spreading fertilizers and manure
- selecting and sowing seeds, and planting seedlings
- maintaining crops by cultivating soil, by transplanting, pruning or thinning plants, and by setting up and operating irrigation equipment
- controlling weeds, pests and diseases, by applying herbicides and pesticides
- harvesting crops and destroying diseased or superfluous crops
- inspecting, cleaning, grading, packaging, storing and loading crops for sale or delivery to market
- tending working animals and maintaining farm buildings, structures, equipment and water supply systems
- storing and carrying out some processing of produce
- promoting and marketing products, arranging the sale, purchase and transportation of produce and supplies and maintaining and evaluating records of farm activities and transactions
- (k) training and supervising workers in crop production, maintenance duties, and health and safety precautions and hiring and discharging workers and contractors.
Specific Occupations:
61111
Farmer/ grower, skilled {cotton, wheat, maize, sugarcane, rice, cereal, grain, field crops, tobacco ,alfalfa/ flax, groundnut, potato, soya-bean/,sugar-beet (market production)
61112
Farmer/ grower skilled ,vegetable(market production)
61113
Farm worker, skilled ,cotton, wheat, maize, sugarcane, rice, cereal, grain, field crops ,flax,groundnut,irrigation,jute, potato, sugar-beet (market production)
61114
Farm worker, skilled ,vegetable (market production)
61115
Irrigation worker, skilled(market production)
61116
General manager, agriculture/farm(market production)
61117
Supervisor/ Superintendent (farm) (market production)
61118
Cropper/ Fieldman / Planter( cotton,Planter, sugar-cane, Planter, tobacco ) (market production)
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Source Of Info:
Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, PSCO-2291