6313-Subsistence Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers

Job Title: 

Subsistence Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers

Job Description: 

Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers grow and harvest field or tree and shrub crops, vegetables and fruit, gather wild fruits, medicinal and other plants, tend or hunt animals, and/or catch fish and gather various forms of aquatic life in order to provide food, shelter and a minimum of cash income for themselves and their households.

Tasks: 

Breeding, tending and feeding animals and poultry mainly to obtain meat, eggs, milk, hair, skin or other products

Linked Education ( CESM Codes ) : 

106 - Animal Sciences
104 - Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services

Specific Occupations: 

631301 - Subsistence Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers
Description : Grows and harvests field or tree and shrub crops, vegetables and fruit, gather wild fruits, medicinal and other plants, tend or hunt animals, and/or catch fish and gather various forms of aquatic life in order to provide food, shelter and a minimum of cash income for themselves and their households.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No

Additional Notes: 

NOTE: Workers in a subsistence setting whose main tasks are fetching water and gathering firewood, are classified in unit group 8624, Water and Firewood Collectors. Workers in subsistence agriculture who perform a limited range of simple and routine tasks, usually under the direction of others, are classified in the relevant unit group in Sub-major group 82, Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Labourers.

International Careers(ISCO): 
Source Of Info: 

Source : Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO) 2013, Department of Higher Education and Training, Republic of South Africa