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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
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. | Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse perform numerous activities related to growing and harvesting grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, fiber, trees, shrubs, and other crops. Among their activities are planting and seeding, pruning, irrigating, harvesting, and packing and loading crops for shipment. Farmworkers also apply pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers to crops, repair fences, and help with irrigation. Nursery and greenhouse workers prepare land or greenhouse beds for growing hort icultural products, such as trees, plants, flowers, and sod. Their duties include planting, watering, pruning, weeding, and spraying the plants. They may cut, roll, and stack sod, stake trees, tie, wrap, and pack plants to fill orders, and dig up or move field-grown and containerized shrubs and trees. | |||
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Set up and operate irrigation equipment. | ||||
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Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops. | ||||
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Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment. | ||||
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Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand. | ||||
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Apply pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers to crops. | ||||
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Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. | ||||
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Identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers. | ||||
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Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting. | ||||
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Clear and maintain irrigation ditches. | ||||
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Record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs. | ||||
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Dig and plant seeds, or transplant seedlings by hand. | ||||
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Repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures. | ||||
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Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops. | ||||
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Load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Farmworkers and Laborers Crop, Nursery and Greenhouse
Farmworkers and Laborers Crop, Nursery and Greenhouse
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. | |||
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Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Less than a High School Diploma | |||
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On-the-Job Training | None or short demonstration | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | None | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Agriculture Worker | |||
Apple Picker | |||
Apple Thinner | |||
Apple Turner | |||
Asparagus Cutter | |||
Bale Sewer | |||
Bean Picker | |||
Beet Topper | |||
Beet Worker | |||
Berry Picker | |||
Berry Planter | |||
Binder Operator | |||
Bog Worker | |||
Brush Cutter | |||
Bulb Farmworker | |||
Cane Burner | |||
Cane Cutter | |||
Cane Cutter | |||
Cane Flume Watcher | |||
Cane Flume Watchman | |||
Cane Loader | |||
Cane Packer | |||
Cane Pusher | |||
Cane Stripper | |||
Carrot Buncher | |||
Carrot Harvester | |||
Carrot Harvester | |||
Carrot Tier | |||
Celery Cutter | |||
Celery Packer | |||
Celery Stripper | |||
Celery Tier | |||
Celery Wrapper | |||
Citrus Fruit Packer | |||
Citrus Picker | |||
Citrus Picker | |||
Corn Detasseler | |||
Corn Husker | |||
Corn Picker | |||
Corn Picker | |||
Corn Sheller | |||
Corn Shredder | |||
Corn Shucker | |||
Cotton Picker | |||
Cotton Picker | |||
Cotton Puller | |||
Cotton Stomper | |||
Crop Duster Helper | |||
Crop Farm Helper | |||
Crop Picker | |||
Crop Picker | |||
Crop Ranch Hand | |||
Crop or Grain Farmer | |||
Crop or Grain Farmworker | |||
Culler | |||
Custom Grinder | |||
Detasseler | |||
Digger | |||
Ditch Cleaner | |||
Ditch Digger | |||
Ditch Rider | |||
Ditch Tender | |||
Ditcher | |||
Diversified Crops Farmworker | |||
Dryland Farmer | |||
Eradicator | |||
Farm Hand | |||
Farm Laborer | |||
Farm Rancher | |||
Farm Worker | |||
Field Broomer | |||
Field Cane Scaler Helper | |||
Field Crop Farmworker | |||
Field Crop Harvest Worker | |||
Field Hand | |||
Field Handyman | |||
Field Hauler | |||
Field Irrigation Worker | |||
Field Worker | |||
Fig Caprifier | |||
Firebreak Cutter | |||
Flagger | |||
Flagman | |||
Flower Picker | |||
Food Crops Farm Hand | |||
Fruit Cutter | |||
Fruit Farmworker | |||
Fruit Harvest Worker | |||
Fruit Harvester | |||
Fruit Loader | |||
Fruit Packer | |||
Fruit Picker | |||
Fruit Thinner | |||
Fruit Worker | |||
Fruit or Nut Farmer | |||
Fruit or Nut Farmworker | |||
Ginner | |||
Grain Farmworker | |||
Grape Cutter | |||
Grape Picker | |||
Gravity Flow Irrigator | |||
Greenhouse Transplanter | |||
Grove Worker | |||
Grubber | |||
Gun Fertilizer | |||
Hammer Mill Operator | |||
Harvest Worker | |||
Harvester | |||
Harvester | |||
Haul Cane Brakeman | |||
Hay Buckler | |||
Hay Stacker | |||
Hired Hand | |||
Hoe Worker | |||
Hoer | |||
Hop Picker | |||
Hop Trainer | |||
Hop Worker | |||
Horticultural Farmworker | |||
Hydro Sprayer Operator | |||
Irrigation Equipment Remover | |||
Irrigation Flume Layer | |||
Irrigation Laborer | |||
Irrigation System Operator | |||
Irrigator | |||
Land Clearer | |||
Lemon Picker | |||
Lettuce Cutter | |||
Loader | |||
Machinist | |||
Migratory Farm Hand | |||
Migratory Worker | |||
Mushroom Cultivator | |||
Mushroom Cutter | |||
Mushroom Growth Media Mixer | |||
Mushroom Picker | |||
Nut Packer | |||
Nut Picker | |||
Nut Sheller | |||
Olive Knocker | |||
Olive Picker | |||
Onion Tier | |||
Onion Topper | |||
Orange Picker | |||
Orchard Hand | |||
Orchard Hand | |||
Orchard Worker | |||
Orchard Worker | |||
Overhead Irrigator | |||
Pear Picker | |||
Pecan Gatherer | |||
Pecan Gatherer | |||
Pecan Picker | |||
Pepper Picker | |||
Pepper Picker | |||
Picker | |||
Plant Puller | |||
Pole Setter | |||
Portable Irrigation Operator | |||
Portable Track Line Marker | |||
Portable Trackman | |||
Potato Loader | |||
Potato Seed Cutter | |||
Produce Laborer | |||
Produce Wrapper | |||
Rice Field Worker | |||
Roguer | |||
Seed Cutter | |||
Seed Potato Arranger | |||
Shallot Cleaner | |||
Shallot Packer | |||
Shed Hand | |||
Smudger | |||
Sprinkler Worker | |||
Sprinkling System Irrigator | |||
Sugar Cane Planter | |||
Tassel Clipper | |||
Tassel Snipper | |||
Tile Ditcher | |||
Tobacco Cutter | |||
Tobacco Prizer | |||
Tobacco Stemmer | |||
Tobacco Stripper | |||
Tractor Driver | |||
Tractor Operator | |||
Tree Tapping Laborer | |||
Valve Pipe Irrigator | |||
Vegetable Buncher | |||
Vegetable Farmworker | |||
Vegetable Grower | |||
Vegetable Harvest Worker | |||
Vegetable Loader | |||
Vegetable Packer | |||
Vegetable Thinner | |||
Vegetable Tier | |||
Vegetable Trimmer | |||
Vineyard Tender | |||
Vineyard Tender | |||
Weed Burner | |||
Weeder | |||
Weeder-Thinner | |||
Yam Curer | |||
Zanjero | |||
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