How do they match: Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

  • Binder Operator
  • Hammer Mill Operator
  • Hydro Sprayer Operator
  • Irrigation System Operator
  • Portable Irrigation Operator
  • Tractor Operator

  • 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.

  • Move containerized shrubs, plants, and trees, using wheelbarrows or tractors.
  • Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops.
  • Set up and operate irrigation equipment.

  • Operate farming equipment.
  • Operate irrigation systems.
  • Advise others on farming or forestry operations, regulations, or equipment.
  • Confer with managers to make operational decisions.
  • Maintain operational records.