Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop

Plant seeds, care for crops, and gather produce by hand. Implement the use of shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives.

Career Snapshot

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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.
Leadership
HIGH
Critical decision making
HIGH
Level of responsibilities
HIGH
Job challenge and pressure to meet deadlines
HIGH
Dealing and handling conflict
LOW
Competition for this position
HIGH
Communication with others
LOW
Work closely with team members, clients etc.
HIGH
Comfort of the work setting
LOW
Exposure to extreme environmental conditions
LOW
Exposure to job hazards
LOW
Physical demands
LOW
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Characteristics

Communication with others
Dealing and handling conflicts
Physical demands
Exposure to job hazards
Exposure to extreme environmental conditions
Comfort of the work setting
Work closely with team members, clients etc.
Competition for this position
Job challenge and pressure to meet deadlines
Level of responsibilities
Critical decision making
Leadership

Activities

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates Know More
Controlling Machines and Processes Know More
Getting Information Know More
Handling and Moving Objects Know More
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events Know More
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment Know More
Performing General Physical Activities Know More
Training and Teaching Others Know More

Areas of Study

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Degrees

Key Abilities

  1. Arm-Hand Steadiness Know More
  2. Control Precision Know More
  3. Information Ordering Know More
  4. Manual Dexterity Know More
  5. Multilimb Coordination Know More
  6. Problem Sensitivity Know More
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  8. Speech Recognition Know More

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Top Skills

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