- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who performs any combination of following tasks involved in planting, cultivating, and harvesting fruits and nuts, such as cranberries, apples, and pecans, according to instructions from supervisor or farmer. Respnsibilities include:
* Tills soil, plants stock, prunes trees and bushes, and removes suckers and runners from vines and plants, using tools such as shovels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, and shears.
* Sprays plants with prescribed herbicides, fungicides, and pesticides to control diseases and insects.
* Removes blossoms and thins fruit to improve fruit quality.
* Harvests fruit.
* May light smudge pots and torches or start wind machines that heat and circulate air about crop during cold weather to minimize frost damage.
* May lay out irrigation pipes, install sprinklers, and open and adjust water valves and gates to irrigate assigned fields.
* May repair wire fences and farm buildings, using handtools such as hammers and saws.
* May load and unload trucks.
* May guide harvester discharge spout over wooden bins to load fruit on trailer.
* May bag or box harvested fruit.
* May lay harvested fruit on trays in sun to sun-dry fruit.
* May clean, lubricate, and adjust farm machinery, such as weeders and harvesters, using tools such as wrenches and grease guns.
* May clear and burn roots and brush and gather ladders and containers to clean fields.
* May be identified with tasks being performed, such as thinning, smudging, and picking.
* May be designated according to crop grown as Farmworker, Berry; Farmworker, Cranberry; or according to work location as Laborer, Orchard; Laborer, Vineyard.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who facilitates pollination of fig trees. Respnsibilities include:
* Selects and picks mature figs which contain wasps or other small insects and places figs in hamper.
* Transfers figs from hampers to containers attached to infertile trees where wasps and other insects grow to maturity and expedite pollination.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who harvests fruits and nuts, such as cherries, strawberries, grapes, oranges, and pecans, according to method appropriate for type of fruit, by hand or using tools, such as shears, rubber mallet, pronged scoop, or hooked pole. Respnsibilities include:
* Carries and positions work aids, such as ladders, canvas drop cloths, and buckets.
* Selects fruit to be harvested, according to size, shape, and color.
* Grasps, twists, and pulls fruit, snips stems, and shakes trees and vines to separate crop from plant and places fruit into bags, buckets, or trays, exercising care to avoid plant and fruit damage.
* Empties filled containers into collection boxes and bins.
* May stand on ladders or elevated platforms, stoop over plants, or crawl along rows to reach fruit.
* May measure fruit, using gauges.
* May pour fruit through screens when removing foreign matter, such as twigs and grasses.
* May position hand held vibrating device against branches of bushes to shake ripe fruit from branches.
* May dump fruit from containers onto conveyors or load containers onto trucks or wagons.
* May remove ladders, debris, boxes, and discarded fruit from fields and bogs to clean growing areas.
* May collect fallen nuts into piles, using rake.
* May carry and position irrigation pipes.
* May be identified with tasks being performed, such as rhubarb trimming, cranberry screening, and walnut knocking.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who harvests fruits and nuts, such as cherries, strawberries, grapes, oranges, and pecans, according to method appropriate for type of fruit, by hand or using tools, such as shears, rubber mallet, pronged scoop, or hooked pole. Respnsibilities include:
* Carries and positions work aids, such as ladders, canvas drop cloths, and buckets.
* Selects fruit to be harvested, according to size, shape, and color.
* Grasps, twists, and pulls fruit, snips stems, and shakes trees and vines to separate crop from plant and places fruit into bags, buckets, or trays, exercising care to avoid plant and fruit damage.
* Empties filled containers into collection boxes and bins.
* May stand on ladders or elevated platforms, stoop over plants, or crawl along rows to reach fruit.
* May measure fruit, using gauges.
* May pour fruit through screens when removing foreign matter, such as twigs and grasses.
* May position hand held vibrating device against branches of bushes to shake ripe fruit from branches.
* May dump fruit from containers onto conveyors or load containers onto trucks or wagons.
* May remove ladders, debris, boxes, and discarded fruit from fields and bogs to clean growing areas.
* May collect fallen nuts into piles, using rake.
* May carry and position irrigation pipes.
* May be identified with tasks being performed, such as rhubarb trimming, cranberry screening, and walnut knocking.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who prunes berry vines according to specific instructions. Respnsibilities include:
* Walks along berry-plant row and observes plant foliage to ascertain vines requiring pruning.
* Cuts away excessive vine-growth, using pruning knife and shears.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in preparing fields and planting, cultivating, and harvesting crop specialties, such as cotton, mint, tobacco, and hops. Respnsibilities include:
* Confers with manager to evaluate soil and weather conditions and to develop plans and procedures.
* Inspects fields and observes growing plants and harvested crop to determine work requirements, such as cultivating, spraying, thinning, weeding, irrigating, harvesting, and drying, according to time of year and condition of soil, plants, and crops.
* Determines number and kind of workers needed to perform required work and schedules activities.
* Inspects work performed, observes instrument and gauge readings, ascertains condition of crop, and performs related duties to verify worker adherence to instructions.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
* May hire workers.
* May train workers in work procedures, safety policies, and use of machinery and tools.
* May oversee packaging and transporting of harvested crop.
* May drive and operate farm machinery, such as tractor, baler, and self-propelled harvester.
* May examine machinery to ascertain maintenance, repair, and replacement requirements, and supervise workers engaged in machinery-maintenance activities.
* May issue tools to workers.
* May be designated Driver when supervising cotton workers.
* May be identified with crop grown.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in curing tobacco leaves on farm. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads work schedule and ascertains number of available workers on day-haul bus.
* Assigns workers to tasks, such as stringing, handling, and hanging tobacco leaves for drying.
* Enforces company rules to promote safety and prevent waste.
* Investigates grievances and settles disputes to maintain harmony among workers.
* Keeps production records.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in curing tobacco leaves on farm. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads work schedule and ascertains number of available workers on day-haul bus.
* Assigns workers to tasks, such as stringing, handling, and hanging tobacco leaves for drying.
* Enforces company rules to promote safety and prevent waste.
* Investigates grievances and settles disputes to maintain harmony among workers.
* Keeps production records.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plants, cultivates, and harvests specialty crops, such as alfalfa, cotton, hops, peanuts, mint, sugarcane, and tobacco, applying knowledge of growth characteristics of individual crop, and soil, climate, and market conditions. Respnsibilities include:
* Determines number and kind of employees to be hired, acreage to be tilled, and varieties and quantities of plants to be grown.
* Selects and purchases plant stock and farm machinery, implements, and supplies.
* Decides when and how to plant, cultivate, and irrigate plants and harvest crops, applying knowledge of plant culture.
* Attaches farm implements, such as plow, disc, and seed drill to tractor and drives tractor in fields to till soil and plant and cultivate crops.
* Drives and operates farm machinery to spray fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides and haul harvested crops.
* Hires, assigns duties to, and oversees activities of farm workers.
* Demonstrates and explains farm work techniques and safety regulations to new workers.
* Maintains employee and financial records.
* Arranges with buyers for sale and shipment of crop.
* May install irrigation system(s) and irrigate fields.
* May set poles and string wires and twine on poles to form trellises.
* May lubricate, adjust, and make minor repairs on farm machinery, implements, and equipment, using mechanic's handtools and work aids.
* May plant seeds in cold-frame bed and cover bed with cloth or glass to protect seedlings from weather.
* May transplant seedlings in rows, by hand or using transplanter machine.
* May grade and package crop for marketing.
* May be designated according to crop grown as Cotton Grower; Ginseng Farmer; Hay Farmer; Hop Grower; Peanut Farmer; Sugarcane Planter; Tobacco Grower.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs following duties to prepare fields and plant, cultivate, and harvest field crops, such as cotton and hops. Respnsibilities include:
* Attaches farm implements, such as disk harrow and weed cutter, to tractor, using bolts and mechanic's handtools.
* Drives tractor to field and tows attached implement back and forth across field or between crop rows, manipulating levers that activate and position implement parts to till soil.
* Loads and drives truck to transport farm supplies and tools, such as fertilizer and pesticide chemicals, trellis poles and wires, hoes and shovels, harvested crops, and farm workers to specified locations.
* Drives and operates self-propelled harvest machine to harvest crop.
* Adds oil, gasoline, and water to appropriate tanks on machinery.
* Makes minor mechanical adjustments and repairs on farm machinery, paints farm structures, and replaces fence and trellis wires when weather and season preclude driving activities.
* May irrigate fields.
* May oversee work crew engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities.
* May weigh crop-filled containers and record weights.
* May spray fertilizer and pesticide solutions in assigned areas.
Industry:Professional careers
