Overview
This occupation group covers Crop Farm Workers not elsewhere classified. Occupations include: Coffee Plantation Worker (Aus); Duboisia Farm Worker (Aus); Flower Buncher or Picker; Hop Farm Worker; Lavender Farm Worker; Sugar Cane Planter (Aus); Tea Plantation Worker (Aus); Tea Tree Farm Worker; Turf Farm Worker
Skills
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below. AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)
Tasks
- planting trees, seeds, seedlings, roots, bulbs, vines and other plants using hand tools and farm machines
- building trellises for climbing vegetables and vines
- operating farm machines to cultivate, fertilise, spray and harvest fruit, nuts, grains and vegetables
- spraying trees, vines and other plants with chemicals to control weed growth, insects, fungus growth and diseases
- thinning, weeding and hoeing row crops, and pruning trees and vines
- irrigating land for crop growth
- selecting and picking fruit, nuts, grains, vegetables and mushrooms according to size and ripeness, and discarding rotting and over-ripened produce
- grading, sorting, bunching and packing produce into containers
- loading filled fruit, nut, grain and vegetable containers onto trucks
Related Occupations
- Fruit or Nut Farm Worker
- Fruit or Nut Picker
- Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Farm Worker
- Mushroom Picker
- Vegetable Farm Worker
- Vegetable Picker
- Vineyard Worker
Source: 1220.0 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, First Edition.
Note: The tasks associated with the occupation are to be used as guidance only. The tasks listing may include tasks associated with the grouping/category to which the occupation belongs.
Training Pathways
No courses found.