Crop Farm Workers

Key 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 and vegetables 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

Employment Projections to 2035