AI Assistant for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

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.

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Core Responsibilities

  • 1Record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs.(Core task)
  • 2Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting.(Core task)
  • 3Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops.(Core task)
  • 4Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them.(Core task)
  • 5Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment.(Core task)
  • 6Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand.(Core task)
  • 7Set up and operate irrigation equipment.(Core task)
  • 8Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress.(Core task)
  • 9Identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers.(Core task)
  • 10Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops.(Core task)

Top Skills Required

Speaking
Operations Monitoring
Active Listening
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Social Perceptiveness
Operation and Control
Repairing

Knowledge Areas

Food ProductionBiologyMechanicalAdministration and ManagementChemistryMathematicsEnglish Language

Technology & Tools Used

In-Demand Technologies

Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft Word

Other Tools

BCL Landview Systems WinCropFarm Works Software TracGlobal positioning system GPS softwareIBM Lotus NotesWeb browser software

Daily Work Activities

Performing General Physical Activities
Handling and Moving Objects
Getting Information
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Controlling Machines and Processes
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment

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