Agricultural Workers Career Video

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JOB TITLE: Agricultural Equipment Operators
OCCUPATION DESCRIPTION: Drive and control farm equipment to till soil and to plant, cultivate, and harvest crops. May perform tasks, such as crop baling or hay bucking. May operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks, such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.
RELATED JOB TITLES: Baler Operator, Cutter Operator, Equipment Operator, Farm Hand, Farm Laborer, Hay Baler, Irrigation Worker, Rake Operator, Tractor Driver, Tractor Operator
ONET: 45-2091.00


JOB TITLE: Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
OCCUPATION DESCRIPTION: 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.
RELATED JOB TITLES: Gardener, Greenhouse Staff, Greenhouse Worker, Grower, Harvester, Nursery Worker, Packer, Plant Production Worker, Propagation Worker, Transplant Worker, Farm Laborer, Farm Worker, Field Irrigation Worker, Field Worker, Harvester, Hired Hand, Hoe Worker, Irrigator, Orchard Worker, Picker
ONET: 45-2092.00


JOB TITLE: Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
OCCUPATION DESCRIPTION: Attend to live farm, ranch, open range or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, rabbits, finfish, shellfish, and bees. Attend to animals produced for animal products, such as meat, fur, skins, feathers, eggs, milk, and honey. Duties may include feeding, watering, herding, grazing, milking, castrating, branding, de-beaking, weighing, catching, and loading animals. May maintain records on animals; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; assist in birth deliveries; and administer medications, vaccinations, or insecticides as appropriate. May clean and maintain animal housing areas. Includes workers who shear wool from sheep and collect eggs in hatcheries.
RELATED JOB TITLES: Breeding Technician, Cowboy, Egg Gatherer, Farm Hand, Farrowing Worker, Herdsman, Livestock Handler, Milking Worker, Ranch Hand, Vaccinator
ONET: 45-2093.00


JOB TITLE: Animal Breeders
OCCUPATION DESCRIPTION: Select and breed animals according to their genealogy, characteristics, and offspring. May require knowledge of artificial insemination techniques and equipment use. May involve keeping records on heats, birth intervals, or pedigree.
RELATED JOB TITLES: Animal Technician, Artificial Inseminater, Artificial Insemination Technician (AI Technician), Breeder, Breeding Manager, Broodmare Foreman, Dog Breeder, Donor Manager, Large Herd Specialist, Stallion Manager
ONET: 45-2021.00


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