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| 6111 FIELD CROP AND VEGETABLE GROWERS
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Field crop and vegetable growers plan and carry out the
necessary operations to grow and harvest various types of field
crops such as wheat and other cereals, rice, beetroot, sugar-
cane, ground-nuts, tobacco, reeds or other field crops and
potatoes, cabbages or other field vegetables, for sale or
delivery on a regular basis to wholesale buyers, marketing
organisations or at markets.
Tasks include -
(a) determining kinds and amounts of crops to be grown;
(b) purchasing seeds, fertiliser and other supplies,
(c) renting or investing in land and land improvements,
buildings, working animals, equipment and machinery;
(d) performing farm operations such as land preparation, sowing,
planting, cultivating and harvesting crops and field
vegetables;
(e) storing and carrying out some basic processing of their
produce;
(f) tending working animals and maintaining farm buildings,
machinery and equipment;
(g) delivering or marketing farm products;
(h) performing related tasks.
(i) supervising other workers.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Farm worker, skilled/field crops
- Farmer, cereal
- Farmer, cotton
- Farmer, field crop
- Farmer, rice
- Farmer, sugar-cane
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Department manager, production and operations/agriculture
- 1221
- General manager, agriculture - 1311 Labourer, farm - 9211
- Managing director, enterprise/agriculture - 1210
- Operator, agricultural machinery - 8331
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