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| 6210 SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERY WORKERS
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Subsistence agricultural and fishery workers grow and
harvest field or tree and shrub crops, grow vegetables and
fruit, gather wild fruits, medicinal and other plants, tend or
hunt animals, catch fish and gather various forms of aquatic
life in order to provide food, shelter and a minimum of cash
income for themselves and their households.
Tasks include -
(a) preparing the soil, sowing, planting, tending and harvesting
field crops;
(b) growing vegetables, fruit and other tree and shrub crops;
(c) gathering wild fruits, medicinal and other plants;
(d) tending, feeding or hunting animals mainly to obtain meat,
milk, hair, skin or other products;
(e) fetching water and gathering firewood
(f) catching fish and gathering other forms of aquatic life;
(g) storing or carrying out some basic processing of their
produce;
(h) building shelters and making simple tools, clothes and
utensils for use by the household;
(i) selling some products at local markets;
(j) performing related tasks.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Farm worker, skilled/subsistence farming
- Farmer, subsistence farming
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Labourer, farm - 9211
- Labourer, fishery - 9213
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