Field crop and vegetable growers plan, organize and perform farming operations to grow and harvest various types of field crop such as wheat and other cereals, rice, beetroot, sugar-cane, ground-nuts, tobacco, reed or other field crops and potatoes, cabbages or other field vegetables, for sale or delivery on a regular basis to wholesale buyers, marketing organizations or at markets.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
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Job Definition
- Monitoring market activity and conditions, determining types and quantities of crops to be grown, and planning and coordinating production accordingly
- Preparing soil by hand or machine, and spreading fertilizers and manure
- Selecting and sowing seeds, and planting seedlings
- Maintaining crops by cultivating soil, by transplanting, pruning or thinning plants, and by setting up and operating irrigation equipment
- Controlling weeds, pests and diseases by applying herbicides and pesticides
- Harvesting crops and destroying diseased or superfluous crops
- Inspecting, cleaning, grading, packaging, storing and loading crops for sale or delivery to market
- Tending working animals and maintaining farm buildings, structures, equipment and water supply systems
- Storing and carrying out some processing of produce
- Promoting and marketing products, arranging the sale, purchase and transportation of produce and supplies and maintaining and evaluating records of farm activities and transactions
- Training and supervising workers in crop production, maintenance duties, and health and safety precautions and hiring and discharging workers and contractors
