- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who drives and operates farm machinery to plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, such as peas, lettuce, tomatoes, and lima beans. Respnsibilities include:
* Attaches farm implements, such as plow, planter, fertilizer applicator, and harvester, to tractor and drives tractor in fields to prepare soil and plant, fertilize, and harvest crops.
* Thins, hoes, and weeds row crops, using hand implements.
* Irrigates land to provide sufficient moisture for crop growth, using irrigation method appropriate to crop or locality.
* May mix spray solutions and spray crops.
* May supervise seasonal workers and keep time records of workers.
* May use horse-drawn equipment to plant, cultivate, and harvest crops.
* May adjust and maintain farm machinery.
* May be identified with crop raised.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plants, cultivates, and harvests vegetables, working as crewmember. Respnsibilities include:
* Dumps seed into hopper of planter towed by tractor.
* Rides on planter and brushes debris from seed spouts that discharge seeds into plowed furrow.
* Plants roots and bulbs, using hoe or trowel.
* Covers plants with sheet or caps of treated cloth or paper to protect plants from weather.
* Weeds and thins blocks of plants, using hoe or spoon-shaped tool.
* Transplants seedlings, using hand transplanter or by placing seedlings in rotating planting wheel while riding on power-drawn transplanter.
* Sets bean poles and strings them with wire or twine.
* Closes and ties leaves over heads of cauliflower and other cabbage and cabbagelike plants.
* Picks, cuts, pulls, or lifts crops to harvest them.
* Ties vegetables in bunches and removes tops from root crops.
* Pitches vine crops into viner (pea or bean shelling machine), using pitchfork or electric fork and boom, and cleans up spilled vines.
* May participate in irrigation activities.
* May be identified with work assigned, such as blocking, cutting, and stringing, or with crop raised, such as asparagus, beans, and celery.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who harvests vegetables, such as cucumbers, onions, lettuce, and sweet corn, by hand or using knife, according to method appropriate for type of vegetable. Respnsibilities include:
* Ascertains picking assignment from supervisor and places work aids, such as buckets and tie wires, in assigned area.
* Picks vegetable from plant, pulls vegetable from plant or soil, or cuts vegetable from stem or root.
* Puts vegetables in container or lays bunches of vegetables along row for collection.
* Carries containers or armloads of bunched vegetables to collection point.
* Loads vegetables on trucks or field conveyors.
* May tie vegetables into specified size bunches, using wires or rubber bands.
* May cut top foliage from root vegetables, using knife.
* May wash vegetables.
* May be identified with tasks performed, such as picking, cutting, bunching, and washing; or with crop harvested as cucumbers, lettuce, onions, radishes, and sweet corn.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in cultivating, pruning, spraying, thinning, propping, and harvesting tree crops, such as apples, lemons, oranges, peaches, and pecans. Respnsibilities include:
* Assigns trees, rows, or blocks of trees to workers.
* Directs workers in spacing, thinning, irrigating, fertilizing, spraying, and pruning trees and in harvesting fruit.
* Issues ladders, pruning tools, and picking bags or buckets to workers.
* Inspects harvested fruit for bruises, maturity, and improper harvesting defects.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
* May dig up soil samples from various locations in grove to send to laboratory for analysis, using auger or shovel.
* May examine trees for blight and insect infestation and record degree of damage and location of affected trees.
* May requisition and purchase farm supplies, such as insecticides and machinery lubricants.
* May hire and discharge workers.
* May prepare daily tally sheets of worker hours and production.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in planting, cultivating, and harvesting berry crops, such as cranberries and grapes. Respnsibilities include:
* Confers with manager to evaluate weather and soil conditions and to develop plans and procedures.
* Hires workers and explains and demonstrates field work-techniques and safety-regulations to inexperienced workers.
* Assigns duties, such as tilling soil, planting, cultivating, and spraying vines, and gathering berries, to farmworkers and oversees work activities.
* Attaches farm implement, such as disc, planter, and fertilizer, and herbicide spreader, to tractor, and drives tractor in fields to plant and cultivate vines.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
* May adjust and repair farm machinery.
* May irrigate fields.
* May cut plant runners and uprights to thin vines and stimulate growth, using pruning tools.
* May be identified according to location as Cranberry-Farm Supervisor; Vineyard Supervisor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plants and cultivates trees, such as apple, orange, and walnut, and harvests fruit and nut crops, applying knowledge of horticulture and market conditions. Respnsibilities include:
* Determines varieties and quantities of trees to be grown, acreage to be tilled, and employees to be hired.
* Selects and purchases tree stock and farm machines, implements, and supplies.
* Decides when and how to plant, bud, graft, cultivate, irrigate, and prune trees and harvest crop, based on knowledge of tree-crop culture.
* Attaches farm implements, such as plow, disc, and harrow, to tractor and drives tractor in fields to till soil.
* Plants root stock, applies fertilizers, insecticides, and fungicides, and irrigates fields.
* Prunes growing trees to develop desired size and shape.
* Assigns duties to farmhands and explains orchard work techniques and safety regulations to inexperienced workers.
* Maintains employee and financial records.
* Arranges with buyers for sale of crops.
* Lubricates, adjusts, and makes minor repairs on farm machinery, implements, and equipment, using oilcan, grease gun, and handtools.
* May bud and graft stock.
* May plant ground crops to shade ground, conserve moisture, and improve soil.
* May be designated according to crop grown as Apple Grower; Cherry Grower; Filbert Grower; Lemon Grower; Nut Orchardist; Orange Grower.
* May be designated. Respnsibilities include:
* Peach Grower; Pecan Grower; Tung-Nut Grower; Walnut Grower.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plants and cultivates trees, such as apple, orange, and walnut, and harvests fruit and nut crops, applying knowledge of horticulture and market conditions. Respnsibilities include:
* Determines varieties and quantities of trees to be grown, acreage to be tilled, and employees to be hired.
* Selects and purchases tree stock and farm machines, implements, and supplies.
* Decides when and how to plant, bud, graft, cultivate, irrigate, and prune trees and harvest crop, based on knowledge of tree-crop culture.
* Attaches farm implements, such as plow, disc, and harrow, to tractor and drives tractor in fields to till soil.
* Plants root stock, applies fertilizers, insecticides, and fungicides, and irrigates fields.
* Prunes growing trees to develop desired size and shape.
* Assigns duties to farmhands and explains orchard work techniques and safety regulations to inexperienced workers.
* Maintains employee and financial records.
* Arranges with buyers for sale of crops.
* Lubricates, adjusts, and makes minor repairs on farm machinery, implements, and equipment, using oilcan, grease gun, and handtools.
* May bud and graft stock.
* May plant ground crops to shade ground, conserve moisture, and improve soil.
* May be designated according to crop grown as Apple Grower; Cherry Grower; Filbert Grower; Lemon Grower; Nut Orchardist; Orange Grower.
* May be designated. Respnsibilities include:
* Peach Grower; Pecan Grower; Tung-Nut Grower; Walnut Grower.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plants and cultivates fruit bushes and vines and harvests crops, such as grapes, cranberries, and strawberries, applying knowledge of growth characteristics of specific varieties and soil, climate, and market conditions. Respnsibilities include:
* Determines varieties and quantities of plants to be grown, acreage to be tilled, and employees to be hired.
* Selects and purchases plant stock and farm machines, implements, and supplies.
* Decides when and how to plant, bud, graft, prune, sucker, cultivate and irrigate plants, and harvest crop, based on knowledge of vine-crop culture.
* Attaches farm implements, such as harrow and ditcher, to tractor and drives tractor in fields to till soil.
* Drives and operates farm machinery to spray fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides and haul fruit boxes.
* Hires, assigns duties to, and oversees activities of seasonal workers engaged in tilling and irrigating soil, pruning plants, and harvesting and marketing crop.
* Demonstrates and explains farm work techniques and safety regulations.
* Maintains employee and financial records.
* Makes arrangements with buyers for sale and shipment of crop.
* May make arrangements with airplane pilot to spray and dust fertilizers and pesticides on planted acreage.
* May install irrigation system(s) and irrigate fields.
* May set poles, string wires on poles to form trellises, and tie vines and canes to trellis wires.
* May prune vines and canes to size and shape growth.
* May lubricate, adjust, and make minor repairs on farm machinery, implements, and equipment, using oilcan, grease gun, and handtools, such as hammer and wrench.
* May be designated according to crop grown as Blueberry Grower; Cranberry Grower; Grape Grower; Raspberry Grower; Strawberry Grower.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plants and cultivates fruit bushes and vines and harvests crops, such as grapes, cranberries, and strawberries, applying knowledge of growth characteristics of specific varieties and soil, climate, and market conditions. Respnsibilities include:
* Determines varieties and quantities of plants to be grown, acreage to be tilled, and employees to be hired.
* Selects and purchases plant stock and farm machines, implements, and supplies.
* Decides when and how to plant, bud, graft, prune, sucker, cultivate and irrigate plants, and harvest crop, based on knowledge of vine-crop culture.
* Attaches farm implements, such as harrow and ditcher, to tractor and drives tractor in fields to till soil.
* Drives and operates farm machinery to spray fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides and haul fruit boxes.
* Hires, assigns duties to, and oversees activities of seasonal workers engaged in tilling and irrigating soil, pruning plants, and harvesting and marketing crop.
* Demonstrates and explains farm work techniques and safety regulations.
* Maintains employee and financial records.
* Makes arrangements with buyers for sale and shipment of crop.
* May make arrangements with airplane pilot to spray and dust fertilizers and pesticides on planted acreage.
* May install irrigation system(s) and irrigate fields.
* May set poles, string wires on poles to form trellises, and tie vines and canes to trellis wires.
* May prune vines and canes to size and shape growth.
* May lubricate, adjust, and make minor repairs on farm machinery, implements, and equipment, using oilcan, grease gun, and handtools, such as hammer and wrench.
* May be designated according to crop grown as Blueberry Grower; Cranberry Grower; Grape Grower; Raspberry Grower; Strawberry Grower.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who drives and operates farm machinery to plant, cultivate, spray, and harvest fruit and nut crops, such as apples, oranges, strawberries, and pecans. Respnsibilities include:
* Attaches farm implements, such as plow, planter, fertilizer applicator, and harvester to tractor and drives tractor in fields to prepare soil and plant, fertilize, and harvest crops.
* Mixes chemical ingredients and sprays trees, vines, and grounds with solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases.
* Removes excess growth from trees and vines to improve fruit quality, using pruning saws and clippers.
* Irrigates soil, using portable-pipe or ditch system.
* Picks fruit during harvest.
* Drives truck or tractor to transport materials, supplies, workers, and products.
* Makes adjustments and minor repairs to farm machinery.
* May thin blossoms, runners, and immature fruit to obtain better-quality fruit.
* May select, cut, and graft stock-wood (scion) onto tree stem or trunk to propagate fruit and nut trees.
* May spray trees in spring to loosen and remove surplus fruit, and in fall to prevent early dropping and discoloration of fruit.
* May prop limbs to prevent them from breaking under weight of fruit.
* May start fans that circulate air or light smudge pots or torches to prevent frost damage.
* May be identified with work being performed, such as picking, plowing, and spraying; or according to crop worked such as cherries, cranberries, lemons, or walnuts.
Industry:Professional careers
