General Farmworkers

Apply pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizer to crops and livestock; plant, maintain, and harvest food crops; and tend livestock and poultry. Repair farm buildings and fences. Duties may include: operating milking machines and other dairy processing equipment; supervising seasonal help; irrigating crops; and hauling livestock products to market.

Job Task

• Loads agricultural products into trucks for transport.
• Clears and maintains irrigation ditches.
• Repairs farm buildings, fences, and other structures.
• Operates tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, and plant, cultivate, spray, and harvest crops.
• Feeds, waters, grooms, and otherwise cares for livestock and poultry.
• Harvests fruits and vegetables by hand.
• Digs and transplants seedlings by hand.
• Sets up and operates irrigation equipment.
• Operates truck to haul livestock and products to market.
• Oversees casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting.
• Repairs and maintains farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment.
• Administers simple medications to animals and fowls.
• Cleans barns, stables, pens, and kennels.

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