Crop Farm Workers

Crop Farm Workers perform routine tasks in producing crops such as fruit, nuts, grains, vegetables and mushrooms.

What the job involves

• Planting trees, seeds, seedlings, roots, bulbs, vines and other plants using hand tools and farm machines

• Building trellises for climbing vegetables and vines

• Operating farm machines to cultivate, fertilise, spray and harvest fruit, nuts, grains and vegetables

• Spraying trees, vines and other plants with chemicals to control weed growth, insects, fungus growth and diseases

• Thinning, weeding and hoeing row crops, and pruning trees and vines

• Irrigating land for crop growth

• Selecting and picking fruit, nuts, grains and vegetables according to size and ripeness, and discarding rotting and over-ripened produce

• Grading, sorting, bunching and packing produce into containers

• Loading filled fruit, nut, grain and vegetable containers onto trucks