Field crop and vegetable growers
UK - 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.
Tasks
- (a) monitoring market activity and conditions, determining types and quantities of crops to be grown, and planning and coordinating production accordingly
- (b) preparing soil by hand or machine, and spreading fertilizers and manure
- (c) selecting and sowing seeds, and planting seedlings
- (d) maintaining crops by cultivating soil, by transplanting, pruning or thinning plants, and by setting up and operating irrigation equipment
- (e) controlling weeds, pests and diseases, by applying herbicides and pesticides
- (f) harvesting crops and destroying diseased or superfluous crops
- (g) inspecting, cleaning, grading, packaging, storing and loading crops for sale or delivery to market
- (h) tending working animals and maintaining farm buildings, structures, equipment and water supply systems
- (i) storing and carrying out some processing of produce
- (j) promoting and marketing products, arranging the sale, purchase and transportation of produce and supplies and maintaining and evaluating records of activities and transactions
- (k) training and supervising workers in crop production, maintenance duties, and health and safety precautions and hiring and discharging workers and contractors
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