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Daily Tasks
| Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. | | Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools. | | Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities. | | Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. | | Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rotten products. | | Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps. | | Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers. | | Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks. | | Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery. | | Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery. | | Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions. | | Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment. | | Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops. | | Position boxes or attach bags at discharge ends of machinery to catch products, removing and closing full containers. | | Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers. | | Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals. | | Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information. |
Daily Work Activities
| Follow horticulture irrigation techniques. | | Use herbicides, fertilizers, pesticides or related products. | | Identify crop characteristics. | | Identify fruit or vegetable or crops ready for harvest. | | Maintain or repair cargo or passenger vehicle. | | Mix paint, ingredients, or chemicals, according to specifications. | | Move or fit heavy objects. | | Drive automobile, van, or light truck. | | Operate forklift. | | Drive truck with capacity greater than 3 tons. | | Operate power driven pumps. | | Operate tractor with accessories or attachments. | | Use hand or power tools. | | Use vehicle repair tools or safety equipment. | | Plant, cultivate, or harvest crops, including aquaculture. | | Use portable hand spray equipment. | | Perform safety inspections in agricultural, forestry, or fishing setting. | | Hand harvest agricultural crops. | | Monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems. | | Direct and coordinate activities of workers or staff. | | Grade, classify, or sort products according to specifications. | | Load, unload, or stack containers, materials, or products. | | Maintain or repair farm vehicles, machinery, or mechanical implements. | | Operate agricultural equipment or machinery. | | Maintain production or work records. | | Measure, weigh, or count products or materials. | | Load or unload material or workpiece into machinery. |
Other Work Activities
| Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). | | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. | | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. | | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft. | | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials. | | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
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