Crop Farm Workers
ANZSCO 8412
18,400
30%
33%
33 yrs
Declining
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.
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Crop Farm Workers is a job in Australia. The job figures on this page come from Jobs and Skills Australia and the ABS Census, where they are published. The courses listed here lead to this job. Compare the fee, study mode, length, place, and how to get in before you enquire.
Jobs and Skills Australia rates the job outlook as Declining.
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About this career
Crop Farm Workers perform routine tasks in producing crops such as fruit, nuts, grains, vegetables and mushrooms.
What they typically do
- 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
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Share of workers by location
Qualification pathways
These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Crop Farm Workers.
No qualification pathways published on training.gov.au yet.