Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations 1.3

CROP FARM WORKERS perform routine tasks in producing crops such as fruit, nuts, grains, vegetables and mushrooms.

Indicative Skill Level:

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

In Australia:
AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In New Zealand:
NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

Tasks Include:

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, vegetables and mushrooms 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;

Occupations:

841211 Fruit or Nut Farm Worker
841212 Fruit or Nut Picker
841213 Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Farm Worker (Aus) / Field Crop Farm Worker (NZ)
841214 Vegetable Farm Worker (Aus) / Market Garden Worker (NZ)
841215 Vegetable Picker
841216 Vineyard Worker
841217 Mushroom Picker
841299 Crop Farm Workers nec