Job Family: 45-0000 Agriculture and Forestry

Job Family: 45-0000 Agriculture and Forestry Occupational Group: 45-2090 Agriculture

OCCUPATION PROFILE

JOB FAMILY: AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

OCCUPATIONAL GROUP: AGRICULTURE

OCCUPATION: AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, ALL OTHER 45-2099

BROADBAND LEVELS: Level 1 – Pay Band 003

DESCRIPTION

This is agricultural work in all occupations not listed separately. This includes performing and/or coordinating a variety of procedures, and techniques in an agricultural program; recording and analyzing data; and maintaining and operating machinery, trucks, and assorted equipment.

EXAMPLES OF WORK

Performs a variety of procedures in field or greenhouse experiments involving planting, fertilizing, cross-pollinating, obtaining samples, and harvesting plants and crops.

Transplants, graphs, propagates and treats plants of all types and varieties within project guidelines.

Determines nematode and insect populations, survey fields for spray coverage, and rear nematode and insect colonies for future laboratory use.

Prepares samples for laboratory analysis, mounts specimens, maintains laboratory equipment, and completes basic statistical analysis on data related to agriculture.

Maintains detailed records on agricultural experiments.

Operates and performs routine maintenance on a variety of equipment.

Fumigates fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and nursery stock.

Constructs pest detection devices.

Surveys and inspects citrus groves for detection of plant pests.

EXAMPLES OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS

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Performing General Physical Activities Performing physical activities that require moving one's whole body, such as in climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, where the activities often also require considerable use of the arms and legs, such as in the physical handling of materials. Handling and Moving Objects Using one's own hands and arms in handling, installing, forming, positioning, and moving materials, or in manipulating things, including the use of keyboards. Monitor Processes, Material, Monitoring and reviewing information from Surroundings materials, events, or the environment, often to detect problems or to find out when things are finished. Controlling Machines and Processes Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (including computers and vehicles). Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Inspecting or diagnosing equipment, Material structures, or materials to identify the causes of errors or other problems or defects. Judging Qualities of Things, Services, Making judgments about or assessing the People value, importance, or quality of things or people. Processing Information Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, verifying, or processing information or data.

Getting Information Needed to Do the Observing, receiving, and otherwise Job obtaining information from all relevant sources. Judgment and Decision Making Weighing the relative costs and benefits of a potential action.

EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Problem Identification Identifying the nature of problems

Repairing Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools

Equipment Maintenance Performing routine maintenance and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed

of 3 Job Family: 45-0000 Agriculture and Forestry Occupational Group: 45-2090 Agriculture

Equipment Selection Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job

Operation and Control Controlling the operations of equipment or systems

Operation Monitoring Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly

Troubleshooting Determining what is causing an operating error and deciding what to do about it

Product Inspection Inspecting and evaluating the quality of products

Biology Knowledge of plant and animal living tissue, cells, organisms, and entities, including their functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment

Food Production Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting of food for consumption and food storage/handling techniques

Mechanical Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, benefits, repair, and maintenance

Chemistry Knowledge of the composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

EFFECTIVE: 09/17/2002 History: 07/01/2002