What they do
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Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; cleaning, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.
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Farm Laborer, Farm Worker, Field Irrigation Worker, Field Worker, Harvester, Hired Hand, Hoe Worker, Irrigator, Orchard Worker, Picker
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Wages
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| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse* |
| Vermont - 2020 |
| Percentile1 | Hourly | Yearly |
| 10% |
$ 11.87 |
$24,700 |
| 25% |
$ 13.48 |
$28,040 |
| Median |
$ 16.90 |
$35,150 |
| 75% |
$ 19.79 |
$41,160 |
| 90% |
$ 27.90 |
$58,030 |
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| Average |
$ 17.87 |
$37,170 |
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Industries of Employment
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse* |
| United States - 2018 |
| Industry | Percent of total |
| 80% |
- Support activities for agriculture and forestry
| 5% |
- Animal production and aquaculture
| 3% |
- Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
| 3% |
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
| 2% |
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Skills
| People in this career often have these skills: |
- Operation and Control
Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
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- Operation Monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
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- Active Listening
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
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- Coordination
Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
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- Critical Thinking
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
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Interests
| People in this career often prefer these work environments: |
- Realistic
Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
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Work Styles
| People in this career will do well at jobs that need: |
- Cooperation
Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
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- Adaptability/Flexibility
Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
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- Dependability
Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
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- Attention to Detail
Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
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- Stress Tolerance
Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
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Projected Employment
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| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse* |
| Vermont |
| 2018 employment |
1,154 |
| 2028 employment |
1,321 |
Annual percent change
(compounded) |
1.4% |
Annual projected job openings
(due to change and separations) |
219 |
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Education and Experience:
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse* |
- Typical education needed for entry
No formal educational credential
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- Work experience in a related occupation
None
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- Typical on-the-job training needed to attain competency
Short-term on-the-job training
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Job Zone
| Little or No Preparation Needed |
- Specific Vocational Preparation Range
(Below 4.0) - A typical worker will require
a short demonstration only or up to and including 3 months
of training to achieve average performance in this occupation.
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Education Level
| How much education do most people in this career have? |
| Education level |  | Percent of
U.S. Workers |
Doctoral or professional degree
or post-MA certificate | | 0% |
Master's degree or
post-BA certificate | | 0% |
| Bachelor's degree | | 1% |
| Associate's degree | | 0% |
Certificate or some college,
no degree | | 0% |
High school diploma
or equivalent | | 19% |
| Less than high school diploma | | 80% |
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Abilities
| People in this career often have talent in: |
- Control Precision
The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
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- Multilimb Coordination
The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
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- Manual Dexterity
The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
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- Rate Control
The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
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- Speech Recognition
The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
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Work Activities
| In general, what you might do: |
- Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
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- Controlling Machines and Processes
Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
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Detailed Work Activities
| What you might do in a day: |
- Apply chemical solutions to plants to protect against disease or insects or to enhance growth.
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- Confer with managers to make operational decisions.
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- Direct activities of agricultural, forestry, or fishery employees.
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- Operate farming equipment.
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- Operate irrigation systems.
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Tasks
| On the job, you would: |
- Set up and operate irrigation equipment.
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- Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops.
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- Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment.
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- Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand.
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