These occupations take care of growing or harvesting plants or animals for human consumption. Examples include Farmers, Fishers, Loggers, Hunters, and Trappers.

Subcategories

Agricultural Workers
Fishing and Hunting Workers
Forest, Conservation, and Logging Workers
Supervisors

Agricultural Workers

Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-2091.00
Drive and control farm equipment to till soil and to plant, cultivate, and harvest crops. May perform tasks, such as crop baling or hay bucking. May operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks, such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.

Agricultural Inspectors 45-2011.00
Inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety.

Agricultural Workers, All Other 45-2099.99
All agricultural workers not listed separately.

Animal Breeders 45-2021.00
Breed animals, including cattle, goats, horses, sheep, swine, poultry, dogs, cats, or pet birds. Select and breed animals according to their genealogy, characteristics, and offspring. May require a knowledge of artificial insemination techniques and equipment use. May involve keeping records on heats, birth intervals, or pedigree.

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop 45-2092.02
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.

Agricultural Workers, Continued

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-2092.00
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, 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, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.

Farmworkers, Farm and Ranch Animals 45-2093.00
Attend to live farm, ranch, or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, finfish, shellfish, and bees. Attend to animals produced for animal products, such as meat, fur, skins, feathers, eggs, milk, and honey. Duties may include feeding, watering, herding, grazing, castrating, branding, de-beaking, weighing, catching, and loading animals. May maintain records on animals; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; assist in birth deliveries; and administer medications, vaccinations, or insecticides as appropriate. May clean and maintain animal housing areas.

Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products 45-2041.00
Grade, sort, or classify unprocessed food and other agricultural products by size, weight, color, or condition.

Nursery Workers 45-2092.01
Work in nursery facilities or at customer location planting, cultivating, harvesting, and transplanting trees, shrubs, or plants.

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Fishing and Hunting Workers

Fishers and Related Fishing Workers 45-3011.00
Use nets, fishing rods, traps, or other equipment to catch and gather fish or other aquatic animals from rivers, lakes, or oceans, for human consumption or other uses. May haul game onto ship.

Hunters and Trappers 45-3021.00
Hunt and trap wild animals for human consumption, fur, feed, bait, or other purposes.

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Forest, Conservation, and Logging Workers

Fallers 45-4021.00
Use axes or chainsaws to fell trees using knowledge of tree characteristics and cutting techniques to control direction of fall and minimize tree damage.

Forest and Conservation Workers 45-4011.00
Under supervision, perform manual labor necessary to develop, maintain, or protect forest, forested areas, and woodlands through such activities as raising and transporting tree seedlings; combating insects, pests, and diseases harmful to trees; and building erosion and water control structures and leaching of forest soil. Includes forester aides, seedling pullers, and tree planters.

Log Graders and Scalers 45-4023.00
Grade logs or estimate the marketable content or value of logs or pulpwood in sorting yards, millpond, log deck, or similar locations. Inspect logs for defects or measure logs to determine volume.

Logging Equipment Operators 45-4022.00
Drive logging tractor or wheeled vehicle equipped with one or more accessories, such as bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom, to fell tree; to skid, load, unload, or stack logs; or to pull stumps or clear brush.

Logging Workers, All Other 45-4029.99
All logging workers not listed separately.

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Supervisors

Farm Labor Contractors 45-1012.00
Recruit, hire, furnish, and supervise seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers for a fee. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.

First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Agricultural Crop and Horticultural Workers 45-1011.07
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of agricultural crop or horticultural workers.

First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Animal Husbandry and Animal Care Workers 45-1011.08
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of animal husbandry or animal care workers.

First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Aquacultural Workers 45-1011.06
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of aquacultural workers.

First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 45-1011.00
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of agricultural, forestry, aquacultural, and related workers.

First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Logging Workers 45-1011.05
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of logging workers.

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