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You Are Here: Vermont Department of Labor ELMIOccupation ProfileFarmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse |
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ELMI Occupation Profile - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse |
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| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse |
| (O*NET 45-2092.00, SOC 45-2092) |
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What they do
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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; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.
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Farm Laborer, Farmer, Field Irrigation Worker, Gardener, Greenhouse Worker, Grower, Harvester, Nursery Worker, Orchard Worker, Picker
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Wages
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| Vermont - 2023 |
| Percentile1 | Hourly | Yearly |
| 10% |
$ 15.72 |
$32,700 |
| 25% |
$ 16.47 |
$34,250 |
| Median |
$ 19.31 |
$40,160 |
| 75% |
$ 21.96 |
$45,670 |
| 90% |
$ 25.01 |
$52,010 |
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| Average |
$ 19.79 |
$41,160 |
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Industries of Employment
| United States - 2020 |
| Industry | Percent of total |
| 74% |
| 8% |
- Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
| 3% |
- Support activities for agriculture and forestry
| 3% |
- Animal production and aquaculture
| 3% |
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Skills
| People in this career often have these skills: |
- Operations Monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
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- Speaking
Talking to others to convey information effectively.
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Interests
| People in this career often prefer these work environments: |
- Realistic
Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
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- Conventional
Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
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Work Styles
| People in this career will do well at jobs that need: |
- Attention to Detail
Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
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- Dependability
Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
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- Integrity
Job requires being honest and ethical.
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- 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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Tasks
| On the job, you would: |
- Record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs.
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- Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting.
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- Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops.
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- Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them.
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- Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment.
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Projected Employment
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| Vermont |
| 2020 employment |
1,079 |
| 2030 employment |
1,311 |
Annual percent change
(compounded) |
2.0% |
Annual projected job openings
(due to change and separations) |
211 |
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Education and Experience:
- 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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| Based on BLS Education and Training Classifications |
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Physical Work Activity
Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
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- Physical activity is Very Important
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- Level of activity is High
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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 | | 3% |
Master's degree or
post-BA certificate | | 7% |
| Bachelor's degree | | 15% |
| Associate's degree | | 2% |
Certificate or some college,
no degree | | 6% |
High school diploma
or equivalent | | 29% |
| Less than high school diploma | | 39% |
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Abilities
| People in this career often have talent in: |
- Trunk Strength
The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
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- Arm-Hand Steadiness
The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
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- Control Precision
The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
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- Extent Flexibility
The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
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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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Work Activities
| In general, what you might do: |
- Performing General Physical Activities
Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
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- Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
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- Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
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- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
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- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
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Detailed Work Activities
| What you might do in a day: |
- Transport animals, crops, or equipment.
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- Sell agricultural products.
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- Maintain operational records.
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- Direct activities of agricultural, forestry, or fishery employees.
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- Plant crops, trees, or other plants.
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Other Resources
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