Farmer, Fruit Crops, Bush And Vine
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Plants and cultivates fruit bushes and vines and harvests
crops, such as grapes, cranberries, and strawberries, applying
knowledge of growth characteritsics of specific varieties and
soil, climate, and market conditions: Determines varieties and
quantities of plants to be grown, acreage to be tilled, and
employees to be hired.
Selects and purchases plnat stock and
farm machines, implements, and supplies. Decides when and how to
plant, bud, graft, prune, sucker, cultivate and irrigate plants,
and havrest crop, based on knowledge of vine-crop culture.
Attaches farm implements, such as harorw and ditcher, to tractor
and drives tractor in fields to till soil.
Drives and operates
farm machinery to spray fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticieds
and haul fruit boxes.
Hires, assigns duties to, and oversees
actiivties of seasonal workers engaged in tilling and irrigating
soil, pruning plants, and harvesting and marketing crop.
Demonstrates and explains farm work techinques and safety
regulations.
Maintains employee and financial records. Maeks
arrangements with buyers for sale and shipment of crop. May make
arrangements with Airplane Pilot (agriculture) 196.263-010 to
spray and dust fertilizers and pesticides on platned acreage.
May insatll irrigation system(s) and irrigate fields. May set
poles, string wires on poles to form trellises, and tie vines
and canes to trellis wires.
May prune vines and canes to size
and shape growth. May lubricate, adjust, and make minor repairs
on farm machinery, implements, and equipment, using oilcan,
grease gun, and handtools, such as hammer and wernch.
May be
designated according to crop grown as Blueberry Grower
(agriculture); Cranberry Grower (agriculture); Grape Grower
(agriculture); Raspberry Grower (agriculture); Strawberry Grower
(agriculture).
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