Job Description:

• 1) Performs any combination of following manual duties involved in planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops on diversified-crop farm, such as wheat, onion and sugar-beet farm and tomato and sweet-potato farm: Rides on planter and brushes debris from furrow-plowing spouts.

• 2) Plants roots and bulbs, using hoe or trowel.

• 3) Transplants seedlings, using hand transplanter.

• 4) Covers plants to protect them from weather, using sheets or caps of treated cloth or paper.

• 5) Weeds and thins plants, using hoe or spoon-shaped tool.

• 6) Sets out poles and strings wires or twine to build trellises or fences.

• 7) Positions and ties leaves or tendrils of plants, such as watermelons and cabbages, to promote market-quality development.

• 8) Prunes limbs, runners, or buds from trees or vines to shape plants and promote productivity, using shears and saws.

• 9) Harvests crops using appropriate method, such as picking, pulling, and cutting.

• 10) Cuts off tops of root plants and sacks or bunches and ties harvested crops to facilitate handling.

• 11) Picks out debris, such as vines and culls, to clean harvested crops, and cleans up area around harvesting machines.

• 12) May be identified with work performed, such as planting, weeding, and picking.