Cotton Farm Worker – ANZSCO 842211
- Cotton Farm Workers perform routine tasks on a cotton farm such as cultivating and fertilising soil, and planting and irrigating crops. May spray pesticides on crops to treat disease and pests.
- Skill Level
- 4
Potential Visa Pathways or Broadacre Crop Growers Nec
Important: This occupation was released on 21 November 2021. The Department of Home Affairs is yet to announce the eligible visa pathways for this occupation. This page will be updated once more information is released.
Group: 8422 Crop Farm Workers
- Description
- Crop Farm Workers perform routine tasks in producing crops such as cereals, cotton, fruit (including wine grapes), grains, nuts, oilseeds, pulses, sugar cane, rice, vegetables, and mushrooms.
- Tasks
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- Patrolling, inspecting, and reporting on the condition of crops
- Planting trees, seeds, seedlings, roots, bulbs, tubers, vines, and other plants using hand tools and farm machines
- Undertaking soil preparation, cultivation and plant and crop maintenance duties such as thinning, weeding, and hoeing row crops, and pruning and thinning trees and vines
- Spraying trees, vines, and other plants with pesticides to control weed growth, insects, fungus growth and diseases
- Operating water and irrigation systems for crop growth
- Erecting growing supports such as trellises, and protective structures such as greenhouses, netting and fences
- Selecting and picking fruit, nuts, grains, vegetables, and mushrooms according to set requirements, and discarding rotting and overripened produce
- Grading, siloing, baling, sorting, bunching, and packing produce and loading it into transporters
- Maintaining and cleaning farming infrastructure and equipment such as sheds, fences, plant, and water supply and irrigation systems
- Operating and maintaining general farm machinery and machinery to cultivate, fertilise, spray and harvest horticultural produce
- Operating data collection and farm technology systems
- Skill Level
- In Australia:
- AQF Certificate II or III, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)
In New Zealand:
- NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)
In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
Occupations in this Group:
- 842211 Cotton Farm Worker
- 842212 Fruit Farm Worker
- 842213 Fruit Picker
- 842214 Grain, Oilseed, Pulse and Pasture Farm Worker (Aus) / Field Farm Worker (NZ)
- 842215 Mushroom Picker
- 842216 Nut Farm Worker
- 842217 Sugar Cane Farm Worker
- 842218 Vegetable Farm Worker (Aus) / Market Garden Worker (NZ)
- 842221 Vegetable Picker
- 842222 Vineyard Worker
- 842299 Crop Farm Workers nec
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