8411 AQUACULTURE WORKERS

AQUACULTURE WORKERS perform routine tasks in breeding and raising fish and other aquatic stock.

Skill Level: 5
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

In Australia:

AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In New Zealand: 

NZ Register Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)
For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

Tasks: 

• feeding and grading fish, and monitoring their growth
• assisting with farm layout and constructing nets, long-lines and cages
• checking and looking after equipment and fish housing
• operating pumps and other equipment
• testing and checking on water quality
• removing dead and dying fish
• operating lifting equipment such as forklifts and small crane
• harvesting fish, and sorting and packing for transportation
• restocking pens, pools, tanks, ponds, rivers and dams with juvenile fish
• collecting and recording growth, production and water quality data

Related Occupation:

• 841111 Aquaculture Worker

 

841111 AQUACULTURE WORKER

Performs routine tasks in breeding and raising fish and other aquatic stock.

Skill Level: 5

8412 CROP FARM WORKERS

CROP FARM WORKERS perform routine tasks in producing crops such as fruit, nuts, grains, vegetables and mushrooms.

Skill Level: 5
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

In Australia:

AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In New Zealand:

NZ Register Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)
For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

Tasks:

• planting trees, seeds, seedlings, roots, bulbs, vines and other plants using hand tools and farm machines
• building trellises for climbing vegetables and vines
• operating farm machines to cultivate, fertilise, spray and harvest fruit, nuts, grains and vegetables
• spraying trees, vines and other plants with chemicals to control weed growth, insects, fungus growth and diseases
• thinning, weeding and hoeing row crops, and pruning trees and vines
• irrigating land for crop growth
• selecting and picking fruit, nuts, grains, vegetables and mushroomsaccording to size and ripeness, and discarding rotting and over-ripened produce
• grading, sorting, bunching and packing produce into containers
• loading filled fruit, nut, grain and vegetable containers onto trucks

Related Occupations:

• 841211 Fruit or Nut Farm Worker
• 841212 Fruit or Nut Picker
• 841213 Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Farm Worker (Aus) / Field Crop Farm Worker (NZ)
• 841214 Vegetable Farm Worker (Aus) / Market Garden Worker (NZ)
• 841215 Vegetable Picker
• 841216 Vineyard Worker
• 841217 Mushroom Picker
• 841299 Crop Farm Workers nec
  
  

841211 FRUIT OR NUT FARM WORKER

Performs routine tasks on a fruit or nut farm such as cultivating and fertilising soil, and planting, irrigating and pruning crops. May spray chemicals on crops to treat disease and pests.

Fruit or Nut Pickers are excluded from this occupation. Fruit or Nut Pickers are included in Occupation 841212 Fruit or Nut Picker.

Skill Level: 5

Specialisation:

• Orchard Worker
  
  

841212 FRUIT OR NUT PICKER

Harvests fruit and nuts and prepares produce for distribution.

Fruit or Nut Farm Workers, and Grape Pickers are excluded from this occupation. Fruit or Nut Farm Workers are included in Occupation 841211 Fruit or Nut Farm Worker. Grape Pickers are included in Occupation 841216 Vineyard Worker.

Skill Level: 5

841213 GRAIN, OILSEED OR PASTURE FARM WORKER (AUS) / FIELD CROP FARM WORKER (NZ)
Performs routine tasks on a grain, oilseed protein, or pasture farm such as cultivating and fertilising soil, and planting and irrigating crops. May spray chemicals on crops to treat disease and pests.

Skill Level: 5

841214 VEGETABLE FARM WORKER (AUS) / MARKET GARDEN WORKER (NZ)
Performs routine tasks on a vegetable farm or market garden such as cultivating and fertilising soil, and planting and irrigating crops. May spray chemicals on crops to treat disease and pests.

Vegetable Pickers are excluded from this occupation. Vegetable Pickers are included in Occupation 841215 Vegetable Picker.

Skill Level: 5

841215 VEGETABLE PICKER
Harvests vegetables and prepares produce for distribution.

Vegetable Farm Workers (Aus) / Market Garden Workers (NZ) are excluded from this occupation. Vegetable Farm Workers (Aus) / Market Garden Workers (NZ) are included in Occupation 841214 Vegetable Farm Worker (Aus) / Market Garden Worker (NZ).

Skill Level: 5

841216 VINEYARD WORKER

Performs routine tasks on a vineyard such as cultivating and fertilising soil, planting, training and pruning vines, and picking grapes.

Skill Level: 5

841217 MUSHROOM PICKER

Harvests mushrooms and prepares produce for distribution.

Skill Level: 5

841299 CROP FARM WORKERS NEC

This occupation group covers Crop Farm Workers not elsewhere classified.

Skill Level: 5

Occupations in this group include:

• Coffee Plantation Worker (Aus)
• Duboisia Farm Worker (Aus)
• Flower Buncher or Picker
• Hop Farm Worker
• Lavender Farm Worker
• Sugar Cane Planter (Aus)
• Tea Plantation Worker (Aus)
• Tea Tree Farm Worker
• Tobacco Farm Worker
• Turf Farm Worker