Occupation information for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse District Of Columbia

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Typical education needed for entry: No formal educational credential

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: Less than 1 month on-the-job training

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• Sell and deliver plants and flowers to customers.
• Record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs.
• Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting.
• Sow grass seed, or plant plugs of grass.
• Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops.
• Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them.
• Regulate greenhouse conditions, and indoor and outdoor irrigation systems.
• Cut, roll, and stack sod.
• Feel plants' leaves and note their coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease.
• Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment.

Tools:

• Broadcast spreaders
• Greenhouse ventilation equipment
• Saws
• Secateurs or pruning shears
• Utility knives

Technology:

• Data base user interface and query software
• Electronic mail software
• Internet browser software
• Mobile location based services software
• Office suite software

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