842211 — Cotton Farm Worker

Performs 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.

• 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