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| MINOR GROUP 613: MARKET-ORIENTED CROP AND ANIMAL PRODUCERS
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Market-oriented crop and animal producers plan and carry out
the necessary operations for mixed farming of the kind that
produces a combination of both crops and animals and related
products,for delivery or sale on a regular basis to whole sale
buyers, marketing organisations or at markets.
Tasks performed usually include: determining kinds and
amounts of field, tree and other crops to be grown and animals
to be raised; purchasing seeds, fertiliser, fodder and other
supplies; renting or investing in arable or grazing land,
animals, buildings and machinery; performing farm operations
such as land preparation, sowing, cultivating and harvesting
crops; breeding, raising and tending animals, and producing
various animal husbandry products; maintaining farm buildings,
machinery and equipment; storing and carrying out some basic
processing of their produce; delivering or marketing farm
products. Supervision of other workers may be included.
Occupations in this minor group are classified into the
following unit group:
6130 Market-oriented crop and animal producers
Note
Workers in agriculture and fishing with mainly managerial
tasks should be classified into one of the following unit
groups: 1210, Directors and chief executives, 1221, Production
and operations department managers In agriculture, hunting,
forestry and fishing, or 1311, General managers in agriculture,
hunting, forestry and fishing. Workers who mainly operate
agricultural and forestry machinery should be classified into
Minor group 833, Agricultural and other mobile plant operators.
Workers with simple and routine tasks - such as helpers and
labourers - which mainly entail the use of hand-held tools and
some physical effort, and which require little or no previous
experience and understanding of the work and only limited
initiative or judgement, should be classified into Minor group
921, Agricultural fishery and related labourers.
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