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| MINOR GROUP 621: SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERY WORKERS
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Subsistence agricultural and fishery workers grow and
harvest field or tree and shrub crops, grow vegetables and fruit,
tend or hunt animals, gather wild fruits and plants, catch fish
and gather other forms of aquatic life in order to provide food,
shelter and a minimum of cash income for themselves and their
households.
Tasks performed usually include: preparing the soil; sowing,
planting, tending and harvesting field crops; growing
vegetables, plants, fruit and other tree and shrub crops;
gathering wild fruits, medicinal and other plants; tending,
feeding or hunting animals mainly to obtain meat, milk, hair,
skin or other products; fetching water, gathering firewood;
catching fish and gathering other forms of aquatic life;
building shelters and making simple tools, clothes and utensils
for use by the household; storing and carrying out some basic
processing of their produce; selling some products at local
markets.
Occupations in this minor group are classified into the
following unit group:
6210 Subsistence agricultural and fishery workers
Note
Further subdivision of Minor group 621, Subsistence
agricultural and fishery workers, should reflect differences in
required skills due to factors such as differences in climate
and other natural conditions.
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