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Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.



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$34.4k

Annual median Salary

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Education

Some of these occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.


39%

Less than high school diploma

29%

High school diploma or equivalent

15%

Bachelor's degree

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