Most occupations in this sub-major group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

In Australia:

• AQF Certificate II or III, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4); or
• AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In New Zealand:

• NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4); or
• NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification. In the case of some Skill Level 5 occupations, a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification, or no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

• patrolling, inspecting and reporting on the condition of crops and livestock
• loading and unloading seed grain, fertilisers and livestock feed
• 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
• monitoring the condition of crops and livestock and ensuring that they have adequate water and feed
• operating and maintaining general farm machinery and water supply and irrigation systems
• harvesting, sorting and packing produce into containers
• mustering and droving livestock
• maintaining and cleaning farming infrastructure and equipment such as sheds, fences and plant

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

In Australia:

• AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In New Zealand:

• NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

• feeding and grading fish, and monitoring their growth
• assisting with farm layout and constructing nets, long-lines and cages
• checking and looking after equipment and fish housing
• operating pumps and other equipment
• testing and checking on water quality
• removing dead and dying fish
• operating lifting equipment such as forklifts and small cranes
• harvesting fish, and sorting and packing for transportation
• restocking pens, pools, tanks, ponds, rivers and dams with juvenile fish
• collecting and recording growth, production and water quality data

• 842111 Aquaculture Worker

Performs routine tasks in breeding and raising fish and other aquatic stock.

Skill Level: 5

Most occupations in this sub-major group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

In Australia:

• AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In New Zealand:

• NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

The occupations Cotton Farm Worker; Grain, Oilseed, Pulse and Pasture Farm Worker; Sugar Cane Farm Worker and Vineyard Worker have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

In Australia:

• AQF Certificate II or III, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)

In New Zealand:

• NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)

In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

• 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

• 842211 Cotton Farm Worker
• 842212 Fruit Farm Worker
• 842213 Fruit Picker
• 842214 Grain, Oilseed, Pulse and Pasture Farm Worker (Aus) / Field Farm Worker (NZ)
• 842215 Mushroom Picker
• 842216 Nut Farm Worker
• 842217 Sugar Cane Farm Worker
• 842218 Vegetable Farm Worker (Aus) / Market Garden Worker (NZ)
• 842221 Vegetable Picker
• 842222 Vineyard Worker
• 842299 Crop Farm Workers nec

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.

Skill Level: 4

Performs routine tasks on a fruit farm such as cultivating and fertilising soil, and planting, irrigating and pruning crops. May spray pesticides on crops to treat disease and pests.

Fruit Pickers are excluded from this occupation. Fruit Pickers are included in Occupation 842213 Fruit Picker.

Skill Level: 5

Specialisation:

• Orchard Worker (Fruit)

Harvests fruit (including table grapes) and prepares produce for distribution.

Fruit Farm Workers are excluded from this occupation. Fruit Farm Workers are included in Occupation 842212 Fruit Farm Worker.

Skill Level: 5

Performs routine tasks on a grain, oilseed, protein, pulse or pasture farm such as cultivating and fertilising soil, and planting and irrigating crops. May spray pesticides on crops to treat disease and pests.

Skill Level: 4

Harvests mushrooms and prepares produce for distribution.

Skill Level: 5

Performs routine tasks on a nut farm such as cultivating and fertilising soil, and planting, irrigating and pruning crops. May spray pesticides on crops to treat disease and pests.

Skill Level: 5

Performs routine tasks on a sugar cane farm such as cultivating and fertilising soil, and planting and irrigating crops. May spray pesticides on crops to treat disease and pests.

Skill Level: 4

Performs routine tasks on a vegetable farm or market garden such as cultivating and fertilising soil, and planting and irrigating crops. May spray pesticides on crops to treat disease and pests.

Vegetable Pickers are excluded from this occupation. Vegetable Pickers are included in Occupation 842221 Vegetable Picker.

Skill Level: 5

Harvests vegetables and prepares produce for distribution.

Vegetable Farm Workers are excluded from this occupation. Vegetable Farm Workers are included in Occupation 842218 Vegetable Farm Worker.

Skill Level: 5

Performs routine tasks on a vineyard such as cultivating and fertilising soil, planting, training and pruning vines, and picking grapes.

Skill Level: 4

This occupation group covers Crop Farm Workers not elsewhere classified.

This occupation group includes Horticultural or Broadacre Crop Farm Workers who grow two or more varieties of Horticultural and/or Broadacre Crops.

Skill Level: 5

Occupations in this group include:

• Coffee Plantation Worker
• Flower Buncher or Picker
• Hop Farm Worker
• Lavender Farm Worker
• Tea Plantation Worker
• Tea Tree Farm Worker
• Turf Farm Worker

Most occupations in this minor group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

In Australia:

• AQF Certificate II or III, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)

In New Zealand:

• NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)

In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification. 

The occupations Stablehand, Wool Handler and Livestock Farm Workers nec have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

In Australia:

• AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In New Zealand:

• NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

• assisting with maintaining the health and welfare of livestock, including by patrolling, inspecting and reporting on the condition of livestock
• providing livestock with feed and water and implementing livestock feeding and welfare programs
• carrying out livestock birthing or hatching, and rearing of young livestock duties
• establishing pastures and crops for livestock production
• herding and droving livestock to access feed as well as for shearing, milking and other farming operations
• washing and cleaning udders, and using and sterilising milking machines and performing milking shed hygiene processes
• collecting eggs and placing in incubators
• collecting and spreading fleeces on skirting tables for classing, pressing wool and branding bales
• undertaking animal husbandry duties for livestock such as lamb and calf marking, mulesing, foot paring and hoof care
• exercising horses by walking, riding (excluding galloping), leading and swimming, and attending to horses at track work, barrier trials and races
• undertaking general farming and maintenance activities such as erecting and repairing fences, maintaining and cleaning livestock housing and maintaining other infrastructure
• operating and maintaining general farm machinery and water supply and irrigation systems
• operating data collection and farm technology systems
• assembling, preparing and storing livestock feed, bedding and handling equipment, including horse equipment

• 842311 Beef Cattle Farm Worker
• 842312 Cattle and Sheep Farm Worker
• 842313 Dairy Cattle Farm Worker
• 842314 Livestock Husbandry Worker
• 842315 Piggery Farm Worker
• 842316 Poultry Farm Worker
• 842317 Sheep Farm Worker
• 842318 Stablehand
• 842321 Wool Handler
• 842399 Livestock Farm Workers nec

Alternative Title:

• Station Hand (Beef Cattle)

Performs routine tasks on a beef cattle farm such as feeding, mustering and moving cattle, and assisting with animal husbandry.

Skill Level: 4

Performs routine tasks on a cattle and sheep farm such as moving, feeding, counting, and assisting with animal husbandry.

Skill Level: 4

Performs routine tasks on a dairy farm such as breeding, raising, feeding, droving and milking cattle.

Skill Level: 4

Alternative Title:

• Livestock Contractor

Performs animal husbandry duties for livestock such as lamb marking, mulesing, vaccinating, drenching, foot paring and hoof care.

Skill Level: 4

Specialisations:

• Cattle Hoof Trimmer
• Horse Hoof Carer
• Lamb Marker
• Muleser
• Sheep Foot Parer

Assists with routine tasks on a pig farm such as breeding, farrowing, raising, feeding and animal husbandry.

Skill Level: 4

Performs routine tasks on a poultry farm such as collecting eggs and placing them in incubators, providing poultry with feed and water, and disinfecting hatcheries to prevent disease.

Skill Level: 4

Alternative Title:

• Station Hand (Sheep)

Performs routine tasks on a sheep farm such as feeding and herding sheep into pens in preparation for branding, shearing, crutching, and yarding for sale.

Skill Level: 4

Assists with handling of horses and maintaining and cleaning stables.

Skill Level: 5

Specialisation:

• Horse and Stud Worker

Alternative Titles:

• Shearing Shed Hand
• Shearing Shed Worker

Regulates the flow of sheep to be shorn, keeps the shearing shed clean and tidy, and assists with wool clip preparation.

Skill Level: 5

This occupation group covers Livestock Farm Workers not elsewhere classified.

Skill Level: 5

Occupations in this group include:

• Deer Farm Worker
• Emu Farm Worker
• Goat Herder
• Ostrich Farm Worker

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

In Australia:

• AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In New Zealand:

• NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

• patrolling, inspecting and reporting on the condition of crops and livestock
• operating farm machines to cultivate, plant, fertilise, spray and harvest crops
• maintaining and cleaning farming infrastructure and equipment such as sheds, pens, fences, plant and water and irrigation systems
• loading and unloading seed grain, fertilisers and livestock feed, and loading produce into transporters
• operating water supply and irrigation systems
• providing livestock with feed and water and implementing livestock feeding programs
• assisting with maintaining the health and welfare of livestock
• mustering and droving livestock to milking and shearing sheds and between paddocks to ensure sufficient feed is available

• 842411 Broadacre Crop and Livestock Farm Worker
• 842499 Mixed Production Farm Workers nec

Performs routine tasks in broadacre crop cultivation and livestock production.

Skill Level: 5

This occupation group covers Mixed Production Farm Workers not elsewhere classified.

Skill Level: 5

Most occupations in this minor group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

In Australia:

• AQF Certificate II or III, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4); or
• AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In New Zealand:

• NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4); or
• NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification. In the case of some Skill Level 5 occupations, a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification, or no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

• collecting seeds, and cultivating, planting and propagating trees, seeds, seedlings and bulbs
• monitoring trees and plants for healthy growth and potential weed, insect, disease, and fertiliser problems
• killing weeds, felling and de-barking non-productive trees and thinning young forestry plantations
• cultivating and maintaining natural and plantation forests and felling trees
• loading, unloading and moving garden and nursery supplies and equipment
• assisting with planting potting-up and transplanting flowers, shrubs, and trees
• maintaining gardens by watering, weeding, pruning, mulching and fertilising, and operating and adjusting irrigation systems
• managing and controlling pests and weeds species by applying chemicals and trapping and shooting animals

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

In Australia:

• AQF Certificate II or III (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)

In New Zealand:

• NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)

At least one year of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

Registration or licensing may be required.

• maintaining forest roads, buildings, facilities, signs and equipment
• killing weeds, felling and de-barking non-productive trees and thinning young plantations
• collecting seeds, and cultivating and planting seedlings for reafforestation purposes
• applying fertilisers and pesticides to individual trees and general forest areas
• maintaining look-out for fires in forests
• removing major branches and tree tops, trimming branches and sawing trunks into logs
• assisting with loading and transporting logs
• planning the felling of trees and determining the natural and intended fall of each tree
• clearing surrounding area of saplings and debris prior to tree-felling
• operating and maintaining manual and machine saws to fell trees and to cut felled trees into logs

• 843111 Forestry Worker
• 843112 Logging Assistant
• 843113 Tree Faller

Assists with cultivating, maintaining and protecting forests. Registration or licensing may be required

Skill Level: 4

Specialisations:

• Tree Planter
• Tree Thinner (NZ)

Alternative Title:

• Logger

Assists with logging, felling and sawing of trees in forests.

Skill Level: 4

Alternative Title:

• Tree Feller

Fells trees in forests, and trims and saws them into logs using chainsaws. Registration or licensing may be required

Skill Level: 4

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

In Australia:

AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In New Zealand:

NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

• loading, unloading and moving garden supplies and equipment
• preparing garden sites and plots using hand tools and machines
• assisting with planting, transplanting and positioning flowers, shrubs, trees and lawns in gardens
• maintaining gardens by watering, weeding, pruning, mulching and fertilising, operating and adjusting irrigation systems and using protection stratergies
• raking, aerating, dethatching, fertilising and mowing lawns
• spraying and dusting trees, shrubs, lawns and gardens, as directed, to control pests, weeds and disease
• cleaning gardens and removing rubbish

• 843211 Garden Labourer

Assists in cultivating and maintaining gardens.

Skill Level: 5

Specialisations:

• Lawn Mower

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

In Australia:

AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In New Zealand:

NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

• loading, unloading and moving nursery supplies and equipment
• assisting with potting-up and transplanting flowers, shrubs, and trees
• assisting with propagating, planting and potting seeds, seedlings and rooted cuttings
• monitoring plants for healthy growth and potential weed, insect, disease, and fertiliser problems
• tending plants by watering and weeding
• adjusting mist irrigation systems, shade and ventilation
• harvesting and packaging plants for sale and transport

• 843311 Horticultural Nursery Assistant

Alternative Title:

• Nursery Worker (Horticulture)

Assists in propagating, cultivating and harvesting plants in a horticultural nursery. May also include propagating and cultivating plants for forestry purposes. 

Skill Level: 5

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

In Australia:

• AQF Certificate II or III (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)

In New Zealand:

• NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)

At least one year of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

Registration or licensing may be required.

• inspecting buildings and outside areas to detect signs of infestation
• determining type of treatment required and providing clients with estimates of costs
• preparing and spraying chemicals on infested areas using mechanical and electric sprayers to kill pests
• fumigating houses and other buildings
• laying baits, and placing and setting traps to capture and remove animals, such as rats and mice
• installing animal control barriers such as needle strips, netting and other devices to keep animals off property

• 843411 Pest Control Technician

Alternative Titles:

• Pest Controller
• Pest Management Technician

Applies pest management techniques to manage and control animal and invertebrate pests inside and outside domestic, commercial and industrial premises. Registration or licensing may be required.

Skill Level: 4

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

In Australia:

• AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In New Zealand:

• NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

• 843911 Hunter-Trapper
• 843912 Irrigation Assistant
• 843999 Forestry and Garden Workers nec

Alternative Titles:

• Hunter
• Shooter

Hunts, traps and shoots animals for food, pelts, research and for pest control. Registration or licensing may be required.

Skill Level: 5

Specialisation:

• Possum Trapper (NZ)

Alternative Titles:

• Irrigation Worker
• Irrigation Orchard Hand

Assists Irrigation Designers and Irrigation Technicians to install and service irrigation and/or fertigation systems.

Skill Level: 5

This occupation group covers Forestry and Garden Workers not elsewhere classified.

Skill Level: 5

Occupations in this group include:

• Bush Regenerator
• Indoor Plant Technician
• Seed Collector
• Weed Controller