The occupations in this minor group have a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

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

The occupations in this unit group have a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

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

• Patrols, inspects and reports on the condition of cotton crops
• Undertakes soil preparation, cultivation and crop maintenance activities, such as thinning, weeding and hoeing
• Operates water and irrigation systems for cotton growth
• Maintains and cleans cotton farming infrastructure and equipment, such as sheds, fences and machinery
• Bales and packs cotton, and loads it into transporters
• May spray cotton crops with pesticides to control weed growth, insects, fungus growth and diseases

• Orchard Worker (Fruit)

• Patrols, inspects and reports on the condition of fruit crops
• Undertakes soil preparation, cultivation and fruit crop maintenance duties, such as planting, thinning, weeding and hoeing row crops, and pruning and thinning fruit trees and vines
• Erects growing supports such as trellises, and protective structures such as greenhouses, netting and fences
• Operates water supply and irrigation systems for fruit crop growth
• Maintains, cleans and operates fruit farming infrastructure and equipment, such as sheds, fences and machinery
• May spray trees, vines and other fruit crops with pesticides to control weed growth, insects, fungus growth and diseases

• Selects and picks fruit according to set requirements, and discards rotting or overripened fruit
• Grades, sorts, bunches and packs fruit into containers for transport
• Loads containers of fruit into transporters

• Patrols, inspects and reports on the condition of grain, oilseed, pulse and pasture crops
• Undertakes soil preparation and crop maintenance duties, such as ploughing, harrowing and weeding
• Operates water and irrigation systems for grain, oilseed, pulse or pasture crop growth
• Siloes and bales produce, and loads it into transporters when required
• Maintains, cleans and operates grain, oilseed, pulse and pasture farming infrastructure and equipment, such as sheds, fences and machinery
• May spray crops with pesticides to control weed growth, insects, fungus growth and diseases

• Selects and picks mushrooms according to set requirements, and discards rotting or overripened mushrooms
• Grades, sorts, bunches and packs mushrooms into containers for transport
• Loads containers of mushrooms into transporters

• Patrols, inspects and reports on the condition of nut trees
• Undertakes soil preparation, cultivation and nut tree maintenance duties, such as planting, thinning, weeding and pruning
• Operates water and irrigation systems for nut tree growth
• Maintains, cleans and operates nut farming infrastructure and equipment, such as sheds, fences and machinery
• May spray nut trees with pesticides to control weed growth, insects, fungus growth and diseases

• Patrols, inspects and reports on the condition of sugar cane crops
• Prepares soil and plants sugar cane setts using hand tools and farm machines
• Undertakes cultivation and maintenance duties, such as thinning and weeding sugar cane crops
• Operates water and irrigation systems for sugar cane crop growth
• Maintains and cleans sugar cane farming infrastructure and equipment, such as sheds, fences and machinery
• May spray sugar cane crops with pesticides to control weed growth, pests, fungus growth and diseases

• Patrols, inspects and reports on the condition of vegetable crops
• Undertakes soil preparation, cultivation and vegetable crop maintenance duties, such as planting, thinning, weeding and hoeing row crops
• Erects growing supports such as trellises, and protective structures such as greenhouses and fences
• Operates water and irrigation systems for vegetable growth
• Maintains, cleans and operates vegetable farming infrastructure and equipment, such as sheds, fences and machinery
• May spray vegetable crops with pesticides to control weed growth, insects, fungus growth and diseases

• Selects and picks vegetables according to set requirements, and discards rotting or overripened vegetables
• Grades, sorts, bunches and packs vegetables into containers for transport
• Loads containers of vegetables onto transporters

Fruit Pickers picking table grapes are excluded from this occupation. Fruit Pickers picking table grapes are included in Occupation 841133 Fruit Picker.

• Plants, prunes and sprays vines to establish, maintain and manage the health and growth of wine grapes in vineyards
• Picks and sorts the wine grapes during harvest season for processing
• Cultivates and fertilises soil in wine vineyards
• Monitors wine vineyards for pests and diseases, and takes appropriate action
• Assists with irrigation and watering of vines
• Assists with the installation and maintenance of trellises and supports for vines
• Maintains and repairs wine vineyard equipment and machinery, and performs general maintenance and cleaning in vineyards

• Coffee Plantation Worker
• Cotton and Grain Farm Worker
• Flower Buncher or Picker
• Fruit and Vegetable Farm Worker
• Ginger Farm Worker
• Hop Farm Worker
• Tea Tree Farm Worker
• Turf Farm Worker

The occupations in this unit group have a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

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

• Station Hand (Beef)

• Feedlot Worker (Beef Cattle)

• Provides beef cattle with feed and water in accordance with feeding schedules, and monitors feed and water intake
• Musters and droves beef cattle between paddocks, ensuring sufficient feed and water is available and pasture does not become degraded
• Patrols, inspects and reports on the health, welfare and condition of beef cattle, and the condition of fences and other enclosures
• Assists with animal husbandry practices and maintaining the health and welfare of beef cattle
• Assists with the safe transportation of beef cattle to market or other locations

• Assists with maintaining the health and welfare of cattle and sheep, including by patrolling, inspecting and reporting on their condition
• Provides cattle and sheep with feed and water, and implements cattle and sheep feeding and welfare programs
• Establishes pastures and crops for cattle and sheep production
• Herds and droves cattle and sheep to access feed, as well as for shearing, milking and other farming operations
• Undertakes general cattle and sheep farming activities, such as erecting and repairing fences, and maintaining and cleaning cattle and sheep housing
• Operates and maintains general farm machinery, and water supply and irrigation systems

• Assists with maintaining the health and welfare of dairy cattle, including by patrolling, inspecting and reporting on their condition
• Provides dairy cattle with feed and water, and implements dairy cattle feeding and welfare programs
• Establishes pastures and crops for dairy cattle production
• Herds and droves dairy cattle to access feed, as well as for milking and other farming operations
• Washes and cleans udders, uses and sterilises milking machines, and performs milking shed hygiene processes
• Undertakes general dairy cattle farming activities, such as erecting and repairing fences, and maintaining and cleaning dairy cattle housing
• Operates and maintains general farm machinery, and water supply and irrigation systems

Farriers are excluded from this occupation. Farriers are included in Occupation 331933 Farrier.

• Livestock Contractor

• Barefoot Trimmer (Horses)
• Cattle Hoof Trimmer
• Lamb Marker
• Muleser
• Sheep Foot Parer

• Assists with maintaining the health and welfare of livestock, including patrolling, inspecting and reporting on condition of livestock
• Provides livestock with feed and water, and implements livestock welfare programs
• Performs animal husbandry duties for livestock, such as lamb and calf marking, mulesing, foot paring and hoof trimming
• Administers vaccines and drenches to livestock to prevent diseases

• Assists with maintaining the health and welfare of pigs, including by inspecting and reporting on their condition
• Provides pigs with feed and water, and implements pig feeding and welfare programs
• Assists with birthing and rearing of piglets
• Moves and weighs pigs
• Undertakes general pig farming activities, such moving and weighing pigs, and cleaning and maintaining pig housing and equipment

• Assists with maintaining the health and welfare of poultry, including by patrolling, inspecting and reporting on their condition
• Provides poultry with feed and water, and implements poultry feeding and welfare programs
• Carries out poultry hatching duties
• Collects eggs and places eggs into incubators
• Undertakes general farming and maintenance activities, such as erecting and repairing fences, and maintaining and cleaning poultry barns and sheds
• Operates and maintains general poultry farm machinery and equipment

• Station Hand (Sheep)

• Assists with maintaining the health and welfare of sheep, including by patrolling, inspecting and reporting on their condition
• Provides sheep with feed and water, and implements sheep feeding and welfare programs
• Establishes pastures and crops for sheep production
• Herds and droves sheep to access feed, as well as for shearing, milking and other farming operations
• Undertakes general sheep farming activities, such as erecting and repairing fences, and maintaining and cleaning sheep housing
• Operates and maintains general farm machinery, and water supply and irrigation systems

Registration or licensing may be required.

• Horse and Stud Worker
• Horse Strapper
• Stable Groom
• Stud Groom

• Feeds, waters, grooms and brushes horses to maintain their health, appearance and cleanliness
• Cleans and maintains stables
• Assembles, prepares and stores feed, bedding and horse equipment
• Assists with saddling and bridling horses
• Assists with exercising horses by walking, lunging and long reining, riding (excluding galloping), leading and swimming
• May assist with readying horses for sales, breeding and race days, and attending to horses at track work, barrier trials and races
• May administer equine first aid and assist in the delivery of some allied therapies, including massage therapies and ice boots

• Shearing Shed Hand
• Shearing Shed Worker

• Herds sheep into pens and keeps mobs separate during shearing
• Monitors and maintains the supply of sheep to shearers
• Spreads fleeces on skirting tables for classing, presses wool and brands bales
• Maintains shearing shed cleanliness, including by removing wool waste and contaminants

• Apiary Assistant
• Crocodile Farm Worker
• Goat Farm Worker

The occupations in this unit group have a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

• Skill Level 5: AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education

• Feeds and grades fish, and monitors their growth
• Assists with farm layout and constructs nets, long-lines and cages
• Checks and looks after equipment and fish housing, and operates pumps and other equipment
• Tests and checks on water quality, and removes dead or dying fish
• Harvests fish and other aquatic stock, and sorts and packs it for transportation
• Restocks pens, pools, tanks, ponds, rivers and dams with juvenile fish
• Collects and records growth, production and water quality data
• May operate lifting equipment such as forklifts and small cranes

• Patrols, inspects and reports on the condition of broadacre crops and livestock
• Maintains and cleans farm infrastructure and equipment, such as sheds, pens, fences, plant, and water and irrigation systems
• Loads and unloads seed grain, fertilisers and livestock feed, and loads produce into transporters
• Provides livestock with feed and water, and implements livestock feeding programs
• Assists with maintaining the health and welfare of livestock
• Musters and droves livestock to milking and shearing sheds, and between paddocks to ensure sufficient feed is available

• Livestock and Fruit Farm Worker
• Livestock and Vegetable Farm Worker

The occupations in this minor group have a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

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

The occupations in this unit group have a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

• Skill Level 5: AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education

• Lawn Mower

• Loads, unloads and moves garden supplies and equipment
• Assists with preparation of garden sites and plots using hand tools and machines
• Assists with planting and transplanting flowers, shrubs, trees and lawns
• Assists with propagating, planting and potting seeds, bulbs and cuttings
• Maintains gardens by watering, weeding and mowing lawns
• Cleans and maintains garden tools and equipment

The occupations in this unit group have a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

• Skill Level 5: AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education

• Nursery Worker (Horticulture)

• Loads, unloads and moves nursery supplies and equipment
• Prepares nursery sites and plots using hand tools and machines
• Assists with propagating and transplanting plants
• Tends plants by hand watering and weeding
• Adjusts mist irrigation systems, shade and ventilation

The occupations in this unit group have a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

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

• Clears and removes weeds, and implements weed control strategies to prevent the spread of invasive species
• Implements erosion control measures to prevent soil erosion
• Plants and seeds native vegetation to restore bushland
• Assists in the preparation and maintenance of tools, equipment and herbicides, and ensures they are secured when not in use
• Assists in the removal or stockpiling of rubbish and vegetative debris
• Assists in the preparation of reports on daily work activities, including time sheets, site conditions, site monitoring and the preparation of species lists, and assists in the preparation of site reports for clients

• Tree Planter (Forestry)

• Maintains forest roads, buildings, facilities, signs and equipment
• Kills weeds, fells and de-barks non-productive trees, and thins young plantations
• Collects seeds and cones, and cultivates and plants seedlings for reforestation purposes
• Applies fertilisers and pesticides to individual trees and general forest areas
• May engage in fire prevention, control and suppression activities
• May assist with measuring and recording data for maintaining and enhancing the health and productivity of forested areas, such as seedling survival surveys

• Irrigation Orchard Hand
• Irrigation Worker

• Assists in the installation of irrigation and/or fertigation systems
• Assists in the testing, calibration, servicing and maintenance of irrigation and/or fertigation systems
• Assists in the repair and replacement of irrigation and/or fertigation system components
• Assists in the monitoring and scheduling of irrigation and/or fertigation system activities and performance
• Assists in the collection and analysis of data related to irrigation and/or fertigation systems

• Hunter-Trapper
• Indoor Plant Technician
• Seed Collector
• Weed Controller