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Field Vegetable Farmer

OFO Code: 611102

Last checked 3 October 2026

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1. Occupation identity

OFO code
611102
Occupation
Field Vegetable Farmer
Classification
OFO 2021
Major group
SKILLED AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY, FISHERY, CRAFT AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS
Unit group
6111 · Field Crop and Vegetable Growers

Official description
Field crop and vegetable growers plan, organize and perform farming operations to grow and harvest various types of field crop such as wheat and other cereals, rice, beetroot, sugar-cane, ground-nuts, tobacco, reed or their field crops and potatoes, cabbages or other field vegetables, for sale or delivery on a regular basis to wholesale buyers, marketing organizations or at markets. Farmers not involved in co-operatives are also classified under this unit group.

More official OFO detail

Specialisations: Field Vegetable Production Supervisor, Field Vegetable Farm Foreman

  • Storing and carrying out some processing of produce
  • Preparing soil by hand or machine, and spreading fertilizers and manure
  • Training and supervising workers in crop production, maintenance duties, and health and safety precautions and hiring and discharging workers and contractors
  • Inspecting, cleaning, grading, packaging, storing and loading crops for sale or delivery to market
  • Tending working animals and maintaining farm buildings, structures, equipment and water supply systems;
  • Promoting and marketing products, arranging the sale, purchase and transportation of produce and supplies and maintaining and evaluating records of farm activities and transactions
  • Controlling weeds, pests and diseases, by applying herbicides and pesticides
  • Maintaining crops by cultivating soil, by transplanting, pruning or thinning plants, and by setting up and operating irrigation equipment
  • Selecting and sowing seeds, and planting seedlings
  • Monitoring market activity and conditions, determining types and quantities of crops to be grown, and planning and coordinating production accordingly
  • Harvesting crops and destroying diseased or superfluous crops

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