Mixed Crop Farm Production Manager / Foreman
OFO Code: 611401
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 611401
- Occupation
- Mixed Crop Farm Production Manager / Foreman
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- SKILLED AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY, FISHERY, CRAFT AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS
- Unit group
- 6114 · Mixed Crop Growers
Official description
Mixed crop growers plan organize and perform farming operations to grow and harvest specific combinations of field crops, field vegetables, tree and shrub crops, and garden, horticultural and nursery products, for sale or delivery 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: Mixed Crop Production Supervisor, Mixed Crop Farm Foreman
- Harvesting crops inspecting, cleaning, grading, packaging, storing and loading products for sale or delivery to market
- Storing and carrying out some processing of produce
- Tending working animals and maintaining farm buildings, structures, equipment and water supply systems
- Training and supervising workers in production, maintenance duties, and health and safety precautions and hiring and discharging workers and contractors
- 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
- Maintaining crops by cultivating soil, by transplanting, pruning or thinning crops trees and shrubs, and by setting up and operating irrigation equipment
- Growing flowers and vegetables by intensive cultivation
- Promoting and marketing products, arranging the sale, purchase and transportation of produce and supplies and maintaining and evaluating records of activities and transactions
- Producing saplings, bulbs and seeds
- Preparing soil by hand or machine, and spreading fertilizers and manure
2. Demand status
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
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- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
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