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Insect Farmer
OFO Code: 612301
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 612301
- Occupation
- Insect Farmer
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- SKILLED AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY, FISHERY, CRAFT AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS
- Unit group
- 6123 · Apiarists and Sericulturists
Official description
Apiarists and sericulturists plan, organize and perform operations to breed, raise and tend insects such as honey bees, silkworms, and other species to produce honey, beeswax, silk and other 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: Insect Production Supervisor, Insect Farm Foreman
- Storing and carrying out some processing of produce
- Monitoring market activity, planning and coordinating production accordingly, monitoring market activity and conditions, determining kinds and amounts of insect products to produce, planning and coordinating production accordingly
- Breeding, raising and tending insects and collecting their products
- Arranging the sale, purchase and transportation of stock, produce and supplies and maintaining and evaluating records of farming activities
- Purchasing insects and growing or purchasing feed and other supplies
- Renting or investing in and maintaining and cleaning buildings, machinery, equipment , and structures
- Training and supervising workers in production procedures, maintenance duties, and health and safety precautions, and hiring and discharging workers and contractors
2. Demand status
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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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
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
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