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Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmer
OFO Code: 613101
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 613101
- Occupation
- Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmer
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- SKILLED AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY, FISHERY, CRAFT AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS
- Unit group
- 6131 · Mixed Crop and Animal Producers
Official description
Mixed crop and animal producers plan, organize and perform farming operations to grow and harvest field, tree and various other crops, as well as to breed, raise and tend animals and to produce a variety of animal husbandry 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: Biodynamic Farmer/ Farm Foreman / Production Supervisor, Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Foreman, Biodynamic Farmer, Mixed Livestock Farmer, Mixed Crop and Livestock Production Supervisor, Farmer and Grazier
- Monitoring market activity and conditions, determining kinds and amounts of crops to be grown and animals to be raised, and planning and coordinating production accordingly
- Training and supervising workers in animal care procedures, maintenance duties, and health and safety precautions and hiring and discharging workers and contractors
- Killing and skinning animals, and preparing animals or animal products for market
- Breeding, raising and tending animals
- Renting or investing in and maintaining and cleaning farm buildings, machinery, equipment, and structures
- Storing and carrying out some processing of produce
- Promoting and marketing products, arranging the sale, purchase and transportation of livestock, produce and supplies and maintaining and evaluating records of farm activities and transactions
- Purchasing seeds, fertilizer, and other supplies
- Producing or buying fodder and other food supplies
- Performing operations such as land preparation, sowing, planting, cultivating and harvesting crops
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
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned