45-2090 Miscellaneous Agricultural Workers
Broad occupation category (Miscellaneous Agricultural Workers) within the minor group 'Agricultural Workers' under the BLS SOC 2018. Aggregator of related detailed occupations.
Where 45-2090 sits in the SOC 2018 hierarchy
- >45-0000 Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations
- >>45-2000 Agricultural Workers
- >>>45-2090 Miscellaneous Agricultural Workers
- >>>45-2090 Miscellaneous Agricultural Workers
Subcategories of 45-2090 Miscellaneous Agricultural Workers
- 45-2091Agricultural Equipment Operators
Drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops; feeding and herding livestock; or removing animal waste. May perform tasks such as crop baling or hay bucking. May operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.
- 45-2092Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.
- 45-2093Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
Attend to live farm, ranch, open range or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, rabbits, finfish, shellfish, and bees. Attend to animals produced for animal products, such as meat, fur, skins, feathers, eggs, milk, and honey. Duties may include feeding, watering, herding, grazing, milking, castrating, branding, de-beaking, weighing, catching, and loading animals. May maintain records on animals; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; assist in birth deliveries; and administer medications, vaccinations, or insecticides as appropriate. May clean and maintain animal housing areas. Includes workers who shear wool from sheep and collect eggs in hatcheries.
- 45-2099Agricultural Workers, All Other
All agricultural workers not listed separately.
Other SOC 2018 codes under 45-2090 Miscellaneous Agricultural Workers
Frequently asked questions
- What is SOC 2018 45-2090?
- SOC 2018 45-2090 is "Miscellaneous Agricultural Workers". Broad occupation category (Miscellaneous Agricultural Workers) within the minor group 'Agricultural Workers' under the BLS SOC 2018. Aggregator of related detailed occupations.
- What does SOC 2018 45-2090 include?
- 45-2090 Miscellaneous Agricultural Workers contains 4 direct subcategories: 45-2091 Agricultural Equipment Operators; 45-2092 Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse; 45-2093 Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals; 45-2099 Agricultural Workers, All Other.
- What is the parent category of 45-2090?
- 45-2090 Miscellaneous Agricultural Workers sits under 45-2090 Miscellaneous Agricultural Workers in the SOC 2018 hierarchy.
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