United States
6330-Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers
Job Title ( International classification ):
Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers
ISCO Code:
6330
Job Description:
Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers grow and harvest field or tree and shrub crops, vegetables and fruit, gather wild fruits, medicinal and other plants, tend or hunt animals, and/or catch fish and gather various forms of aquatic life in order to provide food, shelter and a minimum of cash income for themselves and their households.
Tasks:
Main Tasks include -
- (a) preparing the soil, sowing, planting, tending and harvesting field crops
- (b) growing vegetables, fruit and other tree and shrub crops
- (c) gathering wild fruits, medicinal and other plants
- (d) breeding, tending and feeding animals and poultry mainly to obtain meat, eggs, milk, hair, skin or other products
- (e) fetching water and gathering firewood
- (f) storing produce for later use and carrying out some processing of produce
- (g) building and maintaining houses and other shelters
- (h) making tools, clothes and utensils for use by the household
- (i) selling some products at local markets.
Careers ( Pakistan Standards):