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):