Farming and Fishing Occupations

Administrative Support ○ Architecture and Engineering ○ Arts and Design ○ Business and Financial ○ Community and Social Service ○ Computer and Mathematical ○ Construction and Extraction ○ Education and Library ○ Entertainment and Sports ○ Farming and Fishing ○ Healthcare and Technical ○ Installation and Maintenance ○ Legal ○ Management ○ Media and Communication ○ Personal Care and Service ○ Physical and Social Science ○ Production ○ Protective Services ○ Sales ○ Transportation

Farming and Fishing Occupations

Farming and Fishing Careers

Agricultural and Food Science Technicians

Work with agricultural scientists in plant, fiber, and animal research, or assist with animal breeding and nutrition. Set up or maintain laboratory equipment and collect samples from crops or animals. Prepare specimens or record data to assist scientists in biology or related life science experiments.

Agricultural and Food Science Technician, Farming and Fishing Occupations

Similar: Animal Scientists; Agricultural Engineers video; Precision Agriculture Technicians; Food Scientists and Technologists video; Range Managers; Soil and Plant Scientists

Agricultural Inspectors

Inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety.

Agricultural Inspectors Career, Farming and Fishing Occupations

Agricultural Workers

Agricultural workers maintain crops and tend to livestock.

Agricultural Workers Career, farming and fishing occupations

Similar: Agricultural Equipment Operators; Animal Breeders; Farmers, Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products video; Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, Greenhouse, and Aquacultural Animals; Farmers, Ranchers and Other Agricultural Managers Career video; Organic Farmers; Winemakers

Fishing Workers

Trap, catch, or gather  aquatic animals and plants. May use nets, traps, or other equipment. May haul catch onto ship or other vessel.

Fishing Workers career, farming and fishing occupations

Forest and Conservation Workers

Under supervision, perform manual labor necessary to develop, maintain, or protect areas such as forests, forested areas, woodlands, wetlands, and rangelands through such activities as raising and transporting seedlings; combating insects, pests, and diseases harmful to plant life; and building structures to control water, erosion, and leaching of soil.

Forest and Conservation Workers Career, forestry occupations

Similar: Forest Conservation Technicians

Graders and Sorters

Grade, sort, or classify unprocessed food and other agricultural products by size, weight, color, or condition.

Graders and Sorters Career, Farming and Fishing Occupations

Hunting Workers

Hunt, trap, catch, or gather wild animals or aquatic animals and plants. May use nets, traps, or other equipment.

Hunting Workers Career, Farming and Fishing Occupations

Similar: Taxidermists

Logging Workers

Logging workers harvest forests to provide the raw material for many consumer goods and industrial products.

Logging Workers career, forestry occupations

Similar: Fallers, Log Graders and Scalers; Logging Equipment Operators

Administrative Support ○ Architecture and Engineering ○ Arts and Design ○ Business and Financial ○ Community and Social Service ○ Computer and Mathematical ○ Construction and Extraction ○ Education and Library ○ Entertainment and Sports ○ Farming and Fishing ○ Healthcare and Technical ○ Installation and Maintenance ○ Legal ○ Management ○ Media and Communication ○ Personal Care and Service ○ Physical and Social Science ○ Production ○ Protective Services ○ Sales ○ Transportation

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Sources: From "O*NET OnLine" by the National Center for O*NET Development. Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. And, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Sources: From "O*NET OnLine" by the National Center for O*NET Development. Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. And, Bureau of Labor Statistics.