- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who tends machines, such as corn shelling machine, winnowing machine, and grass-removing machine that separate crops from waste materials, such as grass, twigs, and cobs. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns switches to activate machinery, such as conveyors, blowers, and shakers.
* Adjusts machinery to obtain optimum separations.
* Loads conveyors, hoppers, and wheels to feed machines.
* Positions boxes or attaches bags at discharge end of conveyor to catch products.
* Moves baffle lever that channels product flow to container or stops flow during container exchanges.
* Observes machine operation to detect malfunctions and adjusts machine, lubricates parts, and replaces pieces to improve performance.
* Stops machinery and pulls debris or overloads from conveyors to avoid clogging.
* May level and smooth materials on conveyor to regulate flow through machine.
* May weigh containers to ensure conformance with specifications.
* May close filled sacks, using needle and thread or tie-string, and stencil identifying information on sack.
* May mix and pour chemical solutions, such as preservatives and insecticides, in treating tanks.
* May transport materials and products to and from machine, using dump truck.
* May be identified with machine tended.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends sprinkler system that irrigates land. Respnsibilities include:
* Lays out strings (pipe) along designated pipeline settings in field.
* Connects pipe, using snap lock or wrench to tighten collar clamp.
* Attaches revolving sprinkler heads to vertical pipes at designated points along pipeline.
* Starts gasoline engine and adjusts controls that move self-propelled wheel line sprinkler system across field or pushes on switch that activates circle sprinkler system, and starts pump that forces water through system to irrigate crops.
* Observes revolving sprinklers to ensure uniform distribution of water to all areas.
* Lubricates, adjusts, and repairs or replaces parts, such as sprinkler heads and drive chains to maintain system, using handtools.
* Disassembles system and moves it to next location after specified time intervals.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends sprinkler system that irrigates land. Respnsibilities include:
* Lays out strings (pipe) along designated pipeline settings in field.
* Connects pipe, using snap lock or wrench to tighten collar clamp.
* Attaches revolving sprinkler heads to vertical pipes at designated points along pipeline.
* Starts gasoline engine and adjusts controls that move self-propelled wheel line sprinkler system across field or pushes on switch that activates circle sprinkler system, and starts pump that forces water through system to irrigate crops.
* Observes revolving sprinklers to ensure uniform distribution of water to all areas.
* Lubricates, adjusts, and repairs or replaces parts, such as sprinkler heads and drive chains to maintain system, using handtools.
* Disassembles system and moves it to next location after specified time intervals.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following duties to feed or off bear farm machines used to plant, harvest, and clean crops. Respnsibilities include:
* Loads containers of rooted cuttings, plants, seedlings, or bulbs on planting machine and pulls levers to start planting and watering mechanisms.
* Walks beside or rides on machine while inserting plants in planter-mechanism clamp, pocket, or tube at specified intervals.
* Dumps, pitches, scoops, or shovels materials and products, such as bulbs, onions, and nuts into feed hopper.
* Guides plants onto feed conveyor.
* Picks up spilled products and places them on feed mechanism.
* Notifies designated coworker when machine malfunctions are observed.
* Stacks empty boxes in conveyor discharge rack or hangs bags on hooks under discharge chute, and flips baffle lever that channels discharge flow to catch products.
* Closes ends of filled sacks, using tie wires.
* Loads sacks or boxes onto truck or trailer, or guides discharge spout over truck, trailer, or silo.
* Cleans machinery, such as planting or digging mechanism and chain conveyor.
* Lubricates, adjusts, and replaces machinery parts, using handtools.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects and grades agricultural products, such as carrots, rose bushes, strawberry plants, and tobacco, in field or shed, according to marketing specifications. Respnsibilities include:
* Estimates weight of product visually and by feel.
* Verifies count.
* Looks at, feels, and smells product, as required by its nature, to determine grade and identify substandard products.
* Places rejected products and individual grades of products in designated piles, containers, or areas.
* May pay harvest hands.
* May oversee field hauling.
* May be designated according to kind of product as Carrot Grader-Inspector; Rose Grader; Tobacco Grader; Watermelon Inspector.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who irrigates field and row crops, using any of following gravity-flow methods. Respnsibilities include:
* (1) Lifts gate in side of flooded irrigation ditch, permitting water to flow into bordered section of field.
* Shovels and packs dirt in low spots of embankment or cuts trenches in high areas to direct water flow.
* Closes gate in ditch when bordered section is flooded.
* (2) Removes plugs from portholes in pipes or wooden tunnels set in embankment at end of rows and observes water flowing through portholes.
* Removes obstructions from rows and builds up edges of rows with dirt.
* Plugs porthole as each row is filled.
* (3) Opens gate or connects standpipe (vertical pipe) to underground pipe system that releases waterflow into reservoir or ditch.
* Siphons water from flooded reservoir or gate or connects standpipe (vertical pipe) to underground pipe system that releases waterflow into reservoir or ditch.
* Shovels or hoes soil to clear ditches and furrows and build embankments that channel water in assigned area but avoid overflow into areas that could be damaged by water.
* May mix and apply cement solution to fill holes and cracks in concrete-lined pipes, ditches, and spillways, and make minor repairs to metal, concrete, and wooden frameworks in pipe and ditch valves and gates.
* May carry, lay out, and join portable irrigation-pipe sections to link up main ditch or pipe with field.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who weeds or thins crops, such as tobacco, strawberries, sugar beets, and carrots, by hand or using hoe. Respnsibilities include:
* Breaks up soil around each plant.
* Pulls or cuts out weeds and surplus seedlings.
* Grooves dirt along row to facilitate irrigation, and mounds dirt around plants to protect roots.
* May be designated Hoer when job emphasis is on use of hoe.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in maintenance of stables and care of horses. Respnsibilities include:
* Establishes amount and type of rations to feed animals according to past food consumption, health, activity, and size of animals.
* Inspects animals for evidence of disease or injury and treats animal according to experience or following instructions of veterinarian.
* Inspects stables and animals for cleanliness.
* Supervises stable attendant in upkeep of stalls, feed and water troughs, and equipment, and in care and feeding of animals.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in caring for stud animals and collecting semen. Respnsibilities include:
* Studies weight and activity records, nutritional requirements, and considers available feed, to determine feed rations.
* Considers animals' age, temperaments, fertility, and buyer demand to develop semen collection schedules.
* Observes animals for deviation in behavior and appearance, to detect illness and injury.
* Treats, or assigns workers to treat, ill or injured animals, or obtains services of veterinarian for serious illnesses or injuries.
* Assigns workers tasks, such as feeding animals, cleaning quarters, and maintaining facilities and equipment.
* Supervises workers engaged in collecting and processing semen and collects semen, using artificial vagina.
* Analyzes semen samples, using spectroscope and microscope, to determine number of services possible, or supervises workers analyzing semen samples.
* Demonstrates artificial insemination techniques to farmers to promote use of product.
* Trains workers in care of studs and collecting and processing semen.
* Orders supplies, such as feed and bedding.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in milking, breeding, and caring for cows, and performs lay-veterinary duties on dairy farm. Respnsibilities include:
* Assigns workers to tasks, such as feeding and milking cows, cleaning cattle, barns, and equipment, and assisting with breeding and health care.
* Inspects barns and milking parlor for cleanliness and maintenance and informs workers of actions required to ensure compliance with established standards.
* Studies feed and milk production records to determine feed formula required to produce maximum milk yield and notifies workers of diet changes.
* Studies genetic and health records to develop schedules for activities, such as breeding, dehorning, and sale of calves.
* Schedules breeding, vaccinating, and dehorning of cows and calves.
* Observes cows during estrus and artificially inseminates cows to produce desired offspring.
* Examines cows for evidence of illness, injuries, and calving, treats illnesses and injuries, delivers calves, and engages veterinarian to care for serious injuries and illnesses.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
