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Crop production worker

Latest available data: March 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Crop growing worker Crop production worker Crop worker Crops production worker Farm hand Farm worker Growing worker

Crop production workers carry out practical activities and assist in the production of agronomical crops.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Digging and shovelling to clear ditches or for other purposes;
(b) Loading and unloading supplies, produce and other materials;
(c) Raking, pitching and stacking straw, hay and similar material;
(d) Watering, thinning and weeding crops by hand or using hand tools;
(e) Picking fruit, nuts, vegetables and other crops and collecting eggs;
(f) Planting and harvesting field crops, such as rice, by hand;
(g) Feeding, watering, and cleaning animals and keeping their quarters clean;
(h) Monitoring livestock, reporting on their condition;
(i) Assisting with herding, droving and separating livestock for milking, shearing, transportation or slaughter, and between pastures;
(j) Grading, sorting, bunching and packing produce into containers;
(k) Performing minor repairs on fixtures, buildings, equipment and fences.

Knowledge

  • Crop and livestock production
  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Biology
  • Horticulture
  • Database and network design and administration

Digital competencies

  • Cultivating land and crops
  • Operating agricultural or forestry equipment
  • Storing goods and materials
  • Planting, pruning and harvesting trees, crops and other plants
  • Maintaining operational records

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Professional groups of the occupation

Elementary occupations

Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers

Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers

Mixed crop and livestock farm labourers

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Mixed crop and livestock farm labourers

29

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

,25%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-21,62% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

65,52%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

6,90%

Part-time contracts

1,00% Turnover index

8

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

4%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers

83%

17%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Mixed crop and livestock farm labourers

No experience
5%
Less than 1 year
6%
Between 1 and 2 years
38%
Between 2 and 4 years
33%
Between 4 and 8 years
6%
More than 8 years
12%
Construction
31%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
24%
Manufacturing
14%
Education
13%
Human health and social work activities
7%
Others
11%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.