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Perform manual agricultural, aquacultural, or horticultural tasks

This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.

Part of Perform agricultural activities, under the O*NET work activity group Performing General Physical Activities. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 7 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Position and regulate plant irrigation systems, and program environmental and irrigation control computers.Stays human Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
• Plant, spray, weed, fertilize, water, and prune plants, shrubs, and trees, using gardening tools.Stays human Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
• Place supporting limbs or poles under felled trees to avoid splitting undersides, and to prevent logs from rolling.Stays human Fallers
• Provide assistance to forest survey crews by clearing site-lines, holding measuring tools, or setting stakes.Stays human Forest and Conservation Workers
• Replace chemical insecticides with environmentally friendly practices, such as adding pest-repelling plants to fields.Stays human Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Provide groundskeeping services, such as landscaping or snow removal.Stays human Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
• Cultivate or harvest marine species or perform routine work on fish farms.Stays human Commercial Divers