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O*NET: 19-4021.00

Biological Technicians

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources | Plant Systems
Degree Needed - Four-year college
Assist biological and medical scientists in laboratories. Set up, operate, and maintain laboratory instruments and equipment, monitor experiments, make observations, and calculate and record results. May analyze organic substances, such as blood, food, and drugs.
O*NET: 45-2092.00

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources | Plant Systems
Quick Start - High school or less
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.
O*NET: 37-3012.00

Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources | Plant Systems
Some Training - Certificate or hands-on training
Mix or apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides through sprays, dusts, vapors, soil incorporation, or chemical application on trees, shrubs, lawns, or botanical crops. Usually requires specific training and State or Federal certification.
O*NET: 19-1013.00

Soil and Plant Scientists

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources | Plant Systems
More School - Graduate or advanced degree
Conduct research in breeding, physiology, production, yield, and management of crops and agricultural plants or trees, shrubs, and nursery stock, their growth in soils, and control of pests; or study the chemical, physical, biological, and mineralogical composition of soils as they relate to plant or crop growth. May classify and map soils and investigate effects of alternative practices on soil and crop productivity.
O*NET: 37-3013.00

Tree Trimmers and Pruners

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources | Plant Systems
Some Training - Certificate or hands-on training
Using sophisticated climbing and rigging techniques, cut away dead or excess branches from trees or shrubs to maintain right-of-way for roads, sidewalks, or utilities, or to improve appearance, health, and value of tree. Prune or treat trees or shrubs using handsaws, hand pruners, clippers, and power pruners. Works off the ground in the tree canopy and may use truck-mounted lifts.
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