Crop Farmer Jobs In Australia
Crop Farmers
Crop Farmer Jobs Australia - Locations include: Sydney, Melbourne and Gold Coast
Crop Farmers plan, organise, control, coordinate and perform farming operations to grow crops. They also maintain and evaluate records of farming activities, monitor market activity, and plan crop preparation and production to meet contract requirements and market demand.
Some of the job titles of Crop Farmers are Cotton Grower, Flower Grower or Floriculturist, Fruit or Nut Grower, Mixed Crop Farmer, etc. They also manage business capital including budgeting, taxation, debt and loan management.
While there are jobs in many parts of Australia, South Australia has a large share of Crop Farmers. They nearly all work in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
*This is a large occupation employing 41,000 workers. The number of workers has fallen over the past 5 years. Over the next 5 years (to May 2022) the number of workers is expected to stay about the same at 41,600. Around 1,000 job openings are likely over this time from workers leaving and new jobs being created (a small number of occupation for this size).
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
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At least 5 years of relevant experience is usually needed to work in this job (that’s a skill level equal to a Bachelor Degree or higher). Around one in four workers have Year 12 as their highest level of education.
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Knowledge in Food Production, Administration and Management, Mathematics, Production and Processing, Economics and Accounting rate as the most important
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Whilst skills can be improved through training and experience, the most important ones for a Crop Farmer are: Critical Thinking, Judgement and Decision Making, Speaking, Coordination and Monitoring
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The physical and social abilities workers rate as the most important for a Crop Farmer are Deductive Reasoning, Problem Sensitivity, Inductive Reasoning, Oral Comprehension, and Oral Expression.
If you have the skills and experience of working in crop farming, we are inviting you to send us a copy of your updated resume, together with your expression of interest:
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