Description
Handling chemical products for soil and plants includes cleaning the equipment used for spreading and spraying, mixing of chemicals, preparing pesticides and herbicides for spraying, preparing fertilisers for spreading.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 5 occupations
- Optional in 3 occupations
- Total: 8 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 6 (Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers)
Essential for
- Land-based machinery operatorLand-based machinery operators operate specialised equipment and machinery for agricultural production and maintenance of landscape. Duties Land-based machinery operators typicallt…
- Pesticides sprayerPesticides sprayers mix pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, and other chemical solutions, and apply them via technical equipment such as sprayers on trees, plants and lawns. They…
- Garden labourerGarden labourers perform simple tasks in cultivating and maintaining flowers, trees and shrubs. This work can take place in either parks or private gardens. Duties The duties of a……
- Groundsman/groundswomanGroundsmen/groundswomen provide landscape and lawn services and maintain grounds for private households, commercial and public facilities, schools, hotels, botanical gardens, golf …
- Landscape gardenerLandscape gardeners plan, construct, renovate and maintain parks, gardens and public green spaces. Duties The duties of a landscape gardener include, but are not limited to: Mainta…
Optional for
- Land-based machinery supervisorLand-based machinery supervisors plan and organise land-based machinery services for agricultural production and landscaping in close cooperation with their clients. Duties Land-ba…
- Botanical technicianBotanical technicians provide technical assistance in researching and testing different plant species to monitor their properties such as growth and structure. They collect and ana…
- Farm managerFarm managers plan and organise the daily operations, resourcing and business management of animal producing farms. Duties The duties of a farm manager include, but are not limited…