A professional who performs variety of manual tasks appropriate for grain crop being cultivated and harvested. Respnsibilities include:

• Cultivates and thins crops, using hoe.
• Removes undesirable and excess growth, such as tassels, suckers, and weeds, by hand.
• Carries supplies, such as bags and baling wires, to workers in fields.
• Clears irrigation ditches, using shovel.
• Loads and unloads trucks.
• Repairs fences and buildings, using carpenter's handtools.
• Cleans and lubricates farm machines.
• May be identified with task being performed, such as hoeing, detasseling, and picking; or with crop being worked, such as hybrid seed-corn, field beans and peas, and wheat.