Sugar Cane Farm Worker

Description

Perform routine tasks in producing crops such as cereals, cotton, fruit (including wine grapes), grains, mushrooms, nuts, oilseeds, pulses, rice, sugar cane and vegetables.

Tasks include

• Patrols, inspects and reports on the condition of sugar cane crops
• Prepares soil and plants sugar cane setts using hand tools and farm machines
• Undertakes cultivation and maintenance duties, such as thinning and weeding sugar cane crops
• Operates water and irrigation systems for sugar cane crop growth
• Maintains and cleans sugar cane farming infrastructure and equipment, such as sheds, fences and machinery
• May spray sugar cane crops with pesticides to control weed growth, pests, fungus growth and diseases