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SOC 45-2092
Agricultural workers carry out operations, care, inspection, maintenance and recording on crops, nurseries, animals, forestry and agricultural subjects and agricultural equipment; the skills, risks, licensing and wage bases of the different details must not be conflated.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((0+0+25)/3+0.5)=8; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
In one sentence: a set of positions that carry out planting, care, harvesting, feeding and machinery work in fields, greenhouses, ranches or farms; the emphasis is completing the work safely and recording it honestly, and with training and authorisation a worker may also take part in routine adjustments, work organisation or sales, while overall responsibility for running the farm business belongs to management positions.
Insufficient evidence: no Chinese wage or recruitment education sample for this occupation was obtained; U.S. material cannot be used to infer a Chinese qualification. The U.S. headline figures use the five-part Handbook combined group: a median annual wage of 35,890 U.S. dollars in 2025, month 5 (May), 831,900 positions in 2025, about −2% over 2025—2035 and 111,500 openings per year on average; the combined group is not 45-2090. The main text lists the same-period detail projections for the three focus directions separately, so the group's percentiles cannot be averaged or applied directly. The Chinese National Bureau of Statistics provides only industry and unit-type background.
People who are more likely to adapt: those who can sustain physical work outdoors in all weather, work with others to the crew's arrangements, are willing to operate machinery to the procedures and report anomalies honestly, and do not mind seasonal overtime and repetitive movement. If heat and cold, dust and animal contact are hard to accept, or you are unwilling to wear protective equipment to the safety procedures, the risk is usually greater.
Agricultural workers maintain crops, care for animals and keep records in field, greenhouse, livestock-farm or equipment work. The BLS Handbook gives a five-part combined group: 45-2091/2092/2093/2099 and 45-2021, and this page focuses on the first three on-site directions; the combined group is not the 45-2090 four-part group. The fifth major category of the Chinese Dictionary lists agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and support personnel separately, so it cannot be mapped one-to-one onto the U.S. combined group. Overall business responsibility, independent veterinary diagnosis and specialist repair positions have their own boundaries; within the procedures and the authorisation this occupation may take part in records, breeding assistance, routine maintenance, work organisation or product sales.
Career direction comparison
The table below compares the three focus work directions on this page with three adjacent occupations; it does not exhaust the five-part BLS group. The comparison dimensions are direction, core work and output, key differences, and what it suits better.
| Career direction | Core work and output | Key differences | Best-fit choice |
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| Crop and nursery greenhouse farmworkers (45-2092, the largest detail in the group) | Prepare land, sow, transplant, weed, irrigate and harvest, sort and pack to specification, and control the environment and propagate in the greenhouse and nursery. | The objects are crops and seedlings; the physical intensity is high and the seasonality strong, and 79% of employment is concentrated in agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting. | People willing to do repeated physical work in the field and greenhouse and to accept the seasonal rhythm. |
AI impact on this career
Task-level editorial discussion: automation can assist some recording or equipment work, but actual capability, organisational adoption and job change must each be checked separately. The BLS mechanisation description is not a causal AI study of this group; insufficient evidence: no AI adoption rate, substitution ratio or effect estimate was obtained, so overall replacement cannot be predicted and no guarantee can be given that all on-site tasks will always be done by people. AI Impact Score 8% is an editorial estimate. Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((0+0+25)/3+0.5)=8; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.The three tasks, ratings and sources are listed in the FermatMind method source record on this page.
FermatMind AI Impact Score estimation method v1
FermatMind / 费马测试 · 2026-10-18
Chinese mainland salary reference
Industry classification follows the unit's economic activity and occupational classification follows the work task, so the two, or the Chinese and U.S. occupational codes, must not be swapped. The fifth major category of the Chinese Dictionary covers agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and support personnel, while the U.S. five-part group on this page has no verified one-to-one Chinese code. The NBS industry tables do not list this occupation's wage separately, so a median cannot be inferred from an industry average.
Insufficient evidence: no wage distribution, recruitment education sample or specific skill-assessment application conditions for this occupation were obtained, and the U.S. education survey, an industry average or a Dictionary category is not treated as such data. China provides only a pre-tax annual average background by industry for urban legal-entity units and by position category for above-scale enterprises, which cannot represent all farms or self-employed workers.
Insufficient evidence: no national monthly or annual wage distribution for the precise occupation of agricultural workers in mainland China (including specific job types such as agronomy workers and livestock keepers) was obtained; the National Bureau of Statistics publishes only by industry sector and unit type.
U.S. pay reference
Group median for 2025, month 5 (May) is 35,890 U.S. dollars; the three focus direction medians are crops 35,660, animals 36,670 and equipment 41,730. BLS lists breeding 51,130 and other 39,850 separately, and equipment is not the highest median wage in the five-part group.
| Position in the wage statistics | Annual wage reference | Conversion boundaries | How to understand this position |
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| Lowest 10% | Below 31,270 U.S. dollars per year (the five-part BLS group lowest 10%) | Official annual wage, not individual monthly income | The group lowest 10% earn below 31,270 U.S. dollars (2025, month 5 (May)); this is not a starting wage and cannot be replaced by one detail's P10. |
| Median (50%) | 35,890 U.S. dollars per year (five-part BLS group median) | Official annual wage, not an individual's actual pay |
Occupation fit guide
The interest codes of this occupation's three details are mainly Realistic (45-2092 is RC and 45-2093 is R); the fit signals come from work behaviour: whether you can sustain physical work outdoors in all weather, operate machinery and handle animals to the procedures, record and report anomalies faithfully, and work to the crew's division of labour.
You may be better suited to： The fit signals come from work behaviour: whether you can sustain physical work outdoors in all weather, operate machinery and handle animals to the procedures, record and report anomalies faithfully, and work to the crew's division of labour. Realistic and Conventional interests may help, but a personality label, MBTI or a single assessment cannot decide competence.
These situations call for caution： Situations calling for caution: finding it hard to accept heat, cold and dust, being unable to bear repetitive physical labour, being unwilling to wear protective equipment to the safety procedures, or tending to conceal an anomaly rather than report it.
Do one entry exercise： First complete the AW27-V1 paper records and recalculate the answers, and compare the three directions of crop records, animal records and machinery condition. Paper cannot test tolerance of physical work, temperature or animal contact; real experience requires lawful mentoring and checked safety conditions, and employer experience must not be fabricated.
Work pressure, risks and occupational boundaries
Three kinds of risk are most worth judging in advance: first, personal and health risk (injury from machinery and work, heat and cold and physical overload, chemical and biological exposure, animal bites and stings); second, animal and biosafety risk (stress and unreported injury or illness, cross-group transmission); third, record and settlement risk (unfaithful work-volume and anomaly records affecting wage settlement and later judgement). The risks differ markedly between details: 45-2092 is closer to outdoor weather and repetitive movement, 45-2093 closer to animal contact and contaminant exposure, and 45-2091 closer to machinery safety and operating permits.
Evidence scope: the O*NET 45-2092／45-2093 work context is U.S. single-occupation respondent material (45-2092: 65% outdoors in all weather every day, 57% use their hands continuously, 51% make repetitive movements continuously and 49% bend or twist continuously; 45-2093: 61% exposed to contaminants every day and 48% suffering minor burns, cuts, bites or stings every day); the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook is used for the combined group's employment and entry training; the Occupational Classification Dictionary of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition) is used for the mainland China category membership; and the Labour Contract Law of the People's Republic of China is used for the employment conditions. Safety rules differ considerably between regions and industries. The risk list is an editorial synthesis and contains no probability.
Entry, qualifications and career development
Most positions in the U.S. five-part BLS group need no formal education credential, and breeders typically require high school; the O*NET new-employee education answers are not a worker education distribution. In China, check the specific posting, the equipment driving regulations and the current job-type assessment announcements, keeping education, training, skill level and administrative licence separate; insufficient evidence: no Chinese recruitment education data or fee/period/conditions for each job-type level were obtained, so no general entry route or step-by-step progression can be inferred from the Dictionary.
Career prospects and moves to related occupations
The five-part BLS group is about −2% over 2025—2035, a reduction of 13,300 positions, with 111,500 replacement openings per year; equipment +8.6%, crops −2.4%, animals −3.2%, other +3.8% and breeding +3.0%. A national same-period projection does not guarantee an individual's hiring, and no Chinese or AI causal effect is inferred.
United States national (five-part BLS Handbook group) · Agricultural workers (the five-part BLS Handbook group and the three details)
About 831,900 positions (2025, combined group)
Employment size (number of positions)
The BLS Handbook gives 831,900 positions for the combined group in 2025, the five parts being 546,800/202,100/66,900/9,300/6,900 (crops/animals/equipment/other/breeding). The EP table's four-part group 45-2090 has 825,000 and excludes breeding; the two groups must not be conflated or subtracted to infer an error.
Complete the daily work on the field, in the greenhouse or on the livestock farm to the arrangements: planting, weeding, irrigation and harvesting, or feeding and watering, cleaning the housing and observing health on a livestock farm; they may also operate tractors and harvesting machinery. During the work they wear protective equipment as required, record the quantities and anomalies faithfully and report them.
BLS also lists duties such as routine minor equipment repair and breeding and reproduction records; on-site work is not the same as overall responsibility for running the farm, and the specific diagnosis, driving and repair authority is checked by jurisdiction and position, without excluding all maintenance or sales tasks.
Choose a real task from this page for a small practice project or a conversation with someone in the field. Use the planning guides to set a date, an output and feedback questions before deciding whether to continue.
This page introduces the five-part BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook Agricultural Workers combined group: crop and nursery greenhouse farmworkers 45-2092, farm, ranch and aquacultural animal farmworkers 45-2093, agricultural equipment operators 45-2091, animal breeders 45-2021 and other agricultural workers 45-2099. The first three are the focus directions compared on this page, not the whole group. The Handbook marks the combined SOC with a dash in its projection table; 45-2090 is a different four-part group that excludes animal breeders, so the combined group's 831,900 positions and 35,890 U.S. dollars must not be pasted onto 45-2090. First check the work objects, the specific duties, the seasonal hours and the safety conditions, and then decide whether you are willing to do on-site work in the long term.
Three paper self-test tasks are given in AW27-V1: calculate the acceptable net weight and the amount set aside from a simulated harvest weight; check a simulated pen feeding shortfall and the anomaly; and decide from a simulated machinery-guard record whether to pause. Use only the task material and pen and paper or a spreadsheet, with no contact with animals, pesticides or running machinery. It demonstrates calculation, recording and escalation methods and cannot prove physical tolerance or a real operating qualification. (Editorial exercise.)
The on-site work of agricultural workers includes crop planting and harvesting, nursery and greenhouse care, livestock, poultry and aquaculture feeding, and machinery operation. 45-2092, 45-2093 and 45-2091 focus on crops, animals and equipment respectively; the BLS Handbook also covers animal breeders 45-2021 and other agricultural workers 45-2099. The breeding direction involves selecting animals to mate and keeping breeding and offspring-characteristic records, so the whole group must not be described as doing only the three kinds of physical work.
This page focuses on the three directions of crops and nursery greenhouse, animal feeding and machinery operation; the BLS combined group also includes breeding and other agricultural workers, so the three directions are not the whole.
Work records and crew collaboration tasks.
Duties must be checked against the specific position and jurisdiction: the O*NET crop detailed activities include selling products, directing work and conferring with managers, the animal tasks include assisting with breeding and recording production costs, and the BLS equipment description includes adjusting and making minor repairs; none of these can be excluded wholesale. On-site positions on this page do not thereby acquire overall responsibility for running the farm, independent veterinary diagnosis or all repair authority.
| Dimension | Primary track | Comparison track |
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| Core purpose | Answers the on-site execution questions of what was required, how much was done and what anomalies occurred, with work completed on time and in the required quantity and with honest records. | Complete the daily work to the plan and record it faithfully. |
| Main objects and basis | The objects are crops, nursery and greenhouse plants, livestock, poultry and aquacultural animals and agricultural machinery; the basis is the planting or feeding plan, the operating procedures and the safety requirements. | Duties must be checked against the specific position and jurisdiction: the O*NET crop detailed activities include selling products, directing work and conferring with managers, the animal tasks include assisting with breeding and recording production costs, and the BLS equipment description includes adjusting and making minor repairs; none of these can be excluded wholesale. On-site positions on this page do not thereby acquire overall responsibility for running the farm, independent veterinary diagnosis or all repair authority. |
| Core process | Take the task and the list → pre-shift check of equipment and protection → work to the procedures → record quantities and anomalies → crew handover → clean and tidy up at the end of the shift. | AI can assist with work scheduling and image pre-screening, but on-site physical work, animal handling and safety judgement remain the responsibility of the worker. |
| Main outputs | Records of work quantity and time, machinery inspection and servicing records, animal feeding and health observation records, and anomaly, injury and illness reporting records. | Output is measured by whether the work is completed on time and in the required quantity and whether the records are honest, not by speed alone. |
| Responsible party | Duties must be checked against the specific position and jurisdiction: the O*NET crop detailed activities include selling products, directing work and conferring with managers, the animal tasks include assisting with breeding and recording production costs, and the BLS equipment description includes adjusting and making minor repairs; none of these can be excluded wholesale. On-site positions on this page do not thereby acquire overall responsibility for running the farm, independent veterinary diagnosis or all repair authority. | Crews divide the work differently, so the written duties, the operating permits and the safety training arrangements should be checked before starting. |
| Authority and approval | Driving a tractor or combine harvester in China requires the corresponding driving licence; pesticide use follows the label and the protection rules, and a business licence cannot be treated as a personal application certificate for every user. U.S. licensing is decided by the state and the specific work, and the two are not extrapolated to each other. | Qualification is checked against local regulations and the specific equipment and work; a Chinese tractor or combine harvester driving licence is not a general operating licence for all farm machinery. |
| Boundary of conclusions | A record applies only to the corresponding field, housing and shift; the result of one work session or one spot check must not be extrapolated into a conclusion about the whole harvest or the health of the herd, and routine observation must not be treated as a diagnosis. | Injuries, illnesses and equipment anomalies should be marked and reported, and must not be concealed or handled alone under schedule pressure. |
Prepare land, sow, transplant, weed, irrigate and harvest to the arrangements, and sort and pack to specification.
Control temperature, humidity and light in the greenhouse and nursery, take cuttings and transplant, water and fertilise, and record the environmental conditions.
Feed and water to the plan, clean the housing, move livestock and poultry, and watch their feeding and health.
Assist with inspection, marking, vaccination and medication as the veterinarian or supervisor requires, and record anomalies.
Operate tractors, harvesting machinery and irrigation equipment, carry out the pre-shift check and do routine servicing and cleaning.
Fill in the work quantity, the time and any anomaly faithfully, work to the crew's division of labour and report anomalies.
Before starting, check at least six things: the detail direction (crop and nursery greenhouse／animal feeding／machinery operation); the employer type (farm／ranch and livestock farm／agricultural enterprise or cooperative); the pay basis (hourly／piece rate／seasonal lump sum); the operating permits (driving and farm-machinery operation, pesticide use); the accommodation, transport and labour-protection arrangements; and the working hours, seasonality and overtime arrangements.
Look at the work content and the pay basis in the original job advert, not the job title.
The skill and licence requirements differ by detail and employer and must be checked against the specific position.
O*NET asks about the education needed for a new employee to do the job, and the 45-2092 respondent answers are 39% below high school, 29% high school and 15% bachelor's; this is not the share of workers by education. The BLS typical entry for this detail needs no formal education credential, and the two indicators are labelled separately.
| Farm and ranch animal farmworkers (45-2093) |
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| Feed and water, clean the housing, move livestock and poultry, observe their health and assist with medication and marking as the veterinarian or supervisor requires. |
| The objects are livestock, poultry and aquacultural animals; this involves animal contact, contaminants and the risk of bites and stings, and must be handled to the procedures. |
| People willing to work with animals in the long term and able to accept odours and biological risk. |
| Agricultural equipment operators (45-2091) | Operate tractors and harvesting and crop-protection machinery to complete the work, with pre-shift checks and routine servicing. | The equipment direction focuses on machinery; in 2025, month 5 (May) it has the highest median of the three focus directions, and BLS2025—2035 shows growth of 8.6%. This does not mean the highest wage in the five-part group that includes breeders. Chinese tractor and combine harvester licences and other equipment training are checked against the specific object. | People willing to work mainly with machinery and more interested in mechanical matters and safety. |
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| Agricultural technicians (adjacent occupation) | Complete sampling, sample preparation, testing and data recording to the plan and produce traceable technical data. | Leans towards technical support and data; this occupation leans towards on-site physical work and care. | People who want to move from physical work towards technical operation and recording. |
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| Farmers, ranchers and other agricultural managers (adjacent occupation) | Set the planting and feeding plan, arrange the production schedule and the staff, and take responsibility for the business result. | Carries the plan and the business responsibility; this occupation carries out the plan. | People willing to take responsibility for business decisions and for managing people. |
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| Animal care workers (adjacent occupation) | Care for animals in a pet, zoo or shelter setting and carry out cleaning and basic observation. | The objects and the environment differ (mostly non-production animals), and so do the work intensity and the seasonality. | People who prefer to care for animals in an urban institution. |
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Suggested order: first decide the detail (crop and nursery greenhouse／animal feeding／machinery operation), then the employer type (farm, ranch and livestock farm, agricultural enterprise or cooperative), and finally the pay basis, the operating permits and the safety training. The three details share physical tolerance, safety rules and recording ability; moving to an adjacent occupation requires making up plan design, technical testing or animal diagnosis, and on-site physical experience cannot count directly as technical or business qualifications.
Once the detail is decided, check the work content, the licences and the safety requirements that genuinely exist in each detail.
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Editorial task discussion: scheduling, record organisation, equipment assistance and image prompts may assist on-site work, but the O*NET tasks and software list on this page do not prove that each AI capability has been validated for this occupation. BLS discusses mechanisation such as automatic tractors; insufficient evidence: no image pre-screening accuracy, real farm adoption rate or causal AI effect for this occupation was obtained. The result can only be a prompt for on-site verification.
Editorial check question: do the equipment, network, cost, working environment and on-site review conditions support deployment? Technical feasibility is not deployment; insufficient evidence: this page obtained no real AI adoption rate by farm size.
Insufficient evidence: no AI adoption rate, substitution ratio or causal wage estimate for this group was obtained. The five-part BLS group has a 2025—2035 total employment projection that is not AI attribution: a fall of about 2% with 111,500 replacement openings per year; a mechanisation discussion cannot directly identify a causal AI effect.
| Work area | Task | Current change | Human control point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crop planting and harvesting | Plant, weed, irrigate and harvest to the arrangements, and sort and pack to specification. | Possible editorial scenario (not verified adoption or effect): work scheduling and yield records can be digitised, but on-site physical work and sorting-quality judgement still need people. | Sort to specification and record the quantity and anomalies. |
| Greenhouse and nursery work | Control temperature, humidity and light, take cuttings and transplant, water and fertilise, and record the environmental conditions. | Possible editorial scenario (not verified adoption or effect): environmental monitoring can be automated and trigger prompts, but operation and anomaly handling still need people. | Check the environmental parameters and the plant condition, and record anomalies and their handling. |
| Animal feeding and care | Feed and water, clean the housing, move the animals and observe their health. | Possible editorial scenario (not verified adoption or effect): feeding and milk-yield data can be collected automatically and anomaly alerts can assist detection. | Observe and record feeding, behaviour and anomalies to the plan. |
| Animal health assistance | Assist with inspection, marking, vaccination and medication as the veterinarian or supervisor requires. | Possible editorial scenario (not verified adoption or effect): records and reminders can be digitised, but handling operations and stress control remain the responsibility of people. | Work within the authorised scope and ask the veterinarian promptly beyond it. |
| Machinery operation and maintenance | Operate tractors and harvesting machinery and carry out pre-shift checks and routine servicing. | Editorial scenario to be verified: check assisted driving, work-monitoring prompts and the actual records; no evidence for this occupation of reduced repetitive driving was obtained. | Carry out the pre-shift check and record anomalies, and do repairs within the authorised scope. |
| Records and crew collaboration | Record the work quantity, time and anomalies and hand over to the crew. | Possible editorial scenario (not verified adoption or effect): recording tools can aggregate automatically, but data truthfulness and the notes on anomalies remain the responsibility of people. | Fill in the confirmation faithfully and keep it, and mark anomalies separately. |
| Safety and protection | Wear protective equipment to the procedures, handle chemicals and respond to animal stress. | A tool prompt cannot release equipment on its own; the on-site conditions and emergency handling must be checked against the training, the procedures and the duty authorisation. | Work to the procedures, and stop and report when something is abnormal. |
The five evidence cards provide the baseline wage, employment, task, work-context and industry-distribution material and its coverage limits; they do not verify AI technical capability, adoption effects, substitution rates or job-disappearance predictions.
The table below compares the main work directions inside this occupation on AI impact.
AI primarily changesPossible editorial scenario (not verified adoption or effect): work scheduling and harvest-volume records can be digitised, and image recognition can assist maturity and pest-and-disease pre-screening.
Human responsibility remainsOn-site physical work, sorting-quality judgement and safety handling.
AI primarily changesPossible editorial scenario (not verified adoption or effect): feeding records and milk-yield or weight-gain data can be collected automatically, and anomaly alerts can assist detection.
Human responsibility remainsAnimal handling, health observation and stress-handling judgement.
AI primarily changesEditorial scenario to be verified: compare assisted-driving prompts with work records and check for missed work; this page obtained no evidence for this occupation of reduced driving time or improved coverage.
Human responsibility remainsMachinery adjustment, fault diagnosis and review of safe working conditions.
The five steps below are an editorial suggested process for separating technical capability, on-site review and authorisation; it is not a mandatory process laid down by a source.
First confirm the work requirements, the field or housing, the quantities and the safety conditions, and state which work needs a licence or training.
Limit the tool to the permitted steps, such as work scheduling, record capture, image pre-screening or worked-area statistics, and do not let it produce a safety or health conclusion directly.
The worker checks the on-site conditions and the state of the machinery and animals, reviews the tool prompts and anomalies, and records the reason for the human judgement.
Keep the work quantity, time, anomaly and handling records so that the harvest and the health situation can be traced to the field, the housing and the shift.
Where pesticides, machinery and animal handling are involved, work only after the required training and authorisation; specialist repair and diagnosis are handled by qualified people.
Improper operation of tractors, harvesting machinery and irrigation equipment can cause serious injury.
Control: Maintenance is layered by training, equipment procedures and authorisation: routine servicing and minor repairs may be done within the permitted scope, and dismantling beyond that ability goes to the equipment lead; when fatigued or when something is abnormal, stop first and report.
Long outdoor work, lifting and repetitive movement carry temperature-related injury and muscular load risk.
Control: Rotate and rest to the arrangements, ensure drinking water, use handling aids to reduce the lifting load, and stop and report when something is abnormal.
Pesticides, dust and livestock or aquaculture work can cause poisoning, allergy or bites and stings.
Control: Use chemicals and wear protective equipment to the label and the procedures, use pens and restraints when handling animals, and treat wounds properly.
Failing to notice injury or illness in time or handling animals roughly causes animal casualties and biosafety risk.
Control: Observe feeding and behaviour to plan, report anomalies promptly, handle them as the veterinarian or supervisor requires and record it.
Unfaithful records of work quantity and anomalies affect wage settlement, yield accounting and later technical judgement.
Control: Fill in the quantity, time and anomalies faithfully, keep a trace of any change with the reason, and retain the handover confirmation.
First understand the working environment and the physical demands of the three details and experience the real rhythm in a short-term or seasonal position; do not fabricate work quantities or employer information in a portfolio or CV.
Turn physical tolerance, crew cooperation and safety awareness into on-site execution ability: the emphasis is work procedures, protective equipment and anomaly reporting rather than changing the work method on your own.
Use a simple form to record work quantities, time and anomalies, and learn the basic functions of machinery and livestock-management software while keeping a human check record.
Set up work-record and safety-training rules, make the authorisation boundary for machinery and animal work explicit, and manage tool prompts separately from on-site judgement.
Insufficient evidence: no AI adoption rate, substitution ratio or causal wage estimate for this group was obtained. The five-part BLS group is projected to fall by about 2% over 2025—2035, with 111,500 openings per year; the source discusses mechanisation and productivity, so the projection cannot be identified as a causal AI effect, nor can it be asserted that AI and employment change are completely unrelated. Automatic recording and equipment prompts are only task discussion, and the on-site result still has to be verified.
Source: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and the O*NET three-detail materialOriginal source ↗
The BLS entry material and O*NET tasks checked for this page provide no uniform programming threshold; the specific position requirements still have to be checked against the job advert. Editors suggest first practising work procedures, safety checks, quantity records and basic software operation, and not treating the software examples as a list everyone must know.
Source: O*NET 45-2092／45-2093 technology list and task materialOriginal source ↗
Possible editorial scenario (not verified adoption or effect): work scheduling and records, assisted machinery driving and worked-area statistics, image-recognition pre-screening, and milk-yield and weight-gain data collection; the degree of impact depends on the equipment, the scale and whether an on-site review is arranged.
Source: O*NET 45-2091／45-2092／45-2093 tasks and technology list (editorial synthesis)Original source ↗
BLS2025—2035 five-part group about −2% with 111,500 replacement openings per year; equipment +8.6%, crops −2.4% and animals −3.2%. These are different objects over the same period and must not be mixed into one projection or have all growth attributed to AI.
Source: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook five-part group and the same-period detailed SOC projections in Table 1.2Original source ↗
On-site safety and animal condition must be checked by people with the corresponding duty and authorisation; a tool prompt cannot release equipment on its own or form a diagnosis. The Chinese Dictionary explains the categories and does not lay down every specific licence and operating procedure; the regulations and the employer's procedures are checked separately.
Source: O*NET three-detail task material and the employer's procedures (editorial note)Original source ↗
This page provides no disappearance year. Task-exposure research measures how far a task can be handled technically, which is not the actual adoption rate or the share of jobs lost; BLS gives an employment change projection for 2025—2035, not a disappearance year.
Source: This page's evidence cards and source policy (editorial note)Original source ↗
Suggested order: work safety and protection, the basic procedures for handling machinery or animals, and work-record rules; on that basis learn machinery servicing, basic livestock-management software and recognition skills. The specific skill levels and operating permits follow the employer and the competent authority, and certificates should not be piled up to pad a CV.
Source: O*NET 45-2092／45-2093 education requirements and task material (editorial suggestion)Original source ↗
The material above separates technical capability, actual adoption and job outcomes; the next section verifies the wage and employment data basis for this occupation.
Insufficient evidence: no by-city or by-region wage sample for this occupation was obtained, and job-platform and third-party body data were not included as a verifiable source.
Insufficient evidence: no by-type wage statistics for hourly, piece-rate and seasonal employment were obtained.
A scenario comparison requires the detail direction, region, pay basis and seasonality to be consistent; an industry proxy cannot replace the written employment conditions.
| Educational background | Position directions to verify | Notes and verification advice |
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| Junior high or high school (new graduate) | Field work, nursery and greenhouse labour, and livestock feeding positions | Insufficient evidence: no Chinese sample of starting pay and recruitment thresholds by education for the crop-work direction was obtained; this item is an editorial direction example. |
| Secondary vocational or college (relevant specialist field) | Machinery operation, livestock technical assistance and agricultural enterprise work positions | Insufficient evidence: no Chinese education threshold, starting pay or recruitment sample for the equipment or technical assistance direction was obtained; this item is an editorial direction example. |
| Skill-level certificate | Check the application conditions against the current National Occupational Standards for the specific occupation and the announcements of the assessment body, and do not infer a level from the Dictionary category. | A skill-level certificate is kept separate from an administrative driving licence; insufficient evidence: this page did not verify the current level application conditions, fees and periods for each job type, and promises no pay rise from a certificate. |
| In-work job change | Moving from other physical positions into agricultural work or livestock positions | Editors' suggestion: first check the mentoring, work and pay arrangements of the specific employer; a seasonal start is not described as a verified common path across China. |
When checking your own expectations, first confirm the detail direction, the pay basis (hourly or piece rate), the workload and seasonality, and the accommodation and labour protection; do not use an industry proxy in place of the written employment conditions.
Demand comes from on-site work in planting, propagation, harvesting and packing, with marked seasonal employment.
Demand comes from feeding, housing management, livestock and aquaculture care and health observation.
Demand comes from machinery operation, crop-protection work and crew work in large-scale production.
Insufficient evidence: no causal study of AI changing the wage in this occupation was obtained, so no pay cut is inferred from the task discussion or an industry average. The pay basis, the direction, the region and the seasonal hours must each be checked.
| Group median 35,890 U.S. dollars; the five medians in order are equipment 41,730, crops 35,660, animals 36,670, other 39,850 and breeding 51,130, all 2025, month 5 (May) wages with a coverage different from EP employment. |
| Highest 10% | Above 47,880 U.S. dollars per year (the five-part BLS group highest 10%) | Official annual wage, not an individual's actual pay | Group highest 10% above 47,880 U.S. dollars (2025, month 5 (May)); it is not equipment P90 and guarantees no individual income. |
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Pay · 10th percentile：Below 31,270 U.S. dollars per year (the five-part BLS group lowest 10%)；The BLS Handbook explicitly gives the five-part group's lowest 10% below 31,270 U.S. dollars, which is not the minimum of the three details' P10 nor a starting wage.；BLS source and statistical basis
Pay · group 25th percentile (not listed in the Handbook)：Insufficient evidence: the BLS Handbook does not list the five-part group's 25th percentile；The 45-2092 25th percentile of 34,320 U.S. dollars must not be embedded in the group distribution； that figure is used only in the complete detail series below.；BLS source and statistical basis
Pay · median：35,890 U.S. dollars per year (five-part BLS Handbook group median)；35,890 U.S. dollars and 17.25 U.S. dollars per hour are the five-part BLS Handbook group medians for 2025, month 5 (May), and the wage coverage differs from EP employment.；BLS source and statistical basis
Pay · group 75th percentile (not listed in the Handbook)：Insufficient evidence: the BLS Handbook does not list the five-part group's 75th percentile；The 45-2092 75th percentile of 38,840 U.S. dollars belongs to that detail only and cannot replace the group's missing 75th percentile.；BLS source and statistical basis
Pay · 90th percentile：Above 47,880 U.S. dollars per year (the five-part BLS group highest 10%)；The BLS Handbook gives the group's highest 10% above 47,880 U.S. dollars, which is not the 45-2091 90th percentile of 58,650 U.S. dollars.；BLS source and statistical basis
No. The median means that half of the covered workers earn above that value; starting pay is affected by the detail direction, the pay basis, the region and the seasonality, and the conversion for piece-rate positions is even less directly comparable.
The statistical hourly wage must not be multiplied by a person's actual hours and treated as their annual salary; the OEWS annual and hourly wages are one and the same statistical conversion, and a seasonal position may cover less than a full year.
The group wage comes from the BLS Handbook OEWS data for 2025, month 5 (May); the detail wages are shown by O*NET from the corresponding OEWS national rows; the 2025—2035 employment projection comes from BLS EP. The wage excludes the self-employed and some agricultural industries while the EP includes agriculture and the self-employed, so the coverages must not be mixed.
The detail direction and skills, the pay basis (hourly or piece rate), the region and cost of living, and seasonal overtime and working conditions all affect the actual offer.
| Industry | Pay reference values (each row's basis labelled separately) | How to understand this value |
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| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | Insufficient evidence: no median wage for this occupation in this industry was obtained; in the O*NET2025 employment distribution, agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting accounts for about 79% of 45-2092 and about 72% of 45-2091. An industry share does not provide an industry wage. | The great majority of on-site positions are concentrated in this industry. |
| Wholesale trade (five-part BLS Handbook group) | 37,800 U.S. dollars per year (2025, month 5 (May)) | The wage median of the same Handbook five-part group in wholesale trade; not the total for other industries or the 45-2092 single detail. |
| Combined-group median (comparison) | $35,890/year | The five-part BLS Handbook group median for 2025, month 5 (May); provided for comparison only and not equal to an industry wage. |
| Median range of the three focus parts (not a total) | 35,660—41,730 U.S. dollars per year | 35,660—41,730 is only the median range of the three focus details on this page; the breeding median is 51,130, so it is not the five-part total range, an industry average or a group percentile. |
The OEWS annual wage is usually converted as the hourly wage × 2,080; it is not an individual's actual paid hours. A seasonal worker cannot rely on it for a full-year income; the wage survey coverage excludes the self-employed and industries such as crop and animal production, while the EP employment coverage is checked separately.
The 35,890 U.S. dollars is the five-part BLS Handbook group median; the three detail medians come from the O*NET-shown OEWS single-occupation basis, so the two have different scopes and sources and are labelled separately on this page.
The BLS Handbook publishes a wholesale trade group median wage of 37,800 U.S. dollars; not every industry is undisclosed. The group medians for agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and for the remaining industries were not obtained this round, and no wage is inferred from an industry employment share.
The five-part group has 831,900 positions； in 2025 the three focus parts are 546,800, 202,100 and 66,900 positions, with other at 9,300 and breeding at 6,900. The parts are rounded, so a missing occupation must not be invented from a simple difference.；BLS source and statistical basis
The five-part BLS group is about −2% over 2025—2035, a reduction of 13,300 positions, with equipment +8.6%, crops −2.4% and animals −3.2%.；BLS source and statistical basis
The 111,500 average annual openings come from workers changing jobs and leaving the labour force, not net new positions or a ten-year total.；BLS source and statistical basis
Which Holland interest type is closer to agricultural workers?
Holland interest codes: 45-2092 is RC (Realistic · Conventional), 45-2093 is R (Realistic) and 45-2091 is also mainly Realistic (O*NET). Realistic corresponds to physical and outdoor work, and Conventional to recording and repetitive operations to protocol; this indicates only an interest direction and does not constitute a hiring standard.
Do not use it this way: People who find it hard to accept being outdoors in all weather, repetitive physical work or dust and animal contact need to be cautious.
Test my Holland vocational interestsWhich Big Five traits are more relevant to this job?
Editors' observation suggestion: whether you still check records and report to the procedures when tired, and whether you can state a disagreement about collaboration clearly. Insufficient evidence: this page obtained no study of the Big Five and performance, or any hiring cut-off, for agricultural workers, and no individual performance is inferred from the O*NET task characteristics.
Do not use it this way: Treating one assessment result as a career conclusion ignores real work experience.
View my Big Five personality traitsCan MBTI be used to judge whether I am suited to agricultural workers?
Insufficient evidence: this page obtained no study of MBTI screening validity or type advantage for agricultural workers. Personal preferences may be described, but competence cannot be judged or a best-suited type designated from them.
Do not use it this way: Replacing real work experience with a type label makes it easy to miss key information.
Understand my MBTI preferencesCan the Enneagram tell me whether I am suited to this occupation?
The Enneagram is likewise a self-exploration tool and cannot tell you whether you are suited to this occupation; the more reliable approach is to record your real reactions to heat and cold, repetitive labour and animal contact.
Do not use it this way: Explaining mistakes with a type label reduces the chance to improve concrete practices.
Explore my Enneagram patternCan I be an agricultural worker if I am not good at mathematics?
Insufficient evidence: no uniform IQ hiring threshold material for this occupation was obtained, no assessment score is used to assert competence, and the actual recruitment requirements are checked separately. This page suggests using AW27-V1 to check the reading of the requirements, the quantities and the records.
Do not use it this way: Treating 'cannot understand the requirements' as a fixed label underestimates trainability.
Understand my intelligence and reasoning performanceDo agricultural workers need high emotional intelligence?
Editors' suggestion: check crew handover, patient record-keeping and anomaly reporting. Insufficient evidence: no emotional-intelligence hiring threshold or performance-validity study for this occupation was obtained, and a personality scale cannot be treated as a job qualification.
Do not use it this way: Skipping safety steps because of emotion or fatigue magnifies risk.
Understand my emotional intelligence abilitiesFits better when: Suits people willing to move from physical work towards technical operation and recording.
Watch for: Needs to build up sampling, testing and data-recording ability.
Explore related career: Agricultural technicianFits better when: Suits people willing to work mainly with machinery.
Watch for: Chinese tractor and combine harvester licences are checked by machine type; other machinery training and the position requirements are kept separate.
Explore related career: Agricultural equipment operatorsFits better when: Suits people who prefer caring for animals.
Watch for: The objects are mostly non-production animals and the working environment and seasonality differ.
Explore related career: Animal care workersFits better when: Suits people willing to take on business and staff-arrangement responsibility.
Watch for: Needs to build up production planning, cost accounting and people-management ability.
Explore related career: Farmers, ranchers and other agricultural managersFits better when: Suits people willing to inspect and take evidence under the regulations.
Watch for: Needs to build up the regulatory basis, inspection procedure and record rules.
Explore related career: Agricultural inspectorsFits better when: Suits people willing to test samples and keep records.
Watch for: Needs to build up standard methods and laboratory operating rules.
Explore related career: Agricultural and food science techniciansThere is no 'suited' personality. The more reliable approach is to look at behaviour: whether you can sustain physical work outdoors, operate to the procedures and record faithfully.
Editors' suggestion: an introvert can first observe whether they can hand over clearly, check the numbers and report; personality cannot directly prove on-site fit. AW27-V1 practises paper records only, and real work is checked separately.
Editors' suggestion: an extravert also needs to review patiently and work safely; this page obtained no occupational study showing that extraversion gives a crew advantage, and gives no individual advantage guarantee.
Insufficient evidence: this page obtained no MBTI occupational matching validity or type ranking for agricultural workers, and does not judge hiring or personal fit from a type.
This occupation's three details are mainly Realistic interest (45-2092 is RC and 45-2093 is R). An interest code describes work-content tendencies and is not a hiring standard.
Insufficient evidence: no valid study in which personality scores predict performance in this occupation was obtained; this page suggests checking actual task performance and does not give a competence conclusion from one assessment.
Insufficient evidence: no uniform mathematics grade threshold for this occupation was obtained. Editors suggest first practising the AW27-V1 quantities, units and records, and checking the actual calculation requirements and training against the position.
Editors' suggestion: practise clear handover, checking and anomaly reporting; this page has no evidence of an emotional-intelligence recruitment cut-off and infers no uniform threshold or performance guarantee.
No. The Enneagram is a self-exploration tool and does not constitute evidence of occupational fit.
Prepare a small output for each detail: a harvest and sorting record for the crop direction, a feeding and health-observation record for the animal direction, and a pre-shift checklist for the machinery direction; compare the real feeling of the three outputs.
Typical scenario：Operating machinery while tired after several consecutive days of work, and continuing without a pre-shift check.
Roles most affected：Machinery operation and field work positions
Possible consequence：Improper operation of tractors, harvesting machinery and irrigation equipment, or continuing work when tired, can cause serious injury.
How to reduce risk：Carry out the pre-shift check and work to the procedures, and stop and report when tired or when something is abnormal; routine servicing and minor repairs must stay within the training and the authorisation, and repairs beyond that go to the equipment lead.
Evidence：BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: the five-part Agricultural Workers combined group · O*NET OnLine 45-2091.00 agricultural equipment operator occupation summary
Typical scenario：Lifting for long periods during the hot part of the day with no rotation and no water provided.
Roles most affected：All outdoor work positions
Possible consequence：Long outdoor work, lifting and repetitive movement carry temperature-related injury and muscular load risk.
How to reduce risk：Rotate and rest to the arrangements, ensure drinking water, use handling aids to reduce the lifting load, and stop work and report immediately if you feel unwell.
Evidence：O*NET 45-2092.00 Work Context · BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: the five-part Agricultural Workers combined group
Typical scenario：Entering a field to work shortly after it was sprayed without wearing protective equipment.
Roles most affected：Crop-protection work and livestock and aquaculture positions
Possible consequence：Pesticides, dust and livestock or aquaculture work can cause poisoning, allergy or bites and stings.
How to reduce risk：Use chemicals and wear protective equipment to the label and the procedures, use pens and restraints when handling animals, and treat and report wounds properly.
Evidence：O*NET 45-2092.00 Work Context · BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: the five-part Agricultural Workers combined group
Typical scenario：Noticing abnormal feeding in the livestock but not reporting it, and several days later a group outbreak appears.
Roles most affected：Livestock and aquaculture positions
Possible consequence：Failing to notice injury or illness in time, or rough handling, causes animal casualties and cross-group transmission risk.
How to reduce risk：Observe feeding and behaviour to plan, report anomalies promptly, handle them as the veterinarian or supervisor requires and record it.
Evidence：BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: the five-part Agricultural Workers combined group
Typical scenario：Harvest quantities filled in by estimate, inconsistent with the settlement documents.
Roles most affected：All positions that supply the basis for records and settlement
Possible consequence：Unfaithful records of work quantity and anomalies affect wage settlement, yield accounting and later technical judgement.
How to reduce risk：Fill in the quantity, time and anomalies faithfully, keep a trace of any change with the reason, and retain the handover confirmation.
Evidence：O*NET 45-2092.00 Work Context · BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: the five-part Agricultural Workers combined group
Typical scenario：Seasonal employment with no clear pay basis or working hours, and the worker is laid off unilaterally in the off-season with no written agreement.
Roles most affected：Seasonal employment and migrant worker positions
Possible consequence：Unclear pay, missing labour protection or excessive hours affect health and pay entitlements.
How to reduce risk：Before starting, check the written employment conditions, the pay basis and the labour-protection arrangements; keep the working-hour and wage records, and handle a dispute under the labour contract and local rules.
Evidence：Labour Contract Law of the People's Republic of China (amended 2012) · BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: the five-part Agricultural Workers combined group
Most positions in the U.S. five-part BLS group need no formal education credential, and breeders typically require high school; the O*NET new-employee education answers are not a worker education distribution. In China, check the specific posting, the equipment driving regulations and the current job-type assessment announcements, keeping education, training, skill level and administrative licence separate; insufficient evidence: no Chinese recruitment education data or fee/period/conditions for each job-type level were obtained, so no general entry route or step-by-step progression can be inferred from the Dictionary.
| Entry directions | Early tasks | Editors' suggestion: verifiable ability evidence | Evidence you can present without experience | How it differs from adjacent positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crops and nursery greenhouse (45-2092) | Under mentorship, complete basic work such as weeding, watering, harvesting and sorting and packing. | Able to complete harvesting and sorting to specification under supervision and record the quantities faithfully. | Harvest and sorting records from a simulated or own plot (quantity, specification, anomalies). | This direction centres on planting, care, harvesting, sorting and work records; agricultural technicians may also take part in field work, sampling and testing. This occupation may also take part in work discussions, guidance and maintenance, and the specific duties are checked against the position and the training rather than excluded uniformly by occupational title. |
| Animal feeding (45-2093) | Under mentorship, complete feeding and watering, cleaning the housing and basic observation. | Able to complete feeding to the plan and record feeding behaviour and anomalies. | Feeding and health-observation records from a simulated or own setting. | Compared with animal care workers this faces production animals; compared with a veterinarian it carries no diagnostic duty. |
| Machinery operation (45-2091) | Under mentorship, complete machinery assistance, field carrying and cleaning and servicing. | Able to complete the pre-shift check to the list and the basic servicing record. | A machinery pre-shift checklist and operating-parameter record. | This direction operates agricultural machinery and keeps pre-shift check, parameter and maintenance records; the division of engineering design and specialist repair follows the actual position and training, and the title cannot be used to infer that no machinery position takes part in related work. |
| Records and the basis for settlement | Record the work quantity, time and anomalies and hand over to the crew. | Records can be traced to the field, the housing and the shift, with anomalies marked separately. | A crew record containing the time, the quantity and notes on anomalies. | This direction records the quantity, time and anomalies by field, housing and shift; warehousing and logistics also have recording and traceability tasks. Compare by object and purpose, and do not rank who values on-site conditions more. |
| Safety and protection | Wear protective equipment to the procedures, and identify and report the on-site risk points. | Able to state the protection and emergency steps for heat and cold, chemicals and animal contact. | A work-safety checklist containing the risk points and the handling steps. | This direction identifies work risks and handles and reports them to the procedures, and the O*NET tasks also include maintenance and repair. The scope of permissible repair, the safety rules and the operating authority must be checked against the training and the actual duties, and are not excluded uniformly by occupational title. |
O*NET45-2092 respondent answers on the education a new employee needs: 39% below high school/29% high school/15% bachelor's; for 45-2093 it is 39% some college but no degree/25% high school/18% below high school. This is not the education distribution of existing workers.
No Chinese recruitment education sample was obtained; check the specific posting, and do not generate a domestic education threshold from U.S. shares.
The Dictionary provides only categories and occupational names; insufficient evidence: the current skill-level application conditions, fees and periods for each agricultural job type were not verified, and no uniform step-by-step route or pay rise is promised.
Before starting, check the written duties, pay, hours, labour protection and mentoring arrangements; employer training does not replace an administrative driving licence.
The work context shows that in 45-2092, 65% work outdoors in all weather every day, 57% use their hands continuously, 51% make repetitive movements continuously, 49% bend or twist continuously and 56% work more than 40 hours per week.
In 45-2093, 61% are exposed to contaminants every day and 48% are exposed to minor burns, cuts, bites or stings every day, which shows that biological and work risks are part of the job.
Pens A/B, simulated time 09:00, with a stated feeding plan of 10kg each, actual 10/8kg and trough remainder 2/1kg each. Rules: if the actual is below the plan, report the shortfall; actual − trough remainder is only the book difference and does not equal real intake. B additionally has an 'obvious lameness' observation with no diagnosis or veterinary instruction; report it to the supervisor and ask a qualified person to confirm, and do not medicate on your own.
Machine M1, simulated 10:00, with the task of a pre-start check; the record reads 'guard missing, brake unchecked, driving-qualification document not provided'. Stated rules: if any item is abnormal or unchecked, keep the machine shut down and notify the equipment safety lead; it cannot be released until every item has been reviewed and explicitly authorised by the lead. At 10:30 only a text message that 'the guard has been replaced' was received, while the brake and the qualification remain unknown. Do not start the machine, dismantle it or drive it for real.
Submit a results table carrying the version AW27-V1 and the time/object/unit/raw records, a one-page anomaly report, and a change trace with a list of items still to be confirmed; the task statement serves paper reasoning only, does not come from a real employer and uses no other person's material.
The condition matrix lists 'raw record — rule — state — to be confirmed'; M1 stays shut down at both times, with the guard review, the brake and the driving qualification listed as to be confirmed.
Write the B lameness as an observation only, with the supervisor and a professional to confirm; do not operate anything without authorisation and do not let a paper result replace training.
Check the difference between the feeding shortfall of 2kg, the book difference of 15kg and real intake; the single-item notice at 10:30 for M1 cannot be used to infer overall safety.
Mark A 1/8 and B 8/8 against the eight items; check that B's raw traces and boundaries are complete, and the marking applies to this task only.
Attach the V1 raw table, the V2 change trace, the person reported to and the items still to be confirmed; do not write an actual settlement, a health conclusion or an equipment release.
State clearly that everything is an editorial simulation completed on paper by the individual, not posing as employer or crew practice; real physical tolerance has to be checked later through lawful experience.
| Interview or trial stage | Verifiable checkpoints | Observable evidence | Boundaries and warnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work knowledge and safety | Whether the work requirements, the protective equipment and the emergency steps can be stated. | Able to explain safe operation step by step and point out the risk points on their own initiative. | Being unable to state the protection requirements, or replying that no rest is needed in hot weather, is a clear risk signal. |
| Scenario judgement | Given an injury, illness or equipment-anomaly scenario, see whether work is stopped and reported first. | Able to identify the anomaly, handle it to the procedures and record it faithfully. | Jumping to a conclusion, concealing an anomaly or handling a problem beyond the authorisation alone. |
Copy the raw data and units from AW27-V1 and list the eight marking points; submit the raw table, with no contact with physical equipment or animals.
Submit the H1/H2/H3 net weights 20/15/10 and the H2 anomaly; keep the original 14+2 and do not invent a re-weighing.
Submit the shortfall 0/2, the book difference 8/7 and the B lameness report; state that no real intake or diagnosis is inferred.
Submit that M1 is not started at either time, that the guard at 10:30 is pending review, and the list of brake and qualification items still to be checked; do not actually drive or service it.
Organise V1/V2 and keep 26/4/15 totalling 45; update only the material already received, and keep suspending what has not been re-weighed.
Recalculate the reference against the eight points, mark A 1/8 and B 8/8, and submit the reason for each point lost; it can be completed without external guidance.
| Qualification or training | Who it applies to | Effect on job seeking | Whether it is a general entry threshold | Conditions of application | Investment and duration | Limitations and risks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work safety and protection training | On-site staff, by work and employer | Check whether the person can work to the procedures under mentorship | Checked by jurisdiction, position and safety rules | Training does not mean every scenario is authorised | Follow the actual course announcement and do not estimate a uniform duration | Paper exercises do not replace on-site training |
Typical scope：Complete basic work such as weeding, watering, harvesting and sorting and packing to the arrangements.
Readiness evidence：Able to complete harvesting and sorting to specification and record the quantities faithfully.
Credential boundary：Editorial position example, not a uniform threshold: most positions have no education threshold; follow the employer's rules.
Next moves：Under mentorship, complete one full harvesting and sorting record.
Typical scope：Independently complete land preparation, transplanting, irrigation and harvesting, and sort and do the initial processing to specification.
Readiness evidence：Complete work-quantity and anomaly records, with sorting to specification.
Credential boundary：Editorial position example, not a uniform threshold: familiarity with crop work and the safety requirements is needed; follow the employer's rules.
Next moves：Carry out several kinds of crop work and take part in greenhouse environment management.
Typical scope：Take charge of propagation, cuttings and transplanting and environmental control, and record the temperature, humidity and plant condition.
Readiness evidence：Environment and plant records can be traced back to the batch.
Credential boundary：Editorial position example, not a uniform threshold: relevant experience; the skill-level conditions are checked separately.
Next moves：Carry out the propagation plan and guide new staff.
Typical scope：Take charge of the work arrangements, quality control and staff mentoring.
Readiness evidence：Able to take responsibility for work quality and the truthfulness of the records.
Credential boundary：Editorial ability observation: check the relevant task records and the mentoring or coordination experience; this page obtained no uniform years of experience, skill level or promotion threshold, so the actual conditions are checked against the target position.
Next moves：Extend to coordinating work across plots and carrying out the harvest plan.
Typical scope：Under mentorship, complete feeding and watering, cleaning the housing and basic observation.
Readiness evidence：Able to complete feeding to the plan and record feeding behaviour and anomalies.
Credential boundary：Editorial position example, not a uniform threshold: most positions have no education threshold; follow the employer's rules.
Next moves：Under mentorship, complete one full feeding and observation record.
Typical scope：Independently complete feeding, moving livestock and health observation, and assist with marking and disease-prevention preparation.
Readiness evidence：Complete feeding and health records, with anomalies reported promptly.
Credential boundary：Editorial position example, not a uniform threshold: familiarity with the animal-handling procedures is needed; follow the employer's rules.
Next moves：Manage several housing units and take part in moving groups and disease prevention.
Typical scope：Take charge of feeding, water quality or environment management and observation in aquaculture or specialist farming.
Typical scope：Under mentorship, complete machinery assistance, field carrying and cleaning and servicing.
Readiness evidence：Able to complete the pre-shift check to the list and the basic servicing record.
Credential boundary：Editorial position example, not a uniform threshold: most positions have no education threshold; follow the employer's rules.
Next moves：Under mentorship, complete one pre-shift check and work record.
Typical scope：Independently operate tractors, tillage and harvesting machinery to complete the work, with routine servicing.
Readiness evidence：Complete operating-parameter and anomaly records, with the machinery state traceable.
Credential boundary：Driving a tractor or combine harvester in China requires the driving licence for the corresponding machine type; other equipment is checked against the specific rules and the employer's training.
Next moves：Carry out several kinds of machinery work and seasonal peak tasks.
Typical scope：Switch between several machines and work types, and handle initial fault diagnosis and scheduling coordination.
Under mentorship, complete physical work of a single type, work to the arrangements and fill in the basic records faithfully.
Independently complete crop, animal or machinery work, and identify common anomalies and report them to the procedures.
Switch between details or work types, lead a small group through the work and guide new staff.
Take responsibility for the work arrangements, safe execution, record quality and staff mentoring.
Does not establish：The BLS employment matrix counts positions, includes agriculture and unincorporated self-employment, and one person may hold several positions; the OEWS wage excludes the self-employed and unsurveyed industries such as crop and animal production, so the wage coverage limit must not be applied to the 831,900 employment size.
United States national (five-part BLS Handbook group) · Agricultural workers (five-part group)
−2%
Employment growth rate
The BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook projects a fall of 2% in employment for this combined group (about −13,300 positions); over the same period there are about 111,500 job openings per year, all from replacement demand.
Does not establish：The about −2% is the overall trend of the five-part group, while over the same period equipment is +8.6%, crops −2.4% and animals −3.2%; replacement openings are not net new positions and do not mean every detail declines.
United States national (five-part group) · Agricultural workers (five-part group)
About 111,500 per year on average
Average annual job openings
The same source gives about 111,500 job openings per year; all come from replacement demand, that is, replacements caused by workers changing jobs or leaving the labour force.
Does not establish：Average annual openings are not net new positions; the basis differs from the net employment change and the two cannot be subtracted.
These are capability relationships, not automatic promotions or credential waivers.
Transfers：Machinery operation and field work have overlapping adjacent tasks; a position you intend to move to requires re-checking the equipment training, the driving qualification and the employer's requirements, and existing experience does not guarantee hiring or operating authorisation.
Build next：Tractors and combine harvesters in China require the corresponding driving licence; other machinery is checked against the equipment procedures and the position training, and there is no verified general licence for all farm machinery on this page.
View career profileTransfers：On-site work and recording experience can transfer.
Build next：Needs to build up sampling, sample preparation, testing and data-recording ability.
View career profileTransfers：Animal care and observation experience can transfer.
Build next：The objects are mostly non-production animals, and the working environment and operating rules differ.
View career profileTransfers：Animal handling and observation experience helps.
Build next：Needs to build up diagnostic assistance, imaging and laboratory technique, which usually requires specialist education.
View career profileTransfers：Helps with an on-site understanding of the production links.
Build next：Needs to build up production planning, cost accounting and people-management ability.
View career profileTransfers：On-site experience and recording ability can transfer.
Build next：Needs to build up the regulatory basis, inspection procedure and evidence-taking rules.
View career profileTransfers：Crew cooperation and work experience can transfer.
Build next：Needs to build up shift scheduling, safety supervision and staff mentoring ability.
View career profileTransfers：On-site sampling and recording experience can transfer.
Build next：Needs to build up standard methods and laboratory operating rules.
View career profileInsufficient evidence: no AI adoption rate, substitution rate or causal wage estimate for this group was obtained. BLS discusses mechanisation and productivity, and the projection cannot identify an AI cause; a tool prompt must be checked on site, and no disappearance year is given.
Insufficient evidence: no precise national wage distribution for this occupation was obtained. The National Bureau of Statistics publishes annual average wages by industry sector and unit type, of which agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery was 74,424 yuan/year (non-private) in 2025 and 46,552 yuan/year (private), which can serve only as a broad reference; the details, the pay basis and the seasonality differ greatly, so an industry average cannot be used to infer an individual's pay.
The five-part BLS Handbook group median for 2025, month 5 (May) is 35,890 U.S. dollars, with the lowest 10% below 31,270 and the highest 10% above 47,880; the 45-2090 four-part group is another scope. Equipment 41,730, crops 35,660, animals 36,670, other 39,850 and breeding 51,130 are their own medians and must not be merged into one percentile series.
Most U.S. positions need no formal education credential, and breeders typically require high school; the O*NET39/29/15 answers are respondent answers on the education a new employee needs in the crop detail. In China, tractors and combine harvesters need the corresponding driving licence, and pesticide use must follow the label and the protection rules, so a business licence is not treated as a general personal pesticide certificate; skill levels and administrative licences are checked separately.
Mainly injury from machinery and work, heat and cold and physical overload, chemical and biological exposure, animal stress and unreported injury or illness, unfaithful or missing records, and insufficient labour protection in seasonal employment. Working to the procedures, wearing protective equipment, reporting promptly and recording faithfully are the basic controls.
For 2025—2035 the five-part BLS group is about −2% with 111,500 replacement openings per year; equipment +8.6%, crops −2.4% and animals −3.2%. A national projection is not a personal employment guarantee and must not be mixed with the 45-2090 four-part group.
Work on the field, in the greenhouse and nursery, on the ranch and on the livestock farm, mostly outdoors in all kinds of weather. O*NET 45-2092 shows that 65% of respondents work outdoors in all weather every day, 57% use their hands continuously, 51% make repetitive movements continuously, 49% bend or twist continuously and 56% work more than 40 hours per week.
The three directions are only focus examples, and the BLS group also contains breeding and other agricultural workers. First check the tasks, the safety conditions, the pay and the hours; the paper AW27-V1 can be used to practise records but cannot prove physical tolerance or a real operating qualification.
FermatMind careers content editorial team
Date checked this round: 2026-10-02.
BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Agricultural Workers (the five-part BLS Handbook group); O*NET 45-2091／45-2092／45-2093 occupational material and the 2025, month 5 (May) wage percentiles; National Bureau of Statistics 2025 urban unit wage statistics; Occupational Classification Dictionary of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition).
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; used for this detail's occupational identity, tasks, work context, education requirements and the BLS-shown wages and projection; a U.S. single-occupation basis.
Limitations：The OEWS wage coverage excludes the self-employed and unsurveyed industries such as crop and animal production, while the EP employment coverage is checked separately; the five parts of the group cannot be reduced to the three details, and SOC45-2090 must not be assigned.
Limitations：Table1.2's four-part group and the individual detailed SOCs are used separately; the original five-part OOH group has a different scope. Employment includes agriculture and the self-employed; a projection is not a personal hiring guarantee and cannot identify an AI cause. The OOH five-part group is not the 45-2090 four-part group in the table.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; used for the wage percentiles and median hourly wage of the largest detail; a single-occupation basis.
Limitations：Excludes self-employed individuals and freelancers; the pre-tax figure includes the individual's withheld social insurance, housing fund and income tax, and is not an occupational median or an individual's actual income.
Limitations：A category or occupational name is not equal to a standard clause, a driving qualification, skill-level application conditions or a one-to-one China-U.S. code.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; used for respondent shares on outdoor conditions, physical work and time pressure.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; used for the machinery operation detail's tasks, wages and projection; a single-occupation basis.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; used for optional credential information and does not constitute a mandatory qualification for this occupation.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; it serves only as navigation and cannot prove that a specific course is available or that a Chinese skill level exists; the whole directory is not claimed to have been checked.
Limitations：Used to explain that the total wage bill is on a before-tax basis and what it comprises.
Limitations：Used for checking the contract information and does not replace a case-by-case determination of the labour relation or the local dispute procedure.
Limitations：A category or occupational name is not equal to a standard clause, a driving qualification, skill-level application conditions or a one-to-one China-U.S. code.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; used for the animal feeding detail's tasks, work context, wages and projection; a single-occupation basis.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; the industry employment distribution for that detail only; it cannot represent all agricultural workers or an in-industry wage.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; used to explain the preparation level and the education requirements.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; the industry employment distribution for that detail only; it cannot represent all agricultural workers or an in-industry wage.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; it is not a software adoption rate, an AI effect, all postings or Chinese demand.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; used for the animal feeding detail's task material.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; used for the occupational overview and the related-occupation entry point.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; used for the animal feeding detail's wage percentiles.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; used for the machinery operation detail's task and work-activity material.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; used for task and interest-code reference.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; used for the machinery operation detail's wage percentiles.
Limitations：Covers only the detail occupation or material topic named in the title and cannot represent all workers in the five-part group; used for the recording, work and safety process material.
Limitations：These are wage-survey limits and cannot be applied to the EP employment coverage.
Limitations：Supports only the two kinds of equipment listed and cannot be extrapolated to all machinery or to U.S. state rules.
Limitations：No employer's training content, individual qualification application fee or U.S. state licensing rule is provided.
Limitations：A methodology definition cannot prove local recruitment, an individual opportunity or the OEWS wage coverage.
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
The U.S. indicators use the five-part BLS Handbook group and the same-period detailed SOC, with the 45-2090 four-part group kept separate; the O*NET details are used for the tasks and the current-period background and do not replace the group scope. Chinese industry averages, recruitment thresholds, skill levels and administrative licences are kept apart, and this page cannot guarantee pay, a qualification or personal fit.
Big Five personality (English) · MBTI (Chinese) · Enneagram (Chinese) · Intelligence and reasoning test
The labour contract or employment agreement and the employer's rules apply (Labour Contract Law of the People's Republic of China).
Where pesticides or livestock work is involved, check the safety training and the occupational health requirements.
The development path affects long-term income and stability and should be asked about before starting.
The 2025 U.S. job-posting hot technologies for 45-2093 are Excel2%, Office2% and Word below 1%; this is not an adoption rate, all postings or an AI effect.
First practise the AW27-V1 records and rechecking, and check the real employer's software requirements separately; this page does not assert that someone who cannot use the software cannot enter the field.
Reference deliverable: H1 net 20=18+2, H2 net 15≠14+2=16, H3 net 10=8+2; total net 45kg. Only the balancing batches H1/H3 may be recorded as acceptable 26kg and held back 4kg; the whole H2 batch of 15kg is suspended, 26+4+15=45, and it is not an acceptable 40kg or a released 40kg. The A/B feeding shortfall is 0/2kg, a total of 2kg; the book difference is 8/7kg, a total of 15kg, and it cannot be called 15kg actually eaten by the animals. The B lameness is reported to the supervisor with a request for professional confirmation; M1 stays shut down at both times, and the guard text at 10:30 does not clear the brake and the qualification items still to be checked.
Marking 8 items at 1 points each: ① the three net weights and 45; ② locating the H2 imbalance; ③ closing 26/4/15 and 45; ④ the 0/2 feeding shortfall; ⑤ 8/7 as the book difference only; ⑥ reporting B without diagnosing or medicating; ⑦ M1 not started at both times with the items to be checked listed; ⑧ complete time units, raw traces and boundaries. Candidate A writes 'three net weights 20/15/10, total net 45, acceptable 40 held back 5; intake 15; medicated B on my own; started at 10:30' with no object or time, and earns only ①, 1/8; candidate B submits the reference above with complete raw traces, 8/8. This task's marking is not a hiring standard.
Put the A/B plan, actual and trough remainder in separate columns; write the formulas for the shortfall and the book difference, and state clearly that real intake was not observed. For the B lameness, write only the observation and the person it was reported to.
Version V1 keeps all unknowns; V2 records only the guard-replacement notice at 10:30 as evidence pending the lead's review, while the brake and the qualification are still to be checked and the state stays shut down. A correction record keeps the original value, the reason, the time and the role of the person who changed it.
The stated rules are editorial exercise conditions, not industry regulations; real work also requires the employer's procedures and the statutory qualification, and the exercise result does not release M1 or any real equipment.
| Physical ability and tolerance | Whether physical work can be completed safely and to the standard within the given time. | Working to the procedures when tired and resting and drinking water on their own initiative. | Skipping safety steps to keep to schedule, or being clearly unable to bear the intensity of outdoor work. |
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| Trial period | Whether the work is carried out to the arrangements, recorded faithfully, mentoring is accepted and improvement continues. | Able to complete the work and records in one direction independently and pass the review. | Needing repeated reminders to keep a record, or finding it hard to work with others, indicates insufficient job fit. |
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Submit the results table, the one-page report, the trace and the items to be confirmed; write which paper task you prefer and which real experience still has to be checked. Paper does not assess tolerance of outdoor or physical work.
| Chinese tractor / combine harvester driving licence | Those who drive the corresponding equipment | The administrative driving qualification for the corresponding machine type | Driving these two kinds of equipment requires the corresponding licence | Apply and have the machine type checked under the management rules | Follow the local processing and training announcements | It is not a general licence for all farm machinery, and training does not mean the licence has been obtained |
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| Chinese pesticide safe-use training | The specific positions that apply pesticides | Check the label, dose, protection and use-record requirements | Checked by position and regulation, and not called a general personal pesticide certificate | The use provisions of the Pesticide Administration Regulations; a U.S. state licence is checked separately | Follow the actual training announcement and do not estimate the duration | A business licence is not a personal admission certificate for the user |
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| Skill level for a specific Chinese job type | Those intending to take the assessment for that job type | Only the actual level announcement proves the application and the assessment | Do not treat a Dictionary name as a mandatory certificate | Check the current standards and the assessment body announcements item by item | Insufficient evidence: the fee and period for each job type on this page were not verified | No uniform step-by-step route or pay rise is promised, and it cannot replace a driving licence |
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| Relevant specialist education | Machinery and technical assistance positions | Editors' check suggestion: see whether the target posting requires a specific education and what the duties are; no education-threshold sample for this occupation was obtained | It varies considerably between employers | Follow the posting and the employer's rules | Follow the education duration | Education does not replace procedural training and the operating permit |
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| Livestock or farm-management software skills | Positions that need recording and management | Editors' check suggestion: use a record-organising sample to show the tool operation; whether it is required or counts in favour must be checked in the specific posting | Not an admission qualification | Follow the employer's system and data rules | Check the learning input against the actual training content and do not estimate a uniform duration | Operating a tool does not mean the records are true or the management is compliant |
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Readiness evidence：Environment parameters and growth records can be traced.
Credential boundary：Editorial position example, not a uniform threshold: relevant experience; the skill-level conditions are checked separately.
Next moves：Carry out the livestock plan and guide new staff.
Typical scope：Take charge of the feeding and health arrangements, safe execution and staff mentoring.
Readiness evidence：Able to take responsibility for animal health records and safe execution.
Credential boundary：Editorial ability observation: check the relevant task records and the mentoring or coordination experience; this page obtained no uniform years of experience, skill level or promotion threshold, so the actual conditions are checked against the target position.
Next moves：Extend to coordination across housing units or across farm areas.
Readiness evidence：Able to explain the basis for the machinery choice and for handling a fault.
Credential boundary：Editorial ability observation: check the relevant task records and the mentoring or coordination experience; this page obtained no uniform years of experience, skill level or promotion threshold, so the actual conditions are checked against the target position.
Next moves：Guide new staff in operation and take part in carrying out the work plan.
Typical scope：Take charge of the machinery and work arrangements, safe execution and record quality.
Readiness evidence：Able to take responsibility for work safety and the machinery state.
Credential boundary：Editorial ability observation: check the relevant task records and the mentoring or coordination experience; this page obtained no uniform years of experience, skill level or promotion threshold, so the actual conditions are checked against the target position.
Next moves：Extend to cross-regional work coordination and equipment management.
