Broadacre Crop Growers nec
What the work is
This is the official catch-all entry for broadacre crop growers not listed separately. Tasks vary, so look at the related occupations below for what similar work involves.
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a fictional family wheat and canola farm on the western plains, in the weeks before harvest. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- You walk a paddock at sunrise and the crop is exactly where you hoped it would be
- Harvest goes smoothly, the trucks keep rolling and the silo fills
- A hard decision about when to sow turns out right once the rain arrives
Hard days
- Weeks of dry weather and a crop that is struggling no matter what you do
- Machinery breaks at the worst moment, with a storm forecast for the weekend
- Long hours, big decisions made alone and a lot of money riding on the weather
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 151199, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.