Vocational Programs for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Career

The role of Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse is to manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $36,140 and $17 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse career. Based on BLS data, a total of 258,730 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Career

The following 1 vocational program is required or helpful to prepare Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Total 6 schools are offering certificate programs.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Agricultural Power Machinery Operation	6	-	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse.

Related Occupations toFarmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	6,150	$90,160	$43
Soil and Plant Scientists	15,800	$77,080	$37
Agricultural Technicians	13,150	$46,810	$23
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	930K	$39,790	$19
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	23,520	$44,480	$21
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	50,270	$52,850	$25
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	23,430	$34,880	$17
Agricultural Equipment Operators	28,910	$41,850	$20
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	32,590	$37,060	$18
Forest and Conservation Workers	5,750	$36,860	$18
Fallers	4,800	$61,190	$29
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	36,830	$52,120	$25
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	138K	$36,840	$18
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	19,570	$42,410	$20
Food Batchmakers	169K	$40,890	$20
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	53,170	$51,960	$25
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	26,210	$46,390	$22
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	3,008K	$39,760	$19
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	44,500	$41,000	$20
Packers and Packagers, Hand	645K	$35,450	$17

Schools offering vocational programs for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

The following 6 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.