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SSOC 2024 unit

Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 2024

21323

Agriculturist

Agriculturist manages the execution of daily farm operations, involving seedlings propagation, harvesting, and post-harvest activities in accordance with production schedule. He/she helps to achieve productivity objectives and targets in a sustainable manner. He/she is responsible for food crop health management (to enhance quality and yield of the food crop production) and to ensure a smooth operation of farming facility, equipment and machinery in compliance with prevailing regulations on agricultural practices and food/workplace safety standards.

Level

unit

Mapped ISCO

1

Source

SingStat

In this unit group: sibling units

Official data

Official nameSingapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024)
Issuing authorityDepartment of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS)
Tax authorityInland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS)
PurposeClassifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting.
Active versionSSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024)
Hierarchy levelUnit (final leaf, 5-digit)
Sourcehttps://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic
Prior versionsSSIC 2020, SSIC 2015

Definition & tasks

Agriculturist manages the execution of daily farm operations, involving seedlings propagation, harvesting, and post-harvest activities in accordance with production schedule. He/she helps to achieve productivity objectives and targets in a sustainable manner. He/she is responsible for food crop health management (to enhance quality and yield of the food crop production) and to ensure a smooth operation of farming facility, equipment and machinery in compliance with prevailing regulations on agricultural practices and food/workplace safety standards.

Tasks

No tasks listed.

Examples

Under this unit

•Ÿ  Agricultural consultant •Ÿ  Farming advisor

Elsewhere

•Ÿ  Agronomist, see 21329 •Ÿ  Farming technician (animal production), see 31423

Hierarchy context

2→21→213→2132→21323 Agriculturist

Correspondence tables

SSOC 2020

  • No SSOC 2020 mapping found.

ISCO-08

  • 2132 — Farming, forestry and fisheries advisers

Alphabetical index entries

Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.

Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.

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