OSCA 2024 · 841138 · Skill level 5
Vegetable Farm Worker: OSCA 841138
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Vegetable Farm Worker is OSCA 2024 code 841138. It corresponds to 2 ANZSCO codes (842218 and 841214). None of them is on Australia's skilled visa lists, which still use ANZSCO codes.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO codes for OSCA 841138
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 842218
Vegetable Farm Worker (Aus) / Market Garden Worker (NZ)
Not on the skilled occupation lists.
ANZSCO 841214 · in part
Vegetable Farm Worker (Aus) / Market Garden Worker (NZ)
Not on the skilled occupation lists.
The job
What a vegetable farm worker does
Performs routine tasks on a vegetable farm, such as cultivating and fertilising soil, and planting and irrigating crops. May spray pesticides on crops to treat disease and pests.
Skill level 5: Certificate I or secondary education
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Patrols, inspects and reports on the condition of vegetable crops
- Undertakes soil preparation, cultivation and vegetable crop maintenance duties, such as planting, thinning, weeding and hoeing row crops
- Erects growing supports such as trellises, and protective structures such as greenhouses and fences
- Operates water and irrigation systems for vegetable growth
- Maintains, cleans and operates vegetable farming infrastructure and equipment, such as sheds, fences and machinery
- May spray vegetable crops with pesticides to control weed growth, insects, fungus growth and diseases
Unit group 8411
Other occupations in Crop Farm Workers
Questions
OSCA 841138: common questions
What is the OSCA code for vegetable farm worker?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 841138?
Is Vegetable Farm Worker on Australia's skilled occupation lists?
Does Home Affairs use OSCA codes for visas?
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, OSCA 2024 v1.0 (CC BY 4.0); Department of Home Affairs, checked 21 October 2026. General information only, not immigration advice.
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