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Evaluate quality of plants or crops

Inspecting and monitoring in person means noticing what's off with your own eyes, ears and hands, and being accountable for calling it.

Part of Evaluate production inputs or outputs, under the O*NET work activity group Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 6 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Appraise trees for certain characteristics, such as twist, rot, and heavy limb growth, and gauge amount and direction of lean, to determine how to control the direction of a tree's fall with the least damage.Stays human Fallers
• Inspect crops, fields, or plant stock to determine conditions and need for cultivating, spraying, weeding, or harvesting.Stays human First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
• Feel plants' leaves and note their coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease.Stays human Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
• Conduct inspections to determine crop maturity or condition or to detect disease or insect infestation.Stays human Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
• Inspect plants and bud ties to assess quality.Stays human Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Identify diseased or undesirable trees and remove them, using power saws or hand saws.Stays human Forest and Conservation Workers