Perform manual agricultural, aquacultural, or horticultural tasks.

Perform manual agricultural, aquacultural, or horticultural tasks. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 5 occupations and seen in 6 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Perform agricultural activities. in Performing General Physical Activities .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 6 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 2 (33%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Position and regulate plant irrigation systems, and program environmental and irrigation control computers. · Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Provide groundskeeping services, such as landscaping or snow removal. · Maintenance and Repair Workers, General · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Replace chemical insecticides with environmentally friendly practices, such as adding pest-repelling plants to fields. · Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Place supporting limbs or poles under felled trees to avoid splitting undersides, and to prevent logs from rolling. · Fallers · importance 3.0 · no direct exposure
• Provide assistance to forest survey crews by clearing site-lines, holding measuring tools, or setting stakes. · Forest and Conservation Workers · importance 2.7 · no direct exposure
• Plant, spray, weed, fertilize, water, and prune plants, shrubs, and trees, using gardening tools. · Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
• Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
• Fallers
• Forest and Conservation Workers
• Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Perform manual agricultural, aquacultural, or horticultural tasks.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/perform-manual-agricultural-aquacultural-or-horticultural-tasks}
}