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Fruit and Vegetable Picker
Fruit and vegetable pickers harvest fruit, vegetables, nuts
and berries on farms, market gardens and orchards, and prepare
produce for distribution.
A fruit and vegetable picker may perform the following
tasks:
- select fruit and vegetables for picking according to
such things as size and ripeness, and discard rotting and
over-ripened produce
- operate farm machinery to harvest nuts, fruit and
vegetables
- load picked fruit and vegetables into containers, taking
care to avoid damage
- drive tractors or other vehicles to deliver fruit and
vegetables to the packing shed
- sort and pack produce
- drive forklifts to load boxes of produce onto trucks.
Fruit and vegetable pickers may work from ladders or
mechanical hoists when they are picking tree crops, or they
may have to stoop to pick field and vine crops. Gloves may be
worn to protect hands from thorny branches.
Weather conditions can be hot, dusty, humid and rainy, but
work usually continues, to make sure that the harvest is
completed on time. Harvesting work is seasonal and pickers may
travel long distances after picking one crop to get to their
next job. Some employers provide accommodation, but pickers
usually need to find their own.
Required Skills - Fruit and Vegetable Picker
- enjoy practical work
- free from skin conditions and allergies to agricultural
chemicals
- able to work at heights
- able to work quickly and consistently for long periods
of time
- willing to work outdoors in all weather conditions
- able to travel from property to property to pick fruit
and vegetables
- able to undertake manual and sometimes heavy work
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