Job Description
Picking and packaging of fruits
Responsibilities
- Enjoy practical work
- Free from skin conditions and allergies to agricultural chemicals
- Able to cope with the physical demands of the job
- 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
- Reliable and motivated
Duties & Tasks of a Fruit and Vegetable Picker
- Select fruit and vegetables for picking according to 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.
Working conditions for a Fruit and Vegetable Picker
- Fruit and vegetable pickers work in diverse environments ranging from high-tech, large-scale operations to large family farms.
You may work from ladders or mechanical hoists when they are picking tree crops, or You 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, or rainy, but work usually continues in these conditions to ensure the harvest is completed on time.
