Fruit Farm Worker

Work site environment

• Fruit and vegetable combination farming
• Outdoors
• Wet/damp
• Hot
• All weather conditions

Work setting

• Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Apply fertilizers
• Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
• Mixing fertilizer
• Pack fruits and vegetables
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
• Tie and secure plants
• Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

• Apples

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Large workload
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player