Fruit Harvest Worker: A description for the fruit harvest worker job
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Fruit Harvest Worker: Fruit picker Harvests fruits and nuts, for example cherries, strawberries, grapes, oranges, and pecans, according to method appropriate for type of fruit, by hand or using tools, for example shears, rubber mallet, pronged scoop, or hooked pole: Carries and positions work aids, for example ladders, canvas drop cloths, and buckets. Selects fruit to be harvested, according to size, shape, and color. Grasps, twists, and pulls fruit, snips stems, and shakes trees and vines to separate crop from plant and places fruit into bags, buckets, or trays, exercising care to avoid plant and fruit damage. Empties filled containers into collection boxes and bins. May also stand on ladders or elevated platforms, stoop over plants, or crawl along rows to reach fruit. May also measure fruit, using gauges. May also pour fruit through screens when removing foreign matter, for example twigs and grasses. May also position hand held vibrating device against branches of bushes to shake ripe fruit from branches. May also dump fruit from containers onto conveyors or load containers onto trucks or wagons. May also remove ladders, debris, boxes, and discarded fruit from fields and bogs to clean growing areas. May also collect fallen nuts into piles, using rake. May also carry and position irrigation pipes. May also be identified with tasks being performed, for example rhubarb trimming, cranberry screening, and walnut knocking.
Job industry: agricultural services industry
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