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Overview
Fruit and vegetable pickers work outdoors, carry picking aids, harvest crops, select produce, load picked items and help store or pack fruit and vegetables.
In job descriptions, look for crop type, picking method, outdoor work, health and safety, storage, packing, loading, measuring produce, work at height and seasonal field conditions.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
The work follows the crop and harvest method. Pickers select fruit, vegetables or nuts, handle them carefully, and move picked produce toward storage, packing or loading.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes health and safety while picking, outdoor work, harvest methods, carrying picking aids, selecting produce, storage, packing and loading.
Salary context
Salary context depends on crop type, season length, picking pace, physical conditions, packing or loading duties and whether machines or work at height are involved.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward harvest team coordination, packing-house work, storage handling, machinery-assisted field work or broader crop farm labour roles.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name the crop, picking tools, outdoor conditions, storage, packing, loading, measuring produce and any height or machinery tasks.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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Occupation group
Crop farm labourers (9211)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/373db468-bd25-4b67-a6e0-4ac79d9a9e85 |
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| ESCO code | 9211.1 |
| ISCO group | 9211 |
| Concept type | Occupation |