Fruit Farm Worker

Description

Perform routine tasks in producing crops such as cereals, cotton, fruit (including wine grapes), grains, mushrooms, nuts, oilseeds, pulses, rice, sugar cane and vegetables.

Tasks include

• Patrols, inspects and reports on the condition of fruit crops
• Undertakes soil preparation, cultivation and fruit crop maintenance duties, such as planting, thinning, weeding and hoeing row crops, and pruning and thinning fruit trees and vines
• Erects growing supports such as trellises, and protective structures such as greenhouses, netting and fences
• Operates water supply and irrigation systems for fruit crop growth
• Maintains, cleans and operates fruit farming infrastructure and equipment, such as sheds, fences and machinery
• May spray trees, vines and other fruit crops with pesticides to control weed growth, insects, fungus growth and diseases