Horticultural Crop Growers nec
What the work is
This is the official catch-all entry for horticultural crop growers not listed separately. Tasks vary, so look at the related occupations below for what similar work involves.
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a fictional stone fruit orchard and packing shed in a river valley during peak harvest. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- The first ripe fruit of the season is perfect and a buyer asks for more
- A busy picking day where the crew is in a good rhythm and the fruit is clean
- You get through a frost night without losing the crop
Hard days
- A late frost or hailstorm threatens months of work in a single night
- Not enough pickers when the fruit is ripe, and it will not wait
- A buyer rejects a load and you have to work out why while the next truck is waiting
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 151299, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.