Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a fruit and vegetable picker can go next

1 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a fruit and vegetable picker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Fruit and vegetable pickers select and harvest fruits, vegetables and nuts according to the method appropriate for the type of fruit, vegetable or nut.

Also known as berry picker, fruit picker, fruit & vegetable picker, crop harvester, farm hands, vegetable picker, crop picker, fruit and veg harvester, fruit and vegetable harvester, fruit and veg picker.

Elementary occupations 14 skills on file 1 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: crop production worker, 19%

Fig. 2 · Career map 1 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
crop production worker 19% covered fruit and vegetable picker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 1 nearest destinations from fruit and vegetable picker, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a fruit and vegetable picker already covers. All 1 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only one move is listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A fruit and vegetable picker needs 7 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • apply health and safety when picking assisting and caring
  • carry picking work aids handling and moving
  • select fruits and vegetables handling and moving
  • store crops handling and moving
  • harvest crop handling and moving
  • store products handling and moving
  • work in outdoor conditions assisting and caring
Index

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Fruit and vegetable picker is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a fruit and vegetable picker’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.