Career pathway

Fruit Or Nut Picker

ANZSCO 841212

Employed

5,200

Part-time share

49%

Female share

36%

Median age

32 yrs

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.

Salary and some workforce figures are suppressed for this occupation because Jobs and Skills Australia / the ABS do not publish estimates for small populations (typically fewer than 50 employed people) or because the figures have been perturbed for privacy. They are shown as unavailable rather than zero.

About this career

Fruit or Nut Pickers harvest fruit and nuts and prepare produce for distribution.

What they typically do

Selects and picks fruit and nuts according to size and ripeness, and discards rotting and over-ripened produce.
Grades, sorts and packs produce into containers.
Loads filled fruit and nut containers onto trucks.

States and territories

Share of workers by location

QLD

40.3%

NSW

19.2%

VIC

16.7%

7.9%

7.1%

TAS

1.4%

ACT

0.1%

Qualification pathways

These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Fruit Or Nut Picker.

No qualification pathways published on training.gov.au yet.