Mushroom Pickers
ANZSCO 841217
1,400
43%
80%
42 yrs
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.
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About this career
Mushroom Pickers harvest mushrooms and prepare produce for distribution.
What they typically do
- Plants mushroom spawn or spores using hand tools and farm machines.
- Operates hand tools or farm machines to cultivate, fertilise, spray and harvest mushrooms.
- Conducts appropriate duties to control weed growth, insects, diseases and undesirable fungus growth.
- Irrigates land for crop growth.
- Selects and picks mushrooms according to size and ripeness, while discarding rotting and over-ripened produce.
- Grades, sorts, bunches and packs produce into containers.
- Loads the filled containers onto trucks.
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Qualification pathways
These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Mushroom Pickers.
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