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Ocupacions

Fruit and vegetable picker

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Berry picker Crop harvester Crop picker Farm hands Fruit & vegetable picker Fruit and veg harvester Fruit and veg picker Fruit and vegetable harvester Fruit and vegetable picker Fruit picker Vegetable picker

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

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Digging and shovelling to clear ditches or for other purposes;
(b) Loading and unloading supplies, produce and other materials;
(c) Raking, pitching and stacking straw, hay and similar material;
(d) Watering, thinning, and weeding crops by hand or using hand tools;
(e) Picking fruit, nuts, vegetables and other crops;
(f) Planting and harvesting field crops, such as rice, by hand;
(g) Grading, sorting, bunching and packing produce into containers;
(h) Performing minor repairs on fixtures, buildings, equipment and fences.

Knowledge

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Digital competencies

  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Moving or lifting materials, equipment, or supplies
  • Storing goods and materials
  • Measuring dimensions and related properties
  • Sorting materials or products

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Demonstrating willingness to learn

Professional groups of the occupation

Elementary occupations

Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers

Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers

Crop farm labourers

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Crop farm labourers

364

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

1,25%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-31,19% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

85,99%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

1,37%

Part-time contracts

1,03% Turnover index

454

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-7%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers

82%

18%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Crop farm labourers

No experience
8%
Less than 1 year
11%
Between 1 and 2 years
21%
Between 2 and 4 years
31%
Between 4 and 8 years
15%
More than 8 years
14%
Manufacturing
31%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
17%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
12%
Education
10%
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
9%
Others
21%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

Occupations that share knowledge and skills

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.