Harvesting in agriculture involves the process of gathering crops from the fields and preparing them for storage or distribution. As a harvester, your tasks include operating harvesting machinery, monitoring crop quality, and following safety protocols. You may also be responsible for preparing fields for planting, maintaining machinery and equipment, and managing the transport and storage of harvested crops. Harvesting jobs can be physically demanding, requiring long hours and exposure to the elements, but the rewards are substantial for those who enjoy working outdoors and contributing to the production of essential food supplies.

Tasks

• Plants crops using hand tools and farm machines.
• Builds trellises for climbing vegetables and vines.
• Operates farm machines to cultivate, fertilise, spray and harvest.
• Sprays with chemicals to control weed growth, insects, fungus growth and diseases.
• Thins, weeds and hoes.
• Irrigates land for crop growth.
• Selects and picks vegetables according to size and ripeness, and discards rotting and over-ripened produce.
• Grades, sorts, bunches and packs produce into containers.
• Loads filled vegetable containers onto trucks.