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How many Potato Picker jobs are available on Pertemps?

There are 1 Potato Picker jobs available on Pertemps right now.

What does a Potato Picker do?

Cutters and pickers use a range of methods to select and harvest fruits, vegetables, nuts and flowers.

Tasks required include:

• Assists with the shooting, hauling and repairing of nets, prepares, lays and empties baited pots at intervals, operates winches and lifting gear, and guts, sorts and stows fish.
• Harvests oysters, mussels, clams and seaweed off natural or artificial beds, nets river fish and maintains them in spawning pens, assists with feeding and water treatment, and empties and cleans outdoor tanks.
• Cleans animals’ quarters and renews bedding as necessary.
• Extracts semen for storage, selects appropriate semen from store, injects recipient animal and issues certificate giving pedigree and date of insemination.
• Incubates eggs in hatchery and supplies chicks for meat and egg production and game birds for reserves.
• Plants cuttings or shrubs, maintains hedges by clipping, pruning and re-planting, and picks fruit, vegetables, hops and flowers.
• Performs other farming and related tasks not elsewhere classified including sorting and marking livestock, catching rabbits, cutting peat, shearing sheep and sexing chickens.

What are the entry requirements for a Potato Picker?

There are no minimum academic entry requirements. Training is typically received on-the-job, supplemented by vocational training at an agricultural college. A variety of vocational qualifications in Agriculture and Fish Husbandry are available at Levels 2 and 3 and in Maritime Studies: Sea Fishing at Level2. Apprenticeships are available in some areas. Fishermen/women are required to undertake safety courses before and during the early stages of employment.