Description
Operate and control picker machines to mechanically harvest crops, monitoring picking heads, conveyors, and collection systems to minimize loss and maintain quality. Perform setup, calibration, routine maintenance, and safe operation, coordinate unloading to bins, modules, or trailers, and record yields. May operate related post-harvest equipment such as module builders or sorting conveyors.
Skills
Content
- • Active Listening
Technical Skills
- • Operations Monitoring
- • Operation and Control
- • Equipment Maintenance
- • Troubleshooting
- • Repairing
- • Quality Control Analysis
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
- • Manual Dexterity
- • Finger Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
- • Control Precision
- • Multilimb Coordination
- • Response Orientation
- • Rate Control
Reaction Time and Speed Abilities
- • Reaction Time
Physical Strength Abilities
- • Static Strength
- • Trunk Strength
Flexibility, Balance, and Coordination
- • Extent Flexibility
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
- • Far Vision
- • Depth Perception
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Hearing Sensitivity
- • Speech Recognition
- • Speech Clarity
Knowledge
Arts and Humanities
- • English Language
Related specializations
Interview options
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
