Profession vineyard worker

Vineyard workers carry out manual activities related to cultivation, propagation of grape varieties and the production and/or packaging of wines.

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Personality Type

• Realistic / Conventional

Skills

• Perform hand pruning

  Efficiently perform hand pruning by using specific pruning tools like shears, lopping shears, saw, a small pocket scale to weigh the pruned material, and twine.

• Participate in vine maintenance

  Participate in the maintenance of vines, trellising, pruning, weeding and watering.

• Manage canopy

  Manage the parts of the vine visible above ground to improve grape yields, quality, and vigour. Prevent grape diseases, uneven grape ripening, sunburn, and frost damage.

• Plant vine yards

  Perform planting preparation activities, plant vines and install trellis.

• Harvest grapes

  Harvest wine grapes.

• Tend vines

  Plant, thin, weed, sucker and tie vines.

• Execute fertilisation

  Carry out fertilisation tasks by hand or using appropriate equipment according to fertilisation instructions taking into account the environmental, health and safety regulations and procedures.

• Perform trellis repairs

  Perform repairs on trellis in order to support grapes. If a grape vine should fall from the trellis and not break, it can be secured to the trellis with twine.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB