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
- Tend vines
Plant, thin, weed, sucker and tie vines.
- 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.
- 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.
- Participate in vine maintenance
Participate in the maintenance of vines, trellising, pruning, weeding and watering.
- 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.
- 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.
- Plant vine yards
Plant vine yards perform planting preparation activites, plant vines and install trellis.
- Harvest grapes
Harvest wine grapes.