Also called: Date Palm Pollinator, Date Garden Worker
Climbs date palms in the California and Arizona deserts to pollinate the flowers by hand, thin the fruit and cut down the heavy bunches at harvest.
In early spring you ride a lift 50 feet up a date palm in the Coachella Valley and shake pollen onto the female flowers by hand. Months later you return to tie up the heavy fruit bunches and cover them with mesh. At harvest you lower bunches loaded with sticky Medjool dates.
Seasonal farm work paid hourly.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No diploma required; crews train on the job.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Agriculture (optional).
Growing about average. A small, desert-only crop in California and Arizona.
Low risk for 10 years. Pollination, thinning and harvest high in palm trees stays manual work.
Age 18+. One way to start: Ask date farms in the Coachella Valley or Yuma area about seasonal palm crew jobs
Classes: Ag science, Spanish, PE or weight training.
Official data: O*NET occupation 45-2092.
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