Also called: Cellar Worker, Harvest Intern
Works harvest and cellar tasks at a winery: sorting grapes, punch-downs, barrel work.
During harvest you work 12-hour days sorting grapes, pumping juice, and punching down fermenting tanks by hand. The rest of the year you top barrels and help bottle. Many winemakers started as harvest interns traveling between hemispheres.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. On-the-job; seasonal internships are common.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Viticulture & Enology.
Growing about average.
Low risk for 10 years. Sorting grapes, cleaning barrels and harvest work are physical tasks that change little with AI.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply for fall harvest cellar jobs at wineries (look on winejobs.com and local winery sites)
Classes: Agriculture CTE (FFA), Chemistry, Biology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 45-2092.
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