Also called: Produce Associate
Stocks and displays fruits and vegetables at grocery stores and markets.
You build pyramids of apples, trim and mist greens, and pull anything past its prime. You learn when peaches are ripe and how to spot a good melon. Produce managers order millions of dollars of fresh food a year.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No education required; stores train you on the job to rotate, display and store fruits and vegetables.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing slowly (about 1% over 10 years).
Medium risk for 10 years. Inventory robots and AI ordering are spreading in stores; stocking robots may take more work by 2036.
Age 16+. One way to start: Apply to grocery stores for produce clerk openings
Classes: Agriculture CTE (FFA), Math, Health.
Official data: O*NET occupation 53-7065.
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