2 to 3 years

Voluntary

No

A fruit grower is responsible for the planting, cultivating, propagating, spraying, irrigating, transplanting, pruning, and harvesting of all types of fruit. They may also operate farm equipment to complete these tasks in the fields.

• The Fruit Grower apprenticeship consists of 5,520 hours of on-the-job training.
• Apprentices must also complete two 8-week in-class technical training sessions.
• Once you have successfully completed the apprenticeship requirements, you receive a Certificate of Apprenticeship and are certified as a journeyperson in the trade.
• A person with at least 6,000 hours of related work experience is eligible to apply for a Trade Equivalency Assessment (TEA) and, if successful, becomes certified as a journeyperson in this trade.

Grade 12 or equivalent.

Please contact your local apprenticeship office for information on the availability of technical training for this program.