Vegetable Production Job Training Program Details
CAEP Vegetable Production Job Training Program placements generally include working with a large variety of different vegetable crops. Whether you are looking to join a small farm, or a large operation, your program will be designed based on your skills, interests, and the skills that you are looking for improve. As a participant, you will gain hands-on experience working in sowing, transplanting, field preparation, and pest and weed control. You may also have the opportunity to help package, sort, and sell vegetable crops. Individuals interested in a Vegetable Production Job Training Program may also be trained to operate tractors and other commonly-used equipment.
This program can include:
- Operating tractors
- Farms markets
Program Availability:
Seasonal placements generally beginning between March and July, ending in October
Skills
Some of the skills learned on this program may include:
- Planting
- Fertilizing
- Irrigating
- Weed and insect control
- Small equipment operation
- Trimming
- Propagation
- Pollination
- Harvesting
- Processing
- Packaging
- Storage
- Distribution
- Sales (including farmer's markets)
*Actual skills learned will vary by placement and previous experience