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How to become a Fruit Grower

Also called: Orchard worker

Grows fruit in open orchards, greenhouses and other facilities, and in pick-your-own orchards for visitors.

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How to become one

No particular education or qualification is required to start. Studying fruit growing at university or upper secondary school helps. More and more people gain knowledge and practice as agricultural trainees at orchards that take them on and then start working. Some public bodies also run training in fruit-growing techniques. If you run your own orchard, you must plan how to sell your fruit as well as look after the orchard. Many fruit trees take several years from planting to harvest, so you need to forecast demand accurately. You also need to keep learning new growing techniques to improve quality and to work on improving varieties. Much of the work is mechanised, but thinning, bagging and harvesting need handwork, so a fair level of fitness is needed.

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How do I become a Fruit Grower?

No particular education or qualification is required to start. Studying fruit growing at university or upper secondary school helps. More and more people gain knowledge and practice as agricultural trainees at orchards that take them on and then start working. Some public bodies also run training in fruit-growing techniques. If you run your own orchard, you must plan how to sell your fruit as well as look after the orchard. Many fruit trees take several years from planting to harvest, so you need to forecast demand accurately. You also need to keep learning new growing techniques to improve quality and to work on improving varieties. Much of the work is mechanised, but thinning, bagging and harvesting need handwork, so a fair level of fitness is needed.

How much does a Fruit Grower earn in Japan?

Average annual income in the private sector, bonus included, is ¥3,607,500 (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare). The figure is for the wage survey group Agriculture, forestry and fishery workers, which covers several jobs.

Do you need a degree to become a Fruit Grower?

Usually not. In this job's census occupation group, only 10% of workers are university graduates. Ways in include: Vocational college (専門学校) course: Agriculture.

Will AI change the work of a Fruit Grower?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

独立行政法人労働政策研究・研修機構（JILPT）作成 職業情報データベース 解説系ダウンロードデータ（IPD_DL_description_7_01.xlsx）ver.7.01 職業情報提供サイト（job tag）より2026年10月4日にダウンロード（https://shigoto.mhlw.go.jp/User/download）を加工して作成

独立行政法人労働政策研究・研修機構（JILPT）作成 職業情報データベース 簡易版数値系ダウンロードデータ（IPD_DL_numeric_7_00.xlsx）ver.7.00 職業情報提供サイト（job tag）より2026年10月4日にダウンロード（https://shigoto.mhlw.go.jp/User/download）を加工して作成

Sources: JILPT Occupational Information Database download data via job tag (解説系 ver.7.01 and 簡易版数値系 ver.7.00, downloaded 4 October 2026), processed by Peernovo; MHLW, Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025; Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020 Population Census; MEXT, School Basic Survey 2025; MHLW, Employment Referrals for General Workers (Hello Work statistics). Figures processed by Peernovo. English job names, translations and the matching of jobs to statistical groups, schools and degree fields by Peernovo.

Updated 4 October 2026