The harvest waits for no one. Neither do we.
Maan Contracting is a farm labour hire company supplying experienced, supervised crews for fruit picking, thinning, pruning and packing to growers across Victoria — for the length of the season.
Farm labour hire, Victoria
Labour is the hardest part of growing. We make it the easiest.
A short crop window, a long block, and never quite enough hands — every grower knows the arithmetic. Maan Contracting exists to change it.
We build and supervise our own farm crews, move them with the season across Victoria, and stand behind every hour worked: award rates, proper records, and one person accountable to you from first row to last bin.
What we do
Four jobs. Done properly, at pace.
Fruit Picking
November through April
Fast, careful harvest crews for stone fruit, apples, pears, cherries and grapes. Colour and size selection to your specification, fruit handled gently, tallies reported daily.
Thinning
Spring and early summer
Hand thinning that protects next year's wood while lifting this year's fruit size. Crews are trained to your spacing and crop-load targets before they touch a tree.
Pruning
Winter structural, summer touch-up
Experienced pruners for orchards and vineyards — vase, central leader, tall spindle, cordon and cane. Clean cuts and a consistent style down the whole row.
Packing
Shed and field, all season
Graders, sorters and packers who keep the line moving and reject rates down. Field-packing crews available for direct-to-box harvest programs.
Every crew arrives together — with a working supervisor, its own transport, and the right tools for the block.
One point of contact. Brief one person; we handle the rest.
Crops we work
From first blossom to the last bin.
Our crews work Victoria's major horticultural crops through every stage of the season.
The Maan standard
What growers can hold us to.
Supervised, always
A working crew leader on every job, responsible for pace, quality and safety — not a phone number in another town.
Compliant by design
Award-rate pay, superannuation and proper records for every worker — protecting our people and the growers who host them.
Scales with the crop
Five hands for a thinning pass or a full harvest crew at peak — the team flexes as your fruit comes on.
On time, together
Crews travel in their own transport and arrive as one — with tools, ready to start when the dew lifts.
Getting started
From first call to crew on site.
Tell us about the job
Crop, block size, start date, and how you'd like to run it — hourly or piece rate. A five-minute call is enough to scope most jobs.
We build the crew
We match crew size and experience to your crop, confirm rates and paperwork in writing, and lock the start date in.
Work starts on time
The crew arrives together with a supervisor and tools. You get daily tallies and one point of contact for the whole job.
Common questions
Questions growers ask us.
How quickly can you supply a farm crew?
Do you charge hourly or piece rates?
Which areas of Victoria do you cover?
Who supervises the workers on my farm?
Are your workers employed properly?
What crops do your crews have experience with?
Follow the season
See our crews at work, week to week.
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Need hands for the coming season?
Tell us about your block and we'll come back to you within one business day.