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Farm labour services across Victoria.

Picking, thinning, pruning and packing crews for orchards, vineyards and vegetable farms — every crew supervised, insured of its standard, and briefed through one point of contact.

November through April

Fruit Picking Crews

Fast, careful harvest crews for stone fruit, apples, pears, cherries and table grapes across Victoria. We pick to your colour and size specification, handle fruit gently, and keep bins moving so nothing waits in the sun.

  • Colour and size selection to your spec
  • Gentle handling from tree to bin
  • Daily tallies recorded and reported
  • Hourly or piece-rate arrangements
even spacing, bigger fruit

Spring and early summer

Thinning Crews

Hand thinning that lifts this year's fruit size while protecting next year's wood. Crews are trained on your spacing and crop-load targets before they start a row, and a supervisor checks quality block by block.

  • Trained to your spacing targets
  • Crop load managed for fruit size
  • Careful around developing wood
  • Quality checked row by row

Winter structural, summer touch-up

Pruning Crews

Experienced orchard and vineyard pruners — vase, central leader, tall spindle, cordon and cane styles. Clean cuts and a consistent approach down the whole row, so the block grows back the way you planned.

  • Orchard and vineyard experience
  • All major training styles
  • Clean cuts, sharpened tools
  • Consistent finish across the block
graded, packed, ready

Shed and field, all season

Packing Crews

Graders, sorters and packers who keep the line moving and reject rates down. We supply shed crews for the full season or the peak weeks, and field-packing crews for direct-to-box harvest programs.

  • Shed lines and field packing
  • Grading and sorting to spec
  • Low reject rates, steady pace
  • Flexible crew sizes week to week

Flexible arrangements

Hourly or piece rate — whichever suits the job.

We'll recommend the arrangement that fits your crop and confirm everything in writing before work starts.

Hourly rate

Best for variable, quality-critical work

The crew works to your pace and standard on an agreed hourly rate — well suited to pruning, thinning and delicate picking where care matters more than raw speed.

  • Predictable quality on careful jobs
  • Simple daily timesheets, signed off by you
  • Supervisor keeps the pace honest

Piece rate

Best for straightforward, high-volume harvest

Workers are paid per bin, tray or vine on a properly benchmarked piece agreement — rewarding fast crews while daily tallies keep everything transparent.

  • Costs track directly with output
  • Benchmarked and documented agreements
  • Daily tallies shared with you

Plan the year

Our crews follow the Victorian season.

Peak windows fill first — February harvest and winter pruning are booked months ahead.

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Picking
Thinning
Pruning
Packing

Full bars mark peak availability; lighter bars are shoulder periods. Timing shifts with crop and district — call and we'll fit the plan to your block.

Service questions

Before you book.

Can one crew handle more than one service?
Yes. Many growers keep the same Maan crew through the season — thinning in spring, harvest in summer, pruning in winter. Continuity means the crew already knows your blocks and your standards.
What size jobs do you take on?
From a handful of workers for a short thinning pass to full harvest crews on large blocks. Tell us the job and we'll size the crew honestly — including telling you if fewer hands would do it.
Do your crews bring their own tools?
Yes — picking bags, secateurs, loppers and the day-to-day gear come with the crew. For crop-specific equipment we'll agree who supplies what before the job starts.

Book your crew before the window closes.

Tell us your crop and start date — we'll confirm availability within one business day.

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