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Retirees stepping up to pick apples amid worker shortage
Former motor mechanic Malcolm Hodgetts, who turns 73 this month, had never picked an apple or carried out any farm work before the current harvest.
Key points:
- Age is no barrier for retiree apple pickers helping to get fruit off the trees
- One orchardist says the retirees are good workers
- An employment agency wants to see JobSeeker checks on those who fail to turn up for work
The retiree, who also worked in the mining industry, decided to come out of retirement to help pick the apple crop at an orchard in the Tamar Valley, in northern Tasmania, that was desperate for workers.
The veteran is stepping up to the apple ladder at the same time as some potential workers, decades younger and on JobSeeker, fail to turn up after applying for…
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