COLLEGE COMPASS -- Occupational Overview

Cannery workers

Perform a variety of routine tasks in canning, freezing, preserving, or packing food products. May sort, grade, wash, peel, trim, or slice agricultural produce.

1992 employment: 73,000 Projected 1992-2005 employment change: Little change expected


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