Babassu catcher - Salary and Career
Forest extractives of species producing fibers, waxes and oils

Babassu catcher - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They extract and benefit fibers, waxes and oils. They harvest fruits from palm trees and trees. They handle the extraction and processing of fibers, waxes and oils. They plant pequi trees and fiber-producing species. They store and sell raw materials and products.

How much does an Babassu catcher earn

A Babassu catcher earns between $1.482 and $5.583 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.682 and a median salary of $2.300 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 133 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Babassu catcher

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 2.682 32.183 670 13
1º Quartile 1.482 17.780 370 7
Median Salary 2.300 27.600 575 11
3º Quartile 4.257 51.090 1.064 20
Higher Salary 5.583 66.990 1.396 26


Professional job categories

  • Agricultural, forestry and fisheries workers
    • fishermen and forestry extractors
      • forest extractives
        • forest extractives of species producing fibers, waxes and oils

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Main workplaces

Forest extractives of species producing fibers, waxes and oils they work predominantly in forestry, forestry, agriculture, livestock and services related to these activities. The work is carried out as a team, with occasional supervision, in the open during the day. In the exercise of activities, workers are subject to intense noise, high temperatures and uncomfortable positions for long periods. The workers of andiroba, piaçava and coconut-da-praia exploration develop their activities at high heights exposing them to risks.


What does it take to work in the field of Forest extractives of species producing fibers, waxes and oils

Access to work is free, with no requirement for schooling or professional training.


Functions and activities of Babassu catcher

Forest extractives of species producing fibers, waxes and oils must:

  • manage the extraction and processing of fibers, waxes and oils;
  • store raw material and products;
  • commercialize raw materials and products;
  • benefit fibers, waxes and oils;
  • extract fibers, waxes and oils;
  • extracting fibers, waxes and oils;
  • handling extraction and processing of fibers, waxes and oils;
  • planting pequi trees and fiber-producing species;
  • commercialize raw material and products;
  • plant pequi trees and fiber-producing species;
  • trade raw material and products;
  • manage extraction and processing of fibers, waxes and oils;
  • harvesting fruits from palm trees and trees;
  • colher fruits from palm trees and trees;
  • demonstrate personal skills;

  • Activities

    • support work at high heights;
    • fertilize soil;
    • buy inputs;
    • making pecunia;
    • macerating bacaba, coconut shell, piassava fruit and ouricuri almond;
    • roughing the base of bacaba, piassava, babassu palms and ouricuri;
    • stacking bundles of carnauba straw;
    • transport raw material and products;
    • detalar ouricuri and carnauba straws;
    • measure oil production;
    • research market supplier of fibers, waxes and oils;
    • bagging powder, carnauba wax and babassu and ouricuri powder;
    • colher andiroba, buriti pequi, babassu and ouricuri in soil;
    • separate babassu oil and shavings;
    • register production;
    • drying carnauba straw;
    • drill holes;
    • research supplier market for fibers, waxes and oils;
    • store fiber bundles in shed;
    • grating pequi pulp;
    • pilar pequi, ouricuri and babassu;
    • tie piassava and coconut fiber and ouricuri straws and carnauba in bundles;
    • putting out fires;
    • grading the soil;
    • show physical strength to climb trees;
    • demonstrate concentration in handling sharp equipment and machinery;
    • calculate productive capacity of the extraction area;
    • adapt to wild environments;
    • laminating pequi husks and piassava coconut;
    • kneading andiroba and bacaba;
    • making wooden hooks;
    • cutting palm trees;
    • weeding drying area;
    • scraping pequi pulp and ouricuri straw;
    • drilling copaiba tree;
    • breaking coconut;
    • climbing trees and palm trees;
    • select trees and palm trees for seedling production;
    • show physical endurance;
    • clearing palm trees;
    • research consumer market for fibers, waxes and oils;
    • sell raw material;
    • strain bacaba, copaiba, babassu, ouricuri and pequi oils;
    • colher bunches of buriti, ouricuri, babassu, tucum, coco-da -beach and bacaba in cups;
    • transplant seedlings of coconut and pequi;
    • search for fiber, wax and oil supplier market;
    • plowing soil;
    • canning oils;
    • clean piassava and coconut fiber from the beach;
    • sharpening extraction area;
    • drawing copaiba oil;
    • weigh raw material and products;
    • cooking andiroba, ouricuri, pequi pulp and bacaba and buriti wines ;
    • orient the work team;
    • select work team;
    • drying pequi and ouricuri pulp;
    • manufacture pequi drains and runners;
    • embed sickle in bamboo poles;
    • load andiroba, bacaba, buriti in paneiro;
    • provide maintenance of equipment and vehicles;
    • strain carnauba wax;
    • cutting carnauba, piassava and ouricuri straws;
    • package packaged products in vehicles;
    • clean facilities;
    • carving palm trees from piassava;
    • dispose of coconut fibers and ouricuri straws on canvas or soil;
    • beacon soil;
    • negotiate leasing of extraction area;
    • boiling carnauba powder and ouricuri, babassu and pequi almonds;
    • lease extraction area;
    • sieve coconut shell;
    • comb piassava fiber;
    • make way for the extraction area;
    • pack fiber bundles in vehicles;
    • build beds;
    • peeling coconut, babassu, pequi, ouricuri and andiroba ;
    • beating carnauba straw;
    • plant pequi and coconut fruit and piassava;
    • drilling holes;
    • separate wax and carnauba sludge;
    • steel up the extraction area;
    • grind pequi, ouricuri and babassu almonds;
    • sell products;
    • detalar ouricuri and carnauba straws;
    • press carnauba sludge;
    • break the shell of coconuts and babassu;
    • dispose of carnauba wax and babassu oil in tanks;


    Sectors that hire Babassu catcher the most in the job market

    • industrial assembly works
    • manufacture of metal frames
    • installation of industrial machinery and equipment
    • assembly of metal structures
    • manpower selection and agency
    • maintenance and repair of machinery and equipment for general use
    • manufacture of canned palm hearts
    • temporary labor lease
    • agricultural support activities
    • manufacture of additives for industrial use




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