You need to be properly dressed and have the appropriate equipment for safe and efficient harvest work. Apply sunscreen to all parts of the exposed body, wear a hat and safety glasses. Flexible armed glasses are often more comfortable than stiff armed glasses. Wear a long sleeved shirt with strong weave fabric, a high visibility shirt is safer around machinery. Use a fruit picking bag, select a bag suitable to your safe carrying capacity. Mandarins are sometimes picked into special rigid padded bags wear soft fabric gloves. Replace the gloves when broken or too dirty.