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85101 – Harvesting labourers
Harvesting labourers and related workers assist other farm workers to plant, harvest, sort and pack crops. They participate in soil preparation, irrigation and crop planting, spraying and thinning. They are employed on fruit, vegetable and specialty crop farms.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Apple picker
- Berry picker
- Crop farm labourer - harvesting
- Cucumber picker
- Farm hand - harvesting
- Farm labourer - harvesting
- Farm worker - harvesting
- Field and vegetable crop labourer
- Fruit examiner - harvesting
- Fruit farm labourer
- Fruit farm worker
- Fruit harvest worker
- Fruit harvester
- Fruit harvesting labourer
- Fruit or vegetable picker
- Fruit packer - farm
- Fruit picker
- Fruit sorter - farm
- Fruit tree pruner
- Fruit tree thinner
- General farm worker - harvesting
- Grafter - orchard
- Grain farm labourer
- Grain farm worker
- Harvest hand
- Harvest worker
- Harvesting labourer
- Irrigation worker - agriculture
- Irrigator - agriculture
- Maple syrup maker
- Maple tapping worker
- Market garden worker
- Mushroom farm worker
- Mushroom picker
- Oilseed crop worker
- Orchard worker
- Organic farm worker - harvesting
- Small fruit picker
- Soya bean crop worker
- Sugar bush worker
- Sugar-beet farm worker
- Tobacco curer
- Tobacco cutter - tobacco harvesting
- Tobacco farm worker
- Tobacco picker
- Tobacco primer
- Tobacco stripper - tobacco harvesting
- Tomato picker
- Vegetable farm worker
- Vegetable packer - farm
- Vegetable picker
- Vegetable sorter - farm
- Vegetable thinner
- Vineyard pruner
- Vineyard worker
- Worm harvester
- Worm packer
- Worm picker
- Apple picker
- Berry picker
- Crop farm labourer - harvesting
- Fruit picker
- Fruit sorter - farm
- Harvest hand
- Vegetable packer - farm
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Prepare and irrigate soil
- Plant, fertilize, thin and harvest crops
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Sort, weigh and pack fruit and vegetables at the farm
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies, farm produce and products for transport
- Clean up racks, trays, and harvest bins and general clean up of growing, producing and packing areas
- Assist with general farm maintenance and maintenance of equipment and tools
- May assist in preparing garden beds for planting
- May write daily progress reports of inventory harvested.
Employment requirements
- There are no specific education or training requirements.
Additional information
- Progression to other farm worker positions is possible with experience.
Exclusions
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 8 – Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations
- TEER
- 5 – Occupations usually require short-term work demonstration and no formal education
- Major group
- 85 – Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers
- Sub-major group
- 851 – Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers
- Minor group
- 8510 – Agriculture, horticulture and harvesting labourers and related occupations
- Version
- NOC 2021 Version 1.0