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8611 – Harvesting Labourers
Harvesting labourers assist other farm workers to harvest, sort and pack crops.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Apple picker
- Berry picker
- Crop farm labourer - harvesting
- Cucumber picker
- Field-grown crop farm labourer - harvesting
- Fruit harvest worker
- Fruit harvester
- Fruit or vegetable picker
- Fruit packer - agriculture
- Fruit picker
- Fruit sorter - agriculture
- Harvest hand
- Harvest worker
- Mushroom picker
- Packer, fruit - agriculture
- Packer, vegetables - agriculture
- Picker, fruit or vegetable
- Small fruit picker
- Sorter, fruit - agriculture
- Sorter, vegetable - agriculture
- Tobacco cutter - tobacco harvesting
- Tobacco picker
- Tobacco stripper - tobacco harvesting
- Tomato picker
- Vegetable packer
- Vegetable packer - agriculture
- Vegetable picker
- Vegetable sorter - agriculture
- Apple picker
- Berry picker
- Crop farm labourer - harvesting
- Fruit picker
- Harvest hand
- Tobacco picker
- Vegetable packer
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Harvesting labourers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Sort, weigh and pack fruit and vegetables at farm
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies, farm produce and products for transport
- Clean up racks, trays, and growing and packaging areas.
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 – Occupations Unique to Primary Industry
- Skill level
- D – On-the-job training is usually provided for occupations.
- Major group
- 86 – Labourers in Primary Industry
- Minor group
- 861 – Primary Production Labourers
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0