Agriculture Related
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AGRICULTURE RELATED
Finding workers for farms and other Agriculture areas is always a challenge for the employers, we can definitely help in finding, short term, temporary or permanent General Farm Workers and Farm Supervisors.
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GENERAL FARM WORKERS
General farm workers plant, cultivate and harvest crops, raise livestock and poultry and maintain and repair farm equipment and buildings. This group includes operators of farm machinery. General farm workers are employed on crop, livestock, fruit, vegetable and specialty farms.
The following list represents the list of common job titles that belong to the grouping: General farm workers (NOC 8431)
- apiary technician
- apiary worker
- artificial breeding worker
- attendant, livestock yard
- attendant, stockyard
- baler - agriculture
- baling machine operator - farm
- barn worker
- bee farm worker
- beef cattle farm worker
- beekeeping technician
- binder operator - agriculture
- cattle ranch labourer
- cattle ranch worker
- chicken catcher
- chick sexer
- chore hand - agriculture
- cleaner, poultry yard
- combine operator
- cowboy
- cowboy/cowgirl
- cowgirl
- cowhand
- cowpuncher
- crewperson, custom harvest
- crop sprayer machine operator
- cultivator operator
- curer, tobacco
- custom harvest crewperson
- dairy farm labourer
- dairy farm worker
- dairy hand
- driver, livestock
- egg candler
- egg collector
- egg gatherer
- egg grader
- egg grading machine tender
- egg grading station labourer
- egg packer - farm
- egg picker - poultry
- egg processing machine tender
- examiner, fruit - agriculture
- exerciser, racehorse
- farm equipment operator
- farm hand
- farm labourer
- farm labourer, grain
- farm machinery operator
- farm worker
- farm worker, fruit
- farm worker, general
- farm worker, grain
- farm worker, hogs
- farm worker, mushrooms
- farm worker, pheasants
- farm worker, poultry
- farm worker, sugar-beets
- farm worker, tobacco
- farm worker, vegetables
- farrowing technician
- feedlot assistant
- feedlot worker
- feed yard assistant
- feed yard worker
- field and vegetable crop labourer
- field crop and vegetable-growing worker
- fruit examiner - agriculture
- fruit farming labourer
- fruit farm labourer
- fruit farm worker
- fruit tree pruner
- fruit tree thinner
- fur farming worker
- fur farm worker
- fur ranch labourer
- general farm worker
- grafter - orchard
- grain farm labourer
- grain farm worker
- groom - farm
- harvester machine operator
- hatchery worker
- hay baler operator - agriculture
- herder - stockyards
- herd hand
- hog farm worker
- honey farm worker
- hop-picking machine operator
- horse breaker
- incubator tender - agriculture
- irrigation worker - agriculture
- irrigator - agriculture
- labourer, cattle ranch
- labourer, dairy farm
- labourer, egg grading station
- labourer, farm
- labourer, field and vegetable crops
- labourer, fruit farming
- labourer, fur ranch
- labourer, grain farm
- labourer, livestock
- labourer, poultry farming
- lamb feedlot worker
- livestock driver
- livestock labourer
- livestock weigher
- livestock yard attendant
- livestock yardman
- livestock yardman/woman
- maple syrup maker
- maple tapping worker
- market garden worker
- milking machine tender
- milk production labourer
- mushroom farm worker
- oilseed crop worker
- operator, baling machine - agriculture
- operator, farm machinery
- operator, harvester machine
- operator, hop-picking machine
- operator, threshing machine
- operator, tobacco harvesting machine
- orchard worker
- organic farm worker
- pasture rider
- penrider
- pheasant farm worker
- poultry farm labourer
- poultry farm worker
- poultry yard cleaner
- primer, tobacco
- pruner, vineyard
- racehorse exerciser
- ranch hand
- ranch labourer, fur
- ranch worker
- sexer, chicks
- sheep feedlot worker
- sheep shearer
- soya bean crop worker
- stable assistant
- stable hand
- stableman
- stableman/woman
- stablewoman
- stable worker
- stock attendant
- stockyard attendant
- sugar-beet farm worker
- sugar bush worker
- swine technician
- tender, egg processing machine
- tender, incubator - agriculture
- tender, milking machine
- threshing machine operator
- tobacco curer
- tobacco farm worker
- tobacco harvesting machine operator
- tobacco primer
- tractor operator - farm
- vegetable farm worker
- vegetable thinner
- vineyard pruner
- vineyard worker
- weigher, livestock
- worker, artificial insemination
- worker, farm
- yard attendant, livestock
- yard cleaner, poultry
- yardman, livestock
- yardman/woman, livestock
General farm workers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Plant, fertilize, cultivate, spray, irrigate and harvest crops
- Feed and tend livestock and poultry
- Milk cows
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Examine produce for quality and prepare for market
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens.
General farm workers can become specialized in a particular type of crop or livestock production through experience.
Employment requirements are prerequisites generally needed to enter an occupation.
- There is no specific education or training requirements. However, a college certificate or specialized courses related to farming, such as farm equipment mechanics, agricultural welding, tree pruning and pesticide application, are available.
- Basic farm knowledge, usually obtained from working on a family farm, may be required for employment.
- A course or certificate in first aid may be required.
Source: National Occupational Classification 2011 - ESDC
Some provinces and territories regulate certain professions and trades while others do not. If you have a licence to work in one province, your licence may not be accepted in other provinces or territories. Consult the table below to determine in which province or territory your occupation/trade is regulated.
Location Regulation Alberta Regulated (voluntary) British Columbia Regulated (voluntary) Manitoba Regulated (compulsory) New Brunswick Regulated (voluntary) Newfoundland and Labrador Regulated (voluntary) Northwest Territories Regulated (voluntary) Nova Scotia Regulated (voluntary) Nunavut Regulated (voluntary) Ontario Regulated (voluntary) Prince Edward Island Regulated (voluntary) Québec Regulated (compulsory) Saskatchewan Regulated (voluntary) Yukon Regulated (voluntary)
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FARM SUPERVISORS
Agricultural service contractors, who own and operate their own businesses, provide agricultural services such as livestock and poultry breeding, soil preparation, crop planting, crop spraying, cultivating or harvesting. Farm supervisors supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers. Specialized livestock workers carry out feeding, health and breeding programs on dairy, beef, sheep, poultry, hog and other livestock farms.
The following list represents the list of common job titles that belong to the grouping: Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workers (NOC 8252)
- aerial crop dusting service contractor
- agriculture foreman
- agriculture foreman/woman
- agriculture forewoman
- animal farm foreman
- animal farm foreman/woman
- animal farm forewoman
- animal husbandry foreman
- animal husbandry foreman/woman
- animal husbandry forewoman
- apple orchard foreman
- apple orchard foreman/woman
- apple orchard forewoman
- artificial insemination service contractor
- artificial inseminator
- beef cattle herdsperson
- caponizing service contractor
- cattle feedlot foreman
- cattle feedlot foreman/woman
- cattle feedlot forewoman
- cattle herdsperson
- cattle ranch foreman
- cattle ranch foreman/woman
- cattle ranch forewoman
- contractor - agricultural service
- contractor, artificial insemination service
- contractor, crop harvesting service
- contractor, farm produce packing service
- contractor, fertilization service - agriculture
- contractor, weed control service - agriculture
- corral boss
- crop dusting contractor
- crop dusting service contractor
- crop harvesting contractor
- crop harvesting service contractor
- custom combine contractor
- custom combine operator
- custom harvester
- custom operator, farm machinery
- dairy farm foreman
- dairy farm foreman/woman
- dairy farm forewoman
- dairy farm workers foreman
- dairy farm workers foreman/woman
- dairy farm workers forewoman
- dairy herdsperson
- dehorning service contractor
- dressage and stunt horse trainer
- egg grading station manager
- farm boss
- farm business foreman
- farm business foreman/woman
- farm business forewoman
- farm foreman
- farm foreman/woman
- farm forewoman
- farm irrigating system contractor
- farm operation foreman
- farm operation foreman/woman
- farm operation forewoman
- farm operation supervisor
- farm produce grading service contractor
- farm produce packing service contractor
- farm supervisor
- farm workers supervisor
- feedlot foreman
- feedlot foreman/woman
- feedlot forewoman
- feedlot herd attendant
- fertilization service contractor - agriculture
- field crop and vegetable workers foreman
- field crop and vegetable workers foreman/woman
- field crop and vegetable workers forewoman
- field crop foreman
- field crop foreman/woman
- field crop forewoman
- field-grown crop foreman
- field-grown crop foreman/woman
- field-grown crop forewoman
- field-grown crop workers foreman
- field-grown crop workers foreman/woman
- field-grown crop workers forewoman
- foreman, apple orchard
- foreman, dairy farm workers
- foreman, farm
- foreman, feedlot
- foreman, field crop and vegetable workers
- foreman, fruit farm
- foreman, fruit farm workers
- foreman, hatchery workers
- foreman, livestock farm workers
- foreman, orchard
- foreman, poultry farm workers
- foreman, ranch
- foreman, vegetable farm workers
- foreman, vineyard
- foreman/woman, apple orchard
- foreman/woman, dairy farm workers
- foreman/woman, farm
- foreman/woman, feedlot
- foreman/woman, field crop and vegetable workers
- foreman/woman, fruit farm
- foreman/woman, fruit farm workers
- foreman/woman, hatchery workers
- foreman/woman, livestock farm workers
- foreman/woman, orchard
- foreman/woman, poultry farm workers
- foreman/woman, ranch
- foreman/woman, vegetable farm workers
- foreman/woman, vineyard
- forewoman, apple orchard
- forewoman, dairy farm workers
- forewoman, farm
- forewoman, feedlot
- forewoman, field crop and vegetable workers
- forewoman, fruit farm
- forewoman, fruit farm workers
- forewoman, hatchery workers
- forewoman, livestock farm workers
- forewoman, orchard
- forewoman, poultry farm workers
- forewoman, ranch
- forewoman, vegetable farm workers
- forewoman, vineyard
- fruit farm foreman
- fruit farm foreman/woman
- fruit farm forewoman
- fruit farm workers foreman
- fruit farm workers foreman/woman
- fruit farm workers forewoman
- grain crop foreman
- grain crop foreman/woman
- grain crop forewoman
- grain custom harvester
- hatchery foreman
- hatchery foreman/woman
- hatchery forewoman
- hatchery workers foreman
- hatchery workers foreman/woman
- hatchery workers forewoman
- herd attendant
- herd attendant, feedlot
- herdsman
- herdsman/woman
- herdsperson
- herd superintendent
- herdswoman
- hog farm foreman
- hog farm foreman/woman
- hog farm forewoman
- hog farm supervisor
- hog farm workers supervisor
- hog operation supervisor
- hop farm foreman
- hop farm foreman/woman
- hop farm forewoman
- horse stable foreman
- horse stable foreman/woman
- horse stable forewoman
- horse trainer
- irrigation supervisor - agriculture
- livery stable foreman
- livery stable foreman/woman
- livery stable forewoman
- livestock attendant
- livestock breeding service contractor
- livestock exchange contractor
- livestock farm workers foreman
- livestock farm workers foreman/woman
- livestock farm workers forewoman
- livestock foreman
- livestock foreman/woman
- livestock forewoman
- livestock raising foreman
- livestock raising foreman/woman
- livestock raising forewoman
- maple products foreman - agriculture
- maple products foreman/woman - agriculture
- maple products forewoman - agriculture
- milking services contractor
- mink farm supervisor
- mink ranch supervisor
- orchard foreman
- orchard foreman/woman
- orchard forewoman
- pasture-managing supervisor
- planting and cultivation contractor
- pork production technician
- pork production technician apprentice
- poultry farm foreman
- poultry farm foreman/woman
- poultry farm forewoman
- poultry farm workers foreman
- poultry farm workers foreman/woman
- poultry farm workers forewoman
- poultry-hatching services contractor
- poultry operation supervisor
- racehorse trainer
- ranch foreman
- ranch foreman/woman
- ranch forewoman
- seed cleaning service contractor
- seeding contractor
- sheep handler
- sheep herdsperson
- sheep shearing contractor
- shepherd
- soil preparation contractor
- soil-testing service contractor
- stable boss
- station manager, egg grading
- stockyard and herdsmen foreman
- stockyard and herdsmen foreman/woman
- stockyard and herdsmen forewoman
- sugarbush operation foreman
- sugarbush operation foreman/woman
- sugarbush operation forewoman
- supervisor, hog farm workers
- swine herdsperson
- tobacco farm foreman
- tobacco farm foreman/woman
- tobacco farm forewoman
- tobacco farming workers foreman
- tobacco farming workers foreman/woman
- tobacco farming workers forewoman
- trainer, horse
- trainer, racehorses
- turkey farm foreman
- turkey farm foreman/woman
- turkey farm forewoman
- turkey farming workers foreman
- turkey farming workers foreman/woman
- turkey farming workers forewoman
- vegetable farm foreman
- vegetable farm foreman/woman
- vegetable farm forewoman
- vegetable farm workers foreman
- vegetable farm workers foreman/woman
- vegetable farm workers forewoman
- vineyard foreman
- vineyard foreman/woman
- vineyard forewoman
- vineyard workers foreman
- vineyard workers foreman/woman
- vineyard workers forewoman
- weed control service contractor - agriculture
- wool shearing contractor
Agricultural service contractors perform some or all the following duties:
- Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
- Hire and train workers
- Negotiate the terms of services to be provided
- Maintain financial and operational records
- May participate in the provision of services or in the operation of machinery and equipment.
Farm supervisors perform some or all of the following duties:
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
- Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
- Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations
- Develop work schedules and establish procedures
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Maintain quality control and production records
- May perform general farm duties.
Farm supervisors may specialize in areas such as dairy, poultry, swine, beef, sheep, equine, fruit, vegetable, mixed or other specialty farming.
Specialized livestock workers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Formulate feeding programs
- Implement pasture or pen breeding programs
- Follow safety and bio-security procedures
- Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Select livestock for sale
- Train horses
- Perform general farm duties
- May supervise general farm workers.
Specialized livestock workers usually specialize in one type of farm animal such as beef cattle, dairy cattle, poultry or swine.
Employment requirements are prerequisites generally needed to enter an occupation.
- Agricultural service contractors usually require a university degree, college diploma or industry courses in agricultural studies and several years of experience related to the service offered.
- Contractors providing certain services, such as artificial insemination and pesticide application, may require training certificates and provincial licensing.
- Farm supervisors and specialized livestock workers may require a college certificate or other specialized training in agriculture or livestock husbandry.
- A course or certificate in first aid may be required.
Some provinces and territories regulate certain professions and trades while others do not. If you have a licence to work in one province, your licence may not be accepted in other provinces or territories. Consult the table below to determine in which province or territory your occupation/trade is regulated.
Location Regulation Alberta Regulated (compulsory) British Columbia Regulated (compulsory) Manitoba Regulated (compulsory) New Brunswick Regulated (voluntary) Newfoundland and Labrador Regulated (voluntary) Northwest Territories Regulated (voluntary) Nova Scotia Regulated (voluntary) Nunavut Regulated (voluntary) Ontario Regulated (compulsory) Prince Edward Island Regulated (voluntary) Québec Regulated (compulsory) Saskatchewan Regulated (compulsory) Yukon Regulated (voluntary)
Complete the Job Description form, and submit to our professional staff, you will be contacted within 2 business days by our company with a solution Apply today!