85101 Harvesting labourers

What this occupation covers

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.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 9 main duties for this code.

• 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.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 9 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 82030 Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors
• 80020 Managers in agriculture
• 84120 Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators

Excluded from this code

• Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors (See 82030 Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors)
• Managers in agriculture (See 80020 Managers in agriculture)
• Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators (See 84120 Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

apple picker · berry picker · crop farm labourer - harvesting · cucumber picker · farm hand - harvesting · farm labourer - harvesting · farm worker - harvesting · field and vegetable crop labourer · field-grown crop farm labourer - harvesting · 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

Employment requirements

• There are no specific education or training requirements.