NOC 2021 · 85101 · TEER 5
Harvesting labourers
Unit group 85101 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group 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.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- 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
- 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
- worm picker-packer
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.