The National Occupational Classification (NOC) code 8431 is for General farmworkers
NOC skill type/level: Skill Level C
Employment requirements
- There are 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.
List of Job Titles for NOC 8431 – General farmworkers
- Apiary technician
- Apiary worker
- 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
- Chick sexer
- Chicken catcher
- Chore hand – agriculture
- Combine operator
- Cowboy/cowgirl
- Cowhand
- Cowpuncher
- Cropsprayer machine operator
- Cultivator operator
- Custom harvest crewperson
- Dairy farm labourer
- Dairy farm worker
- Dairy hand
- 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
- Farm equipment operator
- Farm hand
- Farm labourer
- Farm machinery operator
- Farm worker
- Farrowing technician
- Feedlot assistant
- Feedlot worker
- Feedyard assistant
- Feedyard worker
- Field and vegetable crop labourer
- Field crop and vegetable-growing worker
- Fruit examiner – agriculture
- Fruit farm labourer
- Fruit farm worker
- Fruit farming labourer
- Fruit tree pruner
- Fruit tree thinner
- Fur farm worker
- Fur farming 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
- Herd hand
- Herder – stockyards
- Hog farm worker
- Honey farm worker
- Hop-picking machine operator
- Horse breaker
- Incubator tender – agriculture
- Irrigation worker – agriculture
- Irrigator – agriculture
- Lamb feedlot worker
- Livestock driver
- Livestock labourer
- Livestock weigher
- Livestock yard attendant
- Livestock yardman/woman
- Maple syrup maker
- Maple tapping worker
- Market garden worker
- Milk production labourer
- Milking machine tender
- Mushroom farm worker
- Oilseed crop worker
- Orchard worker
- Organic farm worker
- Pasture rider
- Penrider
- Pheasant farm worker
- Poultry farm labourer
- Poultry farm worker
- Poultry yard cleaner
- Racehorse exerciser
- Ranch hand
- Ranch worker
- Sheep feedlot worker
- Sheep shearer
- Soya bean crop worker
- Stable assistant
- Stable hand
- Stable worker
- Stableman/woman
- Stock attendant
- Stockyard attendant
- Sugar bush worker
- Sugar-beet farm worker
- Swine technician
- 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
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