NOC 8431 – General farm workers

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