NOC 85101: Harvesting labourers

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.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): no, TEER 5 does not count for Express Entry.
• Canadian Experience Class: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 5: Occupations that usually need short-term work demonstration and no formal education. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 85101 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws if you qualify through other experience.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 85101

None. Work in TEER 4 and 5 occupations earns no Canadian work points in the CRS.

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• 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.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• apple picker
• berry picker
• crop farm labourer - harvesting
• fruit picker
• fruit sorter - farm
• harvest hand
• vegetable packer - farm

Employment requirements

• There are no specific education or training requirements.

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