Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workers
NOC 8252
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Overview
Agricultural service contractors, who own and operate their own businesses, provide agricultural services such as livestock and poultry breeding, soil preparation, crop planting, crop spraying, cultivating or harvesting. Farm supervisors supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers. Specialized livestock workers carry out feeding, health and breeding programs on dairy, beef, sheep, poultry, swine and other livestock farms.Common titles for this occupation: aerial crop dusting service contractor, agriculture foreman/woman, animal farm foreman/woman, animal husbandry foreman/woman, apple orchard foreman/woman... View all titles
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Sources: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census (distribution of workers). Burning Glass Technologies, Labour Insight™ (job postings). Time frame is January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.
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Note: Previously, this section included data on job vacancies from Statistics Canada’s Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (JVWS). However, annual data from the JVWS for 2020 are unavailable as the survey was suspended for two quarters in 2020 due to COVID-19. Most recent occupational data from the JVWS can be accessed at Statistics Canada here.