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Important Notice

The Skilled Immigrant InfoCentre (SIIC) will be closing on March 31, 2025 due to funding cuts. This website will no longer be available after this date. Please save any guides you would like ahead of the closure. If you have any questions, please email siic@vpl.ca.

What Would I Do?

General Farm Workers plant, cultivate and harvest crops, raise livestock and poultry, and maintain and repair farm equipment and buildings. Your duties may include:

  • plant, fertilize, cultivate, spray, irrigate and harvest crops
  • feed and tend livestock and poultry
  • milk cows
  • operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
  • examine produce for quality and prepare for market
  • set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
  • clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens

 

Useful Websites

Profiles for ‘Farmer’ and ‘Fruit & Vegetable Grower’