Are you ready to seize the opportunity of a lifetime in Canada's booming agriculture and agri-food industry? Get ready because Canada's first-ever Agriculture and Agri-food Occupations Express Entry Draw is happening this week! That is either today or tomorrow.
IRCC Minister Marc Miller made a groundbreaking announcement on Sep 27, 2023 that is set to change the game for immigration candidates with experience in agriculture and agri-food occupations. 🌟
With these revolutionary rounds of invitations, Canada aims to attract the highly skilled professionals it needs to bolster the agriculture and agri-food industry. This includes individuals with expertise in roles like retail and wholesale butchers, farm supervisors, and agricultural service contractors.
This brand-new category of Express Entry draw will exclusively target individuals with a minimum of 6 months of experience in the following occupations:
🥩63201 – Butchers – retail and wholesale
🚜82030 – Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors
🌿82031 – Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance, and horticulture services
Check out the details for each category! 👇
🥩 63201 – Butchers – retail and wholesale
Butchers prepare standard and specialty cuts of meat, poultry, fish and shellfish for sale in retail or wholesale food establishments. They are employed in supermarkets, grocery stores, butcher shops and fish stores or may be self-employed. Butchers who are supervisors or heads of departments are included in this unit group. Apprentices are also included in this unit group
Examples of job titles are:
Apprentice butcher - retail or wholesale
Butcher - butcher shop
Head butcher - wholesale
Retail butcher
🚜82030 – Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors
Agricultural service contractors provide agricultural services such as livestock and poultry breeding, soil preparation, crop planting, crop spraying, cultivating or harvesting. Farm supervisors supervise the work of specialized livestock workers, farm machinery operators, livestock labourers, aquaculture labourers and harvesting labourers. Contractors may be self-employed.
Examples of job titles are:
Artificial insemination service contractor
Crop harvesting service contractor
Farm foreman/woman
Farm supervisor
Feedlot foreman/woman
Hog operation supervisor
Livestock breeding service contractor
Poultry farm foreman/woman
Ranch foreman/woman
Vegetable farm foreman/woman
🌿 82031 – Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance, and horticulture services
Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services supervise and coordinate the activities of workers in the following unit groups: Nursery and greenhouse workers (85103) and Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers (85191). They are employed by landscaping companies, cemeteries, lawn care and tree service companies, nurseries and greenhouses and by landscaping operations of public works departments and private establishments. Contractors may be self-employed.
Examples of job titles are:
greenhouse supervisor
grounds maintenance contractor
groundskeeping supervisor
horticulture workers supervisor
interior plant scaping contractor
landscaping contractor
landscaping foreman/woman
landscaping supervisor
lawn care contractor
nursery foreman/woman
park maintenance supervisor
tree service contractor
🤔 What is Express Entry?
Express Entry is Canada's premier and fastest pathway to obtaining Canadian Permanent Residency (PR) through various programs managed by this efficient application management system. Please click on this link if you would like to find out more about Express Entry.
🌍 What are Express Entry category-based selections?
Introduced on May 31, 2023, by former Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, category-based selection opens doors for qualified immigrants with work experience in 82 occupations. This innovative approach addresses labor market gaps in sectors such as healthcare, STEM, trade, transportation, and now, agriculture and agri-food. 🚀🌾
With only three eligible occupations in the Agriculture and Agri-Food round of invitations, we anticipate CRS cutoff score similar to that for Trades Occupations draw (388) conducted on August 3, 2023. Stay tuned for more updates on Canada's first agriculture and agri-food occupations Express Entry Draw either today or tomorrow! 🌟🚀