Job prospects Farm Labourer - Harvesting in New Brunswick

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Job opportunities in New Brunswick

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Harvesting labourers (NOC 85101) in New Brunswick for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Harvesting labourers is a seasonal, physically demanding occupation with low entry requirements. Therefore, high employee turnover will be a major source of future job openings.
• The supply of labourers has decreased over the years and employers continue to have trouble finding workers during peak periods.
• Harvesting labourers’ roles may vary, depending on the type of farm, and certain types of activities are concentrated in certain parts of the province. For instance, potato farming in concentrated in the centre of the province, while the majority of blueberry production takes place in the province’s Northeast.

Here are some key facts about Harvesting labourers in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 600 people work in this occupation.
• Harvesting labourers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Agriculture (NAICS 111, 112, 1151, 1152): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 76% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 24% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 21% of harvesting labourers work all year, while 79% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 26 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of harvesting labourers are self-employed compared to an average of 10% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 68% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 32% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 37% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 36% compared to 30% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 11% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 11% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 5% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 7% for all occupations

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