Our Agriculture Staffing Solutions
AGRICULTURE
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Farming in Canada
In Canada, agriculture is an important industry. Only about 7 per cent of Canada’s land can be farmed. Other marginal (poorer) land can be used to ranch cattle. Aquaculture operations are found on the East and West Coasts and in the Great Lakes. Some crops such as tomatoes, cannabis and flowers are grown in greenhouses in urban centres. Canadian agriculture faces many challenges. Some of these challenges concern crop protection, soil conservation, labour, climate change and health.
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The Agriculture Sector in Canada
Agriculture is an important sector of Canada’s economy. As of 2018, there were 269,000 jobs in farming. Farmers, in turn, supply the much larger food production and processing industries (see Agriculture and Food).
Among Canada’s top agricultural products are canola, cattle and calves, beef and veal, vegetables and poultry. Canadian companies export crops, meat, maple syrup and many other products. Canada is a top exporter of agricultural products in the world. These exports were worth more than $60 billion in 2016.
Labour Shortage
Canadian farms are in dire need of more workers. Many Canadians do not want to work on farms. A lot of farm work is seasonal and most Canadians want year-round work. In some cases, Canadians consider farm work too hard or the wage too low. In other cases, farms are located in remote areas where many do not wish to live. For years, Canadian farmers have therefore hired temporary workers from other countries. Almost 55,000 temporary foreign workers were employed in Canadian agriculture in 2018. (See Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers Programs.)
OUR AGRICULTURE
STAFFING SOLUTIONS
The staffing needs of our agricultural sector are forever in flux, with peak periods demanding high numbers of skilled and unskilled labour forces with a short notice period. With current ecological climate shifts, it’s also difficult to accurately predict when extra staff will be needed.
Having a certified and compliant staffing solutions provider on hand is essential when extracting the most out of your land your expertise and infrastructure allow us to supply any category of staff for short or long periods of time, depending on your requirements, with improved productivity and bottom-line benefits.
We offer you a fully integrated solution to all your staffing requirements, allowing you to focus on your core business functions
while your company is grown by the best talent available.
We have the right people for the right job in any agricultural sector:
- Artisans
- Cleaners
- Drivers
- Farm Managers
- Forklift Drivers
- General Workers
- Operators
- Packers
- Palletisers
- Quality Controllers
- Sorters
- Site Managers
- Store Workers
- Tippers
Recruitment Crewpitstaffing’s recruitment cycle ensures that the textbook team is formed for your unique project needs. From an aggressive recruitment campaigns to utilising our extensive database, we remain your preferred staffing partner.
Operational requirements Your project needs to run at maximum capacity in order to secure a profit and maintain productivity. By working with various companies under the Crewpit Holdings banner, we’re able to provide the services required to keep everything working smoothly. Inductions, PPE specifications and costings, on-site medicals and more are organised by us and are essential to maintaining optimal productivity.
Key Account Management The management of people, processes, finances and admin, systems, service integration and planning is handled by our highly competent and experienced team of account managers.
Retraining Where required, we maintain legal compliancy to ensure the ongoing success of your project, by conducting re-training every 12-24 months. The worker’s transportation, accommodation and meals are all organised by us.
Local recruitment Understanding the subtleties of local employment and working together with the community are often demanded and we have the ability to build the bridges you need to form this relationship. We support your views and obligations to the community by utilising a number of strategies, including the implementation of a of suppliers’ database, organisation of community meetings and presentations, CSI initiative visibility and early payment to local suppliers.