This is an ideal option for individuals looking forward to temporarily work in Canada as an agricultural worker. This program allows employers to hire temporary foreign workers from selective countries, for a period of 8 months. The employer must commit to provide a job offer of at least 240 hours of work during a period of 6 weeks or less.
Given below are few mandatory requirements for employers to qualify for SAWP:
- The hired candidates must be citizens of either Mexico or Caribbean countries.
- The hired worker should be involved in production in specific commodity list as given below:
- Fruits, Vegetables.
- Mushrooms
- Flowers
- Sod
- Tobacco
- Bovine
- Dairy
- Duck
- Horse
- Mink
- Poultry
- Sheep
- Swine
- Nursery grown trees
- Pedigreed canola seeds