NOC 72024: Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators
Supervisors of motor transport and other ground transit operators supervise and coordinate activities of truck drivers, bus drivers, delivery drivers, subway and other transit operators, chauffeurs and taxi and limousine drivers. This unit group also includes bus dispatchers who coordinate the activities of transit system bus drivers and subway traffic controllers who operate and monitor signal and track switch control panels. They are employed by motor transportation and ground transit companies and by urban transit systems.
Express Entry eligibility
- Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 2.
- Canadian Experience Class: counts as skilled Canadian work (1 year in the last 3 years).
- Federal Skilled Worker Program: counts as skilled work (1 year of continuous work in the last 10 years).
- Federal Skilled Trades Program: an eligible skilled trade (2 years in the last 5 years).
- High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.
TEER 2: Occupations that usually need a college diploma, an apprenticeship of 2 or more years, or supervisory duties. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.
Category-based draws
NOC 72024 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws.
Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection
CRS points for work in NOC 72024
Skilled Canadian work in this occupation earns the standard points, the same before and after November 3, 2026, with no high-wage add-on:
| Years in Canada | Single | With spouse |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | 35 |
| 2 | 53 | 46 |
| 3 | 64 | 56 |
| 4 | 72 | 63 |
| 5 or more | 80 | 70 |
See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Supervise, coordinate and schedule the activities of workers who operate trucks, buses, subway trains, light rail transit, street cars, taxis and other transport vehicles
- Establish methods to meet work schedules and coordinate work activities with other departments
- Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve performance
- Requisition materials and supplies
- Train staff in job duties, safety procedures and company policies
- Recommend personnel actions such as hiring and promotions
- Dispatch bus drivers and monitor routes to ensure schedules are met and to resolve operating problems
- Monitor and operate signal and track switch control panel of subway systems
- Prepare work reports and budgets, and monitor expenditures.
For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.
Example job titles
- bus dispatcher
- bus inspector
- light rail transit (LRT) operators supervisor
- school bus drivers supervisor
- subway operators supervisor
- subway traffic controller
- transit mobile inspector
- truck drivers foreman/woman
- urban transit system foreman/woman
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Several years of experience as a driver or operator of motor transport or ground transit equipment are usually required.
Similar jobs with a different code
- 72023Supervisors, railway transport operations
- 14404Taxi dispatcher
- 72604Train dispatcher
- 14404Truck dispatcher
Common questions
- Is NOC 72024 eligible for Express Entry?
- Yes. As a TEER 2 occupation it counts as skilled work for the Canadian Experience Class, the Federal Skilled Worker Program and the Federal Skilled Trades Program.
- Is NOC 72024 a high-wage occupation?
- No. It is not on IRCC’s list of high-wage occupations for the November 3, 2026 rules. Only listed occupations add 20 to 70 points for Canadian work, or 50 to 100 points for a job offer.
- Which category draws include NOC 72024?
- It is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists, so it does not qualify you for an occupation-based category draw.
- What TEER is NOC 72024?
- TEER 2. The second digit of a NOC 2021 code is its TEER category.
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