NOC 72406: Elevator constructors and mechanics

Elevator constructors and mechanics assemble, install, maintain and repair freight and passenger elevators, escalators, moving walkways and other related equipment. They are employed by elevator construction and maintenance companies.

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): yes, 1.5× tier.

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 72406 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 72406

With 12+ months of Canadian work here, from November 3, 2026, by years of skilled Canadian work:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Read and interpret blueprints to determine layout of system components
• Perform preparatory construction work including steel work, wiring and piping
• Install elevators, escalators, moving walkways, dumbwaiters and related equipment according to specifications
• Connect car frames to counterweights with cables and assemble elevator cars
• Install and wire electric and electronic control system devices
• Install, test and adjust safety control devices
• Test operation of newly installed equipment
• Troubleshoot electrical or mechanical systems failures
• Disassemble defective units and repair or replace worn or suspect parts
• Adjust valves, ratchets, seals, brake linings and other components
• Carry out preventative maintenance programs to ensure public safety.
• Elevator constructors and mechanics may specialize in construction, maintenance or repair.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• elevator constructor
• elevator mechanic
• elevator mechanic apprentice
• escalator repairer

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of a four- to five-year apprenticeship program or A combination of over four years of work experience in the trade and some high school, college or industry courses in elevator construction or repair is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
• Elevator constructor and mechanic trade certification is compulsory in Quebec and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

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