NOC 72999: Other technical trades and related occupations

Workers in other trades occupations repair, service, install, calibrate or fabricate a variety of products. This unit group also includes commercial divers. They are employed by a wide range of establishments, or they may be self-employed. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

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

• Trade occupations

  At least 12 months of full-time work (or the same amount part-time) in this occupation within the last 3 years, in Canada or abroad.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 72999

Skilled Canadian work in this occupation earns the standard points, the same before and after November 3, 2026, with no high-wage add-on:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Gunsmiths
• Fabricate guns and repair and modify firearms according to blueprints or customers' specifications.
• Locksmiths
• Repair, install and adjust locks, make keys and change lock combinations.
• Safe and vault servicers
• Install, repair and maintain safes and vaults in banks and other establishments.
• Saw fitters
• Repair, set and sharpen band saws, chain saws, circular saws and other types of saw blades according to specifications.
• Die setters
• Select dies for forging according to work order and specifications; position align and bolt dies to ram and anvil of power presses and hammers.
• Commercial divers
• Perform underwater activities related to construction, inspection, search, salvage, repair and photography.

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

Example job titles

• aircraft patternmaker
• blacksmith
• commercial diver
• die setter
• explosive ordnance detector
• farrier
• gunsmith
• locksmith
• reclamation diver
• restoration steeplejack
• safe maker
• saw fitter
• small arms repairer
• toolsmith
• underwater contractor
• vault repairer

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of a two- to four-year apprenticeship program in a relevant trade, such as locksmith or saw fitter or college, high school or industry courses combined with several years of related work experience or several years of on-the-job training are required.
• Trade certification for locksmiths is available, but voluntary, in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
• Sawfiler/fitter and sawfitter trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Quebec, British Columbia and the Yukon.
• Provincial trade certification or licensing may be required for other occupations in this unit group.
• Commercial divers must meet the requirements of CSA Standard Z275.4-02, Competency Standard for Diving Operations.
• Commercial divers require an Occupational Diver Certificate of Competency issued by the Diver Certification Board of Canada (DCBC) or qualification earned through a formal education program, training courses in diving or a combination of education and practical experience.
• Commercial divers require certification of competency and a diving medical examination from an approved hyperbaric physician.
• Commercial divers may require military or police diving experience.
• Commercial divers usually require a provincial blaster's licence for the setting and detonation of explosives.

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