NOC 94111: Plastics processing machine operators

Plastics processing machine operators set up and operate plastic mixing, calendering, extruding and moulding processing machines used in the manufacture of plastic parts and plastic products. They are employed by plastic products manufacturing companies.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): no, TEER 4 does not count for Express Entry.
• Canadian Experience Class: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 4: Occupations that usually need a high school diploma or several weeks of on-the-job training. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 94111 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws if you qualify through other experience.

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

CRS points for work in NOC 94111

None. Work in TEER 4 and 5 occupations earns no Canadian work points in the CRS.

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Mixing machine operators
• Weigh resins, colourants and other chemicals according to formula
• Place weighed materials in mixing machine and operate machine to blend plastic and other chemicals to a specified consistency or viscosity
• Monitor operation, regulate material supply and add chemicals and colourants to mixture
• Operate controls to regulate temperature, speed and other processing conditions
• Unload mixture into container or conveyor for further processing
• Maintain and perform minor repairs on machinery as required
• Maintain inventory of material and clean working area.
• Calendering process operators
• Set up and operate calendering machines which transform dough-consistent plastic mass into continuous sheets or films of specified thickness
• Troubleshoot, maintain and make minor repairs to equipment and adjust calender rollers for production line change
• Monitor quality of material produced
• Maintain inventory of material and clean working area.
• Extruding process operators
• Set up and operate one or more extruding machines which extrude plastic composites products through a nozzle or die
• Change dies on extruding machines according to production line change
• Troubleshoot, maintain and make minor repairs to equipment
• Monitor quality of material produced
• Maintain inventory of material and clean working area.
• Moulding process operators
• Set up and operate one or more moulding machines which mould plastic products according to specifications
• Change moulds and adjust equipment for production line change
• Troubleshoot, maintain and make minor repairs to equipment
• Monitor quality of material produced and adjust machine settings as required
• Follow formulation card to mix ingredient batches for injection moulding process
• Maintain inventory of material and clean working area.

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

Example job titles

• bag machine operator
• banbury operator - plastic manufacturing
• blow moulding machine operator - plastic manufacturing
• calender operator - plastic manufacturing
• extruder operator - plastic manufacturing
• injection moulding operator - plastic manufacturing
• plastics press operator
• printing roller moulder - plastic manufacturing
• solution mixer operator - plastic manufacturing
• thermoforming operator

Employment requirements

• For all operators in this unit group, completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Several years of experience as a helper, tender or packer in the same company may be required.
• Completion of a statistical process control (SPC) course may be required.
• Completion of courses in hydraulics, pneumatics and electronics systems may be required for moulding process operators.
• On-the-job training is provided.

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