NOC 94112: Rubber processing machine operators and related workers

Rubber processing machine operators and related workers operate rubber processing machinery and assemble and inspect rubber products. They are employed by tire manufacturers and other rubber 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 94112 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 94112

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:

• Rubber processing machine operators
• Set up, operate and tend machinery used for mixing, calendering, extruding, moulding and curing rubber materials or rubber products
• Load or feed rubber, pigments, filler, oil and chemicals into machines
• Check and monitor processing conditions and product quality
• Adjust machines to proper setting as required
• Train or assist in training new workers.
• Rubber products assemblers
• Lay out and prepare rubber materials for assembly
• Operate machines or equipment or use hand tools to cut, shape, splice, fit and cement rubber materials to form rubber parts or finished rubber products
• Operate finishing machines or equipment to trim, grind, or buff rubber products into final form
• Train or assist in training new workers.
• Rubber products inspectors
• Inspect finished rubber products for defects and conformance to specifications and quality standards, visually or using instruments
• Affix seals or tags to approved products and mark and reroute defective products for repair or recycle
• Fill out product inspection report
• May make minor adjustments or repairs to products.

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

Example job titles

• banbury operator - rubber products manufacturing
• blow-out and test operator - rubber products
• calender machine operator - rubber products manufacturing
• cure operator - rubber products manufacturing
• extruder operator - rubber products manufacturing
• moulding press tender - rubber products manufacturing
• refiner mill tender - rubber products manufacturing
• rubber belt builder
• rubber hose builder
• rubber processing machine operator
• rubber products assembler
• rubber products manufacturing inspector
• scrap rubber grinder - recycling
• tire builder
• tire inspector

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school may be required.
• Experience as a labourer in the same company may be required.
• On-the-job training is provided.

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