NOC 94131: Weavers, knitters and other fabric making occupations

Weavers, knitters and other workers in fabric making occupations operate machines to process yarn or thread into woven, non-woven and knitted products such as cloth, lace, carpets, rope, industrial fabric, hosiery and knitted garments or to quilt and embroider fabric. This unit group also includes workers who perform activities such as reproducing patterns, drawing-in and tying warps and setting up looms. They are employed by textile companies and by garment and mattress 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 94131 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 94131

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:

• Set up looms or other processing machines
• Read loom patterns and prepare loom pattern mechanisms for processing
• Operate looms to weave yarn or thread into textile fabrics or products
• Operate machines that produce twine, ropes or nets
• Operate batteries of knitting machines to produce knitted fabric, hosiery, garments or other products
• Operate carpet tufting machines, felt making needle-punch machines and other machines to produce textile products
• Operate large automatic multi-needle machines to embroider material or to sew lengths of several layers of material to make yard goods, quilts or mattress coverings
• Patrol machines and check fabrics or products for defects and to verify efficient operation
• Investigate machine stoppages
• Repair minor mechanical problems such as broken or defective needles
• Notify supervisor or repairers of mechanical malfunctions.

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

Example job titles

• carpet weaver
• drawer-in - textiles
• drawing-in machine operator
• embroidery machine operator
• hosiery knitter
• knitter - textiles
• knitting machine operator
• loom operator
• mattress sewing machine operator
• pinning machine operator
• quilting machine operator
• tufting operator
• warp knitting machine tender
• warp tier-in
• weaver - textiles

Employment requirements

• On-the-job training is provided for periods up to several months, depending on the complexity of the product, whether equipment set-up and maintenance is done by the operator, and the number of machines operated.
• Previous experience as a labourer in the same company may be required for some operators in this group.

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