NOC 94140: Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing

Process control and machine operators in food and beverage processing operate multi-function process control machinery and single-function machines to process and package food and beverage products. They are employed in fruit and vegetable processing plants, dairies, flour mills, bakeries, sugar refineries, meat plants, breweries, and other food and beverage processing establishments.

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 94140 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 94140

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:

• Process control operators
• Operate multi-function process control machinery through control panels, computer terminals or other control systems to grind, extract, mix, blend, cook or otherwise process food products and to bag, box or otherwise package food products
• Operate multi-function process control machinery to grind, extract, mix, blend, distill, ferment or otherwise process alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages and to bottle, can or otherwise package beverages
• Observe gauges, computer printouts and video monitors to verify specified processing conditions and make adjustments to process variables such as cooking times, ingredient inputs, flow rates and temperature settings
• Maintain shift log of production and other data.
• Machine operators
• Set up and adjust food or beverage processing and packaging machines
• Operate single-function machines to grind, extract, mix, blend, dry, freeze, cook or otherwise process food or beverage products
• Operate single-function machines to box, can or otherwise package food or beverage products
• Check products to ensure conformance to company standards and clear machine blockages as required
• Record production information such as quantity, weight, size, date and type of products packaged
• Perform corrective machine adjustments, clean machines and immediate work areas.

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

Example job titles

• bakery machine operator - food and beverage processing
• brewhouse operator
• canning machine operator
• chocolate refiner
• cigarette machine tender
• citrus juice extractor
• control room operator - food and beverage processing
• corn sugar refinery operator
• dry foods mixer operator
• dryer tender - tobacco processing
• fermenter operator
• fruit preserver - food and beverage processing
• fryer operator - food and beverage processing
• grain-processing machine operator
• meat grinder - food and beverage processing
• pasteurizer operator - food and beverage processing
• tobacco blender
• winery-press operator

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school may be required.
• On-the-job training is provided.
• Experience as a machine operator in food or beverage processing is usually required for industrial process control operators.
• Experience as a labourer in food or beverage processing may be required for machine operators.

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