NOC 94212: Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors

Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors assemble, finish and inspect plastic parts and finished products. They are employed by plastic products manufacturing companies and plastic parts divisions of aircraft or other 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 94212 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 94212

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:

• Plastic products assemblers and finishers
• Operate machines or equipment, or use hand tools to cut, shape, splice and fit plastic materials to form parts and assemblies
• Assemble composite materials on patterns to form parts and assemblies using bonding agents
• Operate spray-gun unit to apply resin mixtures to metal or wooden mould to form plastic products
• Load and operate autoclave oven to cure and bond plastic and composite parts and subassemblies
• Operate finishing equipment to trim, grind or buff plastic products into final form.
• Plastic products inspectors
• Inspect manufactured plastic products for defects and conformance to specifications and quality standards, visually or using instruments
• Affix seals or tags to approved plastic products and mark and reroute defective products for repair or recycle
• Prepare reports on products inspected
• Make minor adjustments and repairs to products
• May train or assist in training new workers.

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

Example job titles

• fibreglass laminator
• plastic bottle trimmer
• plastic parts assembler
• plastic products fabricator
• plastic products inspector and tester
• plastic tank assembler
• plastics assembler
• plastics inspector
• plastics trimmer
• skylight assembler - plastic products manufacturing

Employment requirements

• Secondary school education is usually required.
• Experience as a labourer in the same company may be required for assemblers, finishers and inspectors.
• On-the-job training is provided.

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