NOC 95100: Labourers in mineral and metal processing

Labourers in mineral and metal processing perform material handling, clean-up, packaging and other elemental activities related to mineral ore and metal processing. They are employed in mineral ore and metal processing plants such as copper, lead and zinc refineries, uranium processing plants, steel mills, aluminum plants, precious metal refineries, cement processing plants, clay, glass and stone processing plants and foundries.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): no, TEER 5 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 5: Occupations that usually need short-term work demonstration and no formal education. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 95100 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 95100

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:

• Transport raw materials, finished products, scrap and recyclable materials throughout plant manually or using forklift or other powered equipment
• Feed conveyors, crushers and other equipment; open valves and start pumps; skim dross from furnaces; sort, stack, bundle and stamp materials; and perform other activities to assist process and machine operators in mineral ore and metal processing
• Clean work areas and equipment
• May assist with minor repairs and maintenance.

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

Example job titles

• asbestos worker - mineral processing
• brick and tile kiln cleaner
• core shop labourer - foundry
• extrusion helper - primary metal processing
• fibreglass oven charger helper
• furnace loader - primary metal and mineral products processing
• glass packer
• lime kiln operator helper - mineral products processing
• metal pourer helper
• rolling mill worker - primary metal processing
• salt screening labourer
• tailings disposal labourer - primary metal processing

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school may be required for some positions in this group.

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