NOC 95101: Labourers in metal fabrication

Labourers in metal fabrication remove excess metal and unwanted materials from metal parts, castings and other metal products and perform other labouring activities. They are employed in structural steel, boiler and platework fabrication plants, heavy machinery manufacturing plants, sheet metal fabrication shops, shipbuilding and other metal products manufacturing companies.

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 95101 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 95101

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:

• Read and interpret work orders
• Operate metal cleaning equipment such as wheelabrators, deburrers and shotblasters to remove excess welds, rust, scale and other material from surfaces of metal parts, castings and other metal products
• Polish metal products to mirror finish
• Immerse metal products in cleaning solutions
• Assist structural steel and platework fitters, sheet metal workers, metalworking machine operators or other metal workers
• Transport raw materials and finished metal products manually or using hoists or other devices
• Sort metal sheets and parts, scrap metal and other materials
• Clean work areas and equipment
• Load and unload vehicles using hand truck or dolly
• May cut, grind or chip excess metal from metal products using hand tools.

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

Example job titles

• blacksmith helper
• buffing machine tender - metal products manufacturing
• grinder-deburrer
• labourer - metal fabrication
• metal cleaner - metal products manufacturing
• metalworking machine helper
• plater helper - metal fabrication
• shipfitter helper
• shotblaster - metal fabrication
• wheelabrator operator - metal products manufacturing

Employment requirements

• Some secondary school education may be required.

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