NOC 95103: Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing

Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing carry out a variety of general labouring and routine wood processing activities and assist pulp mill and papermaking machine operators. They are employed by pulp and paper, and paper converting companies, sawmills, planing mills, wood treatment plants, waferboard plants and other wood processing 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 95103 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 95103

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:

• Feed logs onto conveyor and into hopper of grinding machine and align logs manually, using crowbar, picaroon or other tools and equipment
• Load wood chips, pulpwood, sulphur and other processing materials onto conveyors or processing tanks, remove recyclable paper and pulp from pulp and papermaking machines and transport recyclable paper and pulp to plant processing machines and equipment using forklift or other powered equipment
• Sort, pile and transport lumber, veneer sheets, panelboards and similar wood products during various stages of wood processing, manually or with powered equipment
• Remove scrap lumber and wood chips for reprocessing using forklift or other powered equipment
• Feed conveyors, saws, drying machines and other equipment to process lumber, shingles, veneer, plywood and similar wood products
• Clean wood processing machines and equipment and work areas using shovels, hoses and other tools
• Assist other wood processing workers to operate, maintain and repair various machines and equipment and carry out other wood processing activities.

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

Example job titles

• beater operator helper - pulp and paper
• chip bin attendant - wood processing
• conveyor cleaner - pulp and paper
• green wood chainman/woman - wood processing
• grinder feeder - pulp and paper
• labourer - pulp and paper
• labourer - wood processing
• lumber straightener - wood processing
• plywood dryer feeder
• sheeter helper - pulp and paper
• utility man/woman - pulp and paper

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is required by the pulp and paper industry and by other large employers.

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