NOC 95107: Labourers in fish and seafood processing

Labourers in fish and seafood processing perform clean-up, packaging, material handling and other elemental activities related to fish and seafood processing. They are employed in fish and seafood processing and packaging plants.

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 95107 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 95107

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:

• Unload fish and shellfish from fishing vessels and transport them by hand or forklift truck to work area in fish processing plant
• Immerse fresh fish fillets in brine solution to condition them for wrapping or freezing
• Weigh fish or shellfish, record weight and pack fish in ice
• Sort fish according to species, weight and destination
• Clean work areas and equipment
• Transport supplies and packaging materials throughout plant and storage area manually or with powered equipment
• Measure and dump ingredients into hoppers of mixing and grinding machines.

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

Example job titles

• cannery labourer
• fish briner - fish processing
• fish plant labourer
• fish salter - fish processing
• fish weigher
• shellfish labourer
• shellfish packer - fish processing

Employment requirements

• Some secondary school education may be required.

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