National Occupational Classification, TEER 4
NOC 94130: Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers
Textile fibre and yarn processing machine operators and workers operate machines to prepare textile fibres; spin, wind or twist yarn or thread; and bleach, dye or finish yarn, thread, cloth or textile products. Below are the main duties, all 369 job titles it covers, what it means for Express Entry and what it pays in each province.
Updated
- Official NOC 2021 data
- Job Bank wages
What is NOC 94130?
NOC 94130 is the code for textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers in the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021. Job titles in this group include autoclave tender - textile manufacturing, bleaching range operator - textile manufacturing, calender operator - textile manufacturing and carding machine operator - textile manufacturing. It is a TEER 4 occupation (usually a high school diploma or several weeks of on-the-job training), so it does not count as skilled work for Express Entry. The Job Bank median wage across Canada is $22.60 an hour.
- NOC code
- 94130
- TEER
- 4: High school or several weeks of training
- Broad category
- Occupations in manufacturing and utilities
- Express Entry
- Not skilled
- Category draws
- None
- Median wage
- $22.60 an hour
Job titles under NOC 94130
Textile fibre and yarn processing machine operators and workers operate machines to prepare textile fibres; spin, wind or twist yarn or thread; and bleach, dye or finish yarn, thread, cloth or textile products. They are employed by textile manufacturing companies. Hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers trim, scrape, clean, tan, buff and dye animal hides, pelts or skins to produce leather stock and finished furs. They are employed by leather tanning, fur dressing and leather and fur dyeing establishments.
Main job titles
- autoclave tender - textile manufacturing
- bleaching range operator - textile manufacturing
- calender operator - textile manufacturing
- carding machine operator - textile manufacturing
- dyeing range operator - textile manufacturing
- fabric-printing machine operator
- finishing range operator - textile manufacturing
- leather buffer - hide and pelt processing
- leather stretcher - hide and pelt processing
- tanner - hide and pelt processing
- twisting operator - textile manufacturing
- yarn doubler - textile manufacturing
All 369 job titles in the NOC index
aging machine operator - textile manufacturing, aging machine tender - textile manufacturing, asbestos rope maker, autoclave tender - textile manufacturing, automatic quiller tender - textile manufacturing, automatic spooler operator - textile manufacturing, automatic warper tender - textile manufacturing, automatic yarn winder, back tender - cloth printing, bale breaker - textile manufacturing, bale-breaker tender - textile manufacturing, batch dyer - textile manufacturing, bater - hide and pelt processing, batting machine tender - textile manufacturing, beam dyer - textile manufacturing, beam setter - textile manufacturing, beam tier - textile manufacturing, beam warper - textile manufacturing, beamer - hide and pelt processing, beamer - textile manufacturing, beamhouse worker - hide and pelt processing, beating machine tender - hide and pelt processing, bleacher - textile manufacturing, bleaching machine operator - textile manufacturing, bleaching range operator - textile manufacturing, blending machine tender - textile manufacturing, boarder - textile manufacturing, boarding machine tender - hide and pelt processing, boarding machine tender - textile manufacturing, bobbin dryer - textile manufacturing, bobbin stripper - textile manufacturing, bobbin winder - textile manufacturing, boiler - textile manufacturing, bonding machine tender - textile manufacturing, bowker - textile manufacturing, breaker feeder - textile manufacturing, breaker tender - textile manufacturing, brush machine tender - textile manufacturing, brusher and shearer - textile manufacturing, brushing machine operator - hide and pelt processing, brushing operator - textile manufacturing, burnisher - hide and pelt processing, calender operator - textile manufacturing, calendering machine tender - textile manufacturing, can tender, carbonizer tender - textile manufacturing, card stripper - textile manufacturing, carder - textile manufacturing, carding machine feeder - textile manufacturing, carding machine operator - textile manufacturing, carding machine tender - textile manufacturing, carpet drying machine tender - textile manufacturing, centrifugal extractor - textile manufacturing, centrifuge operator - textile manufacturing, chenille tender - textile manufacturing, chopping machine tender, clipping machine tender, cloth bleacher, cloth dryer, cloth dyer, cloth finisher, cloth mercerizer operator, cloth neutralizer, cloth printer, cloth shade maker, cloth shader, cloth shrinker, cloth steamer, cloth stretcher-dryer tender, cloth washer - textile manufacturing, cloth-bleaching range tender, cloth-doubling machine operator, cloth-dyeing range tender, cloth-finishing range operator, cloth-neutralizing and cloth-rinsing machine operator, cloth-printing machine tender, cloth-printing roller changer, cloth-processing range tender, coating and embossing unit operator - textile manufacturing, coating machine operator - textile manufacturing, coating machine tender - textile manufacturing, colour mixer - textile manufacturing, colourer tender - hide and pelt processing, colourist - textile manufacturing, combed sliver dyer - textile manufacturing, comber - textile manufacturing, combining and drawing machine tender - textile manufacturing, conditioner tender - textile manufacturing, cone winder - textile manufacturing, continuous dyeing machine operator - textile manufacturing, continuous felt dryer operator - textile manufacturing, continuous press tender - textile manufacturing, cotton ball machine tender, covering-machine tender, crabber - textile manufacturing, crabbing machine tender, crabbing machine tender - textile manufacturing, crimp setter, crimping machine tender - textile manufacturing, cropping machine tender - textile manufacturing, cutting and printing machine set-up operator - textile manufacturing, decating machine tender - textile manufacturing, dehairing machine operator - hide and pelt processing, doubling machine operator - textile manufacturing, doubling machine tender - textile manufacturing, drawing machine tender - textile fibre, dressed hide and pelt finisher, dresser - textile manufacturing, dry cans operator - textile manufacturing, dryer - textile manufacturing, drying machine operator - textile manufacturing, drying machine tender - textile manufacturing, drying machine tender - textile processing, dye mixer, dyeing machine tender - textile manufacturing, dyeing range operator - textile manufacturing, dyeing tub tender - textile manufacturing, dyeing vat operator - textile manufacturing, dyeing worker - textile manufacturing, dyer - textile manufacturing, dye-reel tender - textile manufacturing, embossing calender tender - textile manufacturing, extractor tender - textile manufacturing, fabric dyer, fabric-printing machine operator, felt dryer - textile manufacturing, fibre classer, fibre mixer, fibre washer, fibreglass roving winder, finisher - textile manufacturing, finishing machine operator - textile manufacturing, finishing range operator - textile manufacturing, fleecer - textile manufacturing, fleecing machine operator - textile manufacturing, fleecing machine tender - textile manufacturing, fleshing machine tender - hide and pelt processing, flocking machine tender, folding machine tender - textile manufacturing, frame spinner - textile manufacturing, fuller - textile manufacturing, fulling machine operator - textile manufacturing, fulling mill operator - textile manufacturing, fur blender, fur blower - textile manufacturing, fur dresser - hide and pelt processing, fur floor worker - hide and pelt processing, fur mixer, fur pelt dresser - hide and pelt processing, fur plucker - hide and pelt processing, fur-shaving machine tender - hide and pelt processing, furskin dresser - hide and pelt processing, garment steamer tender, garnett machine tender - textile manufacturing, gig machine operator - textile manufacturing, glass fibre dyer - textile manufacturing, graining machine operator - tannery, hand flesher - hide and pelt processing, hand screen printer - textile manufacturing, hand slubber, heat curer - textile manufacturing, hide and pelt processing worker, hide and skin preparer, hide fluffer - hide and pelt processing, hide parer - hide and pelt processing, hide processing worker, hide stretcher, high-speed machine warper - textile manufacturing, hosiery boarder, jigger operator - textile manufacturing, kettle tender - textile manufacturing, kier-boiler tender - textile manufacturing, lap machine tender - textile manufacturing, lapper - textile manufacturing, lapper tender - textile manufacturing, lap-winder tender - textile manufacturing, latex-coating machine operator - textile manufacturing, leather buffer - hide and pelt processing, leather dyer - hide and pelt processing, leather measurer - hide and pelt processing, leather polisher - hide and pelt processing, leather sander - hide and pelt processing, leather shaver - hide and pelt processing, leather stainer - hide and pelt processing, leather stretcher - hide and pelt processing, leather tanner, limer - hide and pelt processing, line spooler, loom-winder tender, lusterer - textile manufacturing, machine flesher - hide and pelt processing, machine operator - textile fibre, yarn, hide and pelt processing, mangler tender - textile manufacturing, measuring machine tender - hide and pelt processing, mercerizer - textile manufacturing, mercerizer machine operator - textile manufacturing, napper - textile manufacturing, napper operator - textile manufacturing, napper tender - textile manufacturing, naps teaseller - textile manufacturing, neutralizer - textile manufacturing, open-end spinner - textile manufacturing, opener tender - textile manufacturing, opening and blending operator - textile manufacturing, padder tender - textile manufacturing, padding machine tender - textile manufacturing, pad-extractor tender - textile manufacturing, pelt dresser, pelt dyer - hide and pelt processing, pelt processing worker, pelt shearer, pelt stretcher - hide and pelt processing, picker - textile manufacturing, picking machine operator - textile manufacturing, picking machine tender - textile manufacturing, pickler - hide and pelt processing, pile fabric finisher, pile-finishing machine tender - textile manufacturing, pleater - textile manufacturing, poler - textile manufacturing, polisher - textile fibre, prepared hide and pelt dresser, presser-threader - textile manufacturing, printing machine operator - textile manufacturing, quill winder - textile manufacturing, quiller - textile manufacturing, raw stock dryer - textile manufacturing, raw stock dyer - textile manufacturing, rebeamer - textile manufacturing, redraw operator - textile manufacturing, reel tender - textile manufacturing, reel winder - textile manufacturing, reeler - textile manufacturing, reeling machine operator - textile manufacturing, respooler - textile manufacturing, rewarper - textile manufacturing, rewinder - textile manufacturing, ring frame operator - textile manufacturing, ring spinner - textile manufacturing, rinser - textile manufacturing, roller machine tender - tannery, roller printer - textile manufacturing, rope coiler, rotogravure press operator - textile manufacturing, rover - textile manufacturing, roving frame tender - textile manufacturing, roving machine operator - textile manufacturing, rubber and vinyl coater operator - textile manufacturing, rubber-coating and vinyl-coating machine operator - textile manufacturing, rug setter - textile manufacturing, rug-coating machine operator, rug-yarn-setting machine operator - textile manufacturing, sample printer - textile manufacturing, saturator - textile manufacturing, scouring machine operator, scray machine feeder, screen-printing machine operator - textile manufacturing, scudder - hide and pelt processing, shaving machine tender - hide and pelt processing, shearing machine tender - textile manufacturing, shrinking machine operator - textile manufacturing, silk-screen printing machine operator - textile manufacturing, singeing and boiling machine tender - textile manufacturing, size maker - textile manufacturing, sizing machine tender - textile manufacturing, skein spooler - textile manufacturing, skein winder - textile manufacturing, skeiner - textile manufacturing, slasher - textile manufacturing, slasher operator - textile manufacturing, sliver lapper - textile manufacturing, slubber tender - textile manufacturing, spinner - textile manufacturing, spinning frame tender - textile manufacturing, spinning machine operator - textile manufacturing, spinning machine tender - textile manufacturing, splicing machine tender - textile manufacturing, splitter - hide and pelt processing, sponge-range operator - textile manufacturing, spool winder - textile manufacturing, spooler - textile manufacturing, spooling machine tender - textile manufacturing, spraying machine tender - textile manufacturing, spun yarn doubler - textile manufacturing, staple cutter - textile manufacturing, staple processing machine tender - textile manufacturing, steam cabinet operator - textile manufacturing, steam sponger - textile manufacturing, steamer tender - textile manufacturing, stender tender, stock mixer - textile manufacturing, strand-forming machine tender - textile manufacturing, stretching machine operator - hide and pelt processing, stretching machine tender - textile manufacturing, strike-off machine tender - textile manufacturing, super-draft tender, tanner - hide and pelt processing, tannery vatman/woman, tanning solution preparer, tape-folding machine tender, tar machine tender - textile manufacturing, tension drying machine tender - textile manufacturing, tenter machine tender, tenterframe tender, textile colourist, textile dyer, textile fleecer - textile manufacturing, textile napper - textile manufacturing, textile printer, textile product bleacher, textile spinner, textile washer, textile wringer, textile-dyeing and finishing machine operator, textile-twisting-frame operator, texturing machine tender - textile manufacturing, thread doubler, thread spinner, thread spooler, thread winder, top dyer - textile manufacturing, tumbler tender - textile manufacturing, twine dyer, twine maker, twine-cropping machine tender, twine-shearing machine tender, twister operator - textile manufacturing, twister tender - textile manufacturing, twisting frame operator - textile manufacturing, twisting operator - textile manufacturing, uptwister operator - textile manufacturing, uptwister tender - textile manufacturing, warp beamer - textile manufacturing, warp dresser - textile manufacturing, warp end dresser - textile manufacturing, warp end dyer - textile manufacturing, warp spinner - textile manufacturing, warp twister tender - textile manufacturing, warper - textile manufacturing, warper operator - textile manufacturing, washing machine tender - textile manufacturing, waxer - textile manufacturing, weft straightener - textile manufacturing, willow operator - textile manufacturing, winder tender - textile manufacturing, winding machine operator - textile manufacturing, winding machine tender - textile manufacturing, wool batcher, wool blender, wool mixer, wool opener and duster, wool scourer, wool sorter, wool washer, wringer operator - textile manufacturing, wringer tender - textile manufacturing, yarn conditioner, yarn doubler - textile manufacturing, yarn dryer, yarn dyer, yarn finisher, yarn mercerizer, yarn soaker, yarn spinner, yarn spooler, yarn winder tender, yarn-drying machine tender, yarn-plaiting equipment tender, yarn-texturing machine tender - textile manufacturing.
Main duties of NOC 94130
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Textile fibre, yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators
- Operate and feed machines that wash, mix, blend, pick, card, lap, comb or draw fibres, finish yarn, hides or pelts
- Operate spinning, twisting, winding or reeling machines
- Operate a variety of machines to clean, bleach, dye, coat or finish fabric, thread, yarn, hide, pelt and other textile products
- Mix dyes or chemicals according to established formulas
- Operate machinery to print designs onto textile products
- Oversee work area, examine products for defects and ensure adherence to quality standards
- Investigate machine stoppages and notify supervisor or mechanic in the event of equipment malfunction
- May set up machines and assist with maintenance and minor repairs to machinery.
- Textile, hide and pelt dyeing and finishing machine operators
- Set up machines for proper processing
- Operate machines to bleach, dye, coat and finish fabric, thread, other textile products, hide or pelt
- Operate machines to print designs onto textile products or hide
- Examine products for defects and ensure adherence to quality standards
- Mix dyes and chemicals according to established formulas
- Notify supervisors and mechanics of equipment malfunctions.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school may be required.
- On-the-job training is provided for several weeks, depending on the complexity of the process and the number of machines operated
Additional information
- Progression is possible within the group to operate more complex dye ranges and textile printing equipment.
- Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience for fibre and yarn preparation machine operators and hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers.
- Progression to supervisory positions in textile processing usually requires completion of a college program in textiles, chemistry or a related subject.
- There is some mobility among jobs in this unit group.
Is NOC 94130 eligible for Express Entry?
Not for the main Express Entry programs, which need TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 work. TEER 4 jobs can still lead to permanent residence through some provincial and other programs, so check each program's own list.
| Program or draw | NOC 94130 |
|---|---|
| Federal Skilled Worker Program | Does not count (TEER 4) |
| Canadian Experience Class | Does not count (TEER 4) |
| Federal Skilled Trades Program | Not a listed trade |
| Occupation category draws (2026) | Not on any occupation list |
| French-language proficiency (category draw) | Open to any occupation with NCLC 7 in French |
Read how TEER categories work and the full list of NOC codes in each 2026 category draw. Category draws also need at least 12 months of full-time work (or the same amount part-time) in one listed occupation within the past 3 years.
How much does NOC 94130 pay?
Job Bank wages for this occupation, per hour. Low and high are, in most cases, the 10th and 90th percentiles, so 8 in 10 workers earn somewhere between them.
| Area | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | $17.00 | $22.60 | $28.50 |
| Quebec | $19.35 | $22.60 | $32.60 |
| Ontario | $17.60 | $22.22 | $29.11 |
| Manitoba | $18.07 | $20.46 | $24.81 |
| Alberta | $16.50 | $21.18 | $24.41 |
| British Columbia | $18.98 | $22.05 | $31.17 |
Source: Job Bank, Employment and Social Development Canada (Job Bank 2025 wages, revised November 19, 2025), data from 2023-2024 (Labour Force Survey). Wages for job offers in LMIA and provincial programs are compared with these figures, so check the current numbers on Job Bank before you rely on them.
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Canadian resumes do not list NOC codes. Employers read your job titles, what you did and what came of it. The NOC duties are still a useful checklist: if you did these tasks, say so in your own words and add the numbers that prove it.
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Where this information comes from
Occupation codes, titles and descriptions are adapted from Statistics Canada, National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Wages come from Job Bank, Employment and Social Development Canada (Job Bank 2025 wages, revised November 19, 2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Express Entry rules come from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC): the program pages for the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Canadian Experience Class and the Federal Skilled Trades Program, and the category-based selection page as modified on June 22, 2026.
Frequently asked questions
What is the NOC code for a autoclave tender - textile manufacturing?
NOC 94130, Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers, a TEER 4 occupation in NOC 2021.
What TEER is NOC 94130?
TEER 4. Usually a high school diploma or several weeks of on-the-job training. The TEER is the second digit of the code. See all TEER categories.
Is NOC 94130 eligible for Express Entry?
Not for the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Canadian Experience Class or the Federal Skilled Trades Program, which need TEER 0 to 3 work. Some provincial nominee programs and other pathways accept TEER 4 jobs.
Is NOC 94130 in an Express Entry category-based draw?
No. It is not on any 2026 occupation list. The French-language proficiency category is open to any occupation if you reach NCLC 7 in French. See every category.
How much does NOC 94130 pay in Canada?
The Job Bank median across Canada is $22.60 an hour, with most wages between $17.00 and $28.50. Pay varies by province: see the table above.
Where is the official description?
On the Statistics Canada and ESDC NOC site: search 94130 in NOC 2021 Version 1.0. This page shows the same text, from the open data Statistics Canada publishes.
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