NOC 95100: Labourers in mineral and metal processing

What is NOC 95100?

NOC 95100 is the code for labourers in mineral and metal processing in the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021. Job titles in this group include asbestos worker - mineral processing, brick and tile kiln cleaner, core shop labourer - foundry and extrusion helper - primary metal processing. It is a TEER 5 occupation (usually a short work demonstration and no formal education), so it does not count as skilled work for Express Entry. The Job Bank median wage across Canada is $25.45 an hour.

NOC code

95100

TEER

5: Short work demonstration, no formal education

Broad category

Occupations in manufacturing and utilities

Express Entry

Not skilled

Category draws

None

Median wage

$25.45 an hour

Job titles under NOC 95100

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.

Main 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

All 211 job titles in the NOC index

abrasive reclaimer - mineral products processing, acid conditioning worker - primary metal processing, alloy mixer - primary metal processing, alloy processor - primary metal processing, alumina clarifier helper, alumina recovery helper, aluminum sheet separator, annealer helper - primary metal processing, asbestos mould stripper, asbestos moulder, asbestos shingle floor hand, asbestos worker, asbestos worker - mineral processing, asbestosboard sander, asbestosboard shearer, atomizer operator - primary metal and mineral products processing, automatic scrap washer operator, baghouse attendant - mineral processing, balcony labourer - glass manufacturing, balcony worker - glass manufacturing, ball mill helper - mineral products processing, ball mill labourer - mineral products processing, ball mill worker - mineral products processing, billet helper - primary metal processing, billet mill helper - primary metal processing, billet pusher, billet rolling mill helper - primary metal processing, bisque placer - mineral products manufacturing, blast furnace helper, brick and tile batch mixer, brick and tile kiln cleaner, buggy operator - primary metal processing, busher - primary metal processing, cadmium leach helper, carnallite flux maker, cartridge flux maker, casting helper, casting house labourer, casting machine helper, casting wheel operator helper, castings cleaner - primary metal and mineral products processing, castings trimmer, cathode loader, chalk extruder, chalk moulder - mineral products processing, charge weigher - primary metal processing, charger helper - primary metal processing, cladding assembler - primary metal processing, classifier helper - primary metal and mineral products processing, clay press worker, clay products finisher, coil bander - primary metal processing, coke loader - primary metal processing, coke oven heater helper, coke oven standpipe attendant, coke oven tar chaser, cold mill feeder - primary metal processing, cold roll catcher - primary metal processing, cold rolling mill feeder - primary metal processing, conveyor labourer - primary metal and mineral products processing, conveyor operator - primary metal and mineral products processing, copper dust-collector worker, core room labourer - foundry, core shop labourer - foundry, Cottrell precipitator helper - primary metal processing, crushing operations helper - mineral products processing, cupola charger - primary metal and mineral processing, cupola furnace helper, cupola tapper, depiler helper - primary metal processing, depiler table leverman/woman - primary metal processing, drawer helper - primary metal processing, dross skimmer - primary metal and mineral products processing, dryer worker - primary metal processing, dust remover - primary metal processing, dust-collector labourer - primary metal processing, electrolytic refiner helper - primary metal and mineral products processing, extruder helper - primary metal processing, extruder tender - mineral products processing, extrusion helper - primary metal processing, fettler - clay products manufacturing, fibreglass oven charger helper, fibreglass oven helper, filter leaves cleaner - primary metal and mineral products processing, filtering attendant - primary metal and mineral products processing, flotation cell helper - primary metal and mineral products processing, flue dust labourer - primary metal and mineral products processing, fluorspar flux maker - primary metal processing, foil roller helper - primary metal processing, foil separator - primary metal processing, foundry helper - primary metal processing, foundry labourer, foundry worker - primary metal processing, furnace cleaner - primary metal and mineral products processing, furnace feeder - primary metal and mineral products processing, furnace helper, furnace loader - primary metal and mineral products processing, furnace skimmer - primary metal and mineral products processing, furnace tapper - primary metal processing, glass packer, glass tapper - mineral products processing, glass-forming machine operator helper, gravel screener, heater helper - primary metal processing, helper - primary metal and mineral products processing, hot bed leverman/woman - primary metal processing, hydrate scale reclaimer - primary metal processing, industrial furnace cleaner - primary metal and mineral products processing, ingot cladder, insulation packer - mineral products manufacturing, jigger operator helper - mineral products processing, kiln cleaner - primary metal and mineral products processing, kiln door builder - mineral products processing, kiln labourer, kiln labourer - primary metal and mineral products processing, kiln operator helper - mineral products manufacturing, labourer - metallurgy, labourer - mineral and metal processing, labourer - primary metal and mineral products processing, lead reclaimer - primary metal processing, lime kiln helper - mineral products processing, lime kiln operator helper - mineral products processing, lime slaker, machine helper - primary metal and mineral products processing, marker - primary metal processing, melt shop helper, melt shop labourer, melter helper - primary metal and mineral products processing, metal impregnator - primary metal processing, metal pourer helper, metal pourer helper - primary metal processing, metal powder lubricator finisher, metal reclaimer helper - primary metal processing, metal salvager helper - primary metal processing, metal tube marker - primary metal processing, mill helper - primary metal and mineral products processing, mill labourer - mineral products processing, mixer helper - primary metal and mineral products processing, molten metal mixer helper - primary metal processing, mould stripper - concrete products manufacturing, moulder helper - primary metal processing, ore crushing helper, ore processing labourer, ore processing pipe maintenance worker, plasterboard cutter - mineral products processing, plasterboard machine feeder - mineral products manufacturing, plugger - primary metal processing, porcelain glazer - mineral products manufacturing, potlining mixer helper - primary metal processing, powdered metal mixer - primary metal processing, powdered metal salvager - primary metal processing, precipitator helper - primary metal processing, primary metal processing labourer, production helper - primary metal and mineral products processing, reagent tender helper - primary metal processing, refiner helper, refinery helper - primary metal and mineral products processing, refinery labourer, rod drawer helper - primary metal processing, rod puller and coiler - primary metal processing, rolling mill catcher - primary metal processing, rolling mill helper - primary metal processing, rolling mill labourer - primary metal processing, rolling mill worker, rolling mill worker - primary metal processing, saggar placer - clay products manufacturing, salt screening labourer, scaler - primary metal processing, scalping helper - primary metal processing, scrap machine helper - primary metal processing, scrap metal baler - primary metal processing, scrap metal loader, scrap metal processor - primary metal processing, scrap metal sorter and baler - primary metal processing, scrap shredder helper, scrap yard worker - primary metal processing, screening equipment helper - primary metal and mineral products processing, scrubber tender - mineral products processing, selenium recovery helper - primary metal processing, sheet roller helper - primary metal processing, shot bagger - explosives manufacturing, sintering machine loader - primary metal processing, skimmer - primary metal and mineral products processing, slime recovery plant helper - primary metal processing, slip sealer - mineral products processing, sludge worker - primary metal processing, smelter helper, smelter labourer, soaking pit bottom cleaner - primary metal processing, stamper - primary metal processing, steel plant labourer, stone bed setter - mineral products processing, stonework filler - mineral products processing, stretcher-leveller helper - primary metal processing, tailings disposal labourer - primary metal processing, tailings labourer, tankhouse helper - primary metal processing, tapper - glass manufacturing, tapper - primary metal processing, tube drawer helper - primary metal processing, tube roller helper - primary metal processing, utility labourer - primary metal and mineral products processing, utility machine worker - primary metal and mineral products processing, ware cleaner - clay products manufacturing, welding-rod-extruder operator helper - primary metal processing, wire drawer helper, wire drawing helper, zinc cathode puller, zinc drosser, zinc dust maker, zinc electrolysis lead burner helper.

Main duties of NOC 95100

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.

Employment requirements

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

Additional information

• Progression to machine and process operator positions is possible with experience.

Is NOC 95100 eligible for Express Entry?

Not for the main Express Entry programs, which need TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 work. TEER 5 jobs can still lead to permanent residence through some provincial and other programs, so check each program's own list.

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 95100 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.

Source: Job Bank, Employment and Social Development Canada (Job Bank 2025 wages, revised November 19, 2025), data from 2023-2024 (Employment Insurance Survey Data). 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.

Similar NOC codes to compare

If your work leans toward one of these, read its duties too. The closest match is the one whose lead statement and main duties describe most of what you did.

Classified somewhere else

• Labourers in metal fabrication: 95101 Labourers in metal fabrication
• Machine operators and related workers in mineral and metal products processing and manufacturing: minor group 9410 Machine operators and related workers in mineral and metal products processing and manufacturing (see the full list)
• Supervisors, mineral and metal processing: 92010 Supervisors, mineral and metal processing

Same minor group (9510 Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities)

• 95101 Labourers in metal fabrication, TEER 5
• 95102 Labourers in chemical products processing and utilities, TEER 5
• 95103 Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing, TEER 5
• 95104 Labourers in rubber and plastic products manufacturing, TEER 5
• 95105 Labourers in textile processing and cutting, TEER 5
• 95106 Labourers in food and beverage processing, TEER 5
• 95107 Labourers in fish and seafood processing, TEER 5
• 95109 Other labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities, TEER 5

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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 asbestos worker - mineral processing?

NOC 95100, Labourers in mineral and metal processing, a TEER 5 occupation in NOC 2021.

What TEER is NOC 95100?

TEER 5. Usually a short work demonstration and no formal education. The TEER is the second digit of the code. See all TEER categories.

Is NOC 95100 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 5 jobs.

Is NOC 95100 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 95100 pay in Canada?

The Job Bank median across Canada is $25.45 an hour, with most wages between $19.00 and $39.48. Pay varies by province: see the table above.

Where is the official description?

On the Statistics Canada and ESDC NOC site: search 95100 in NOC 2021 Version 1.0. This page shows the same text, from the open data Statistics Canada publishes.

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