22302 Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians

What this occupation covers

Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians may work independently or provide technical support and services in the development of production methods, facilities and systems, and the planning, estimating, measuring and scheduling of work. They are employed by manufacturing and insurance companies, government departments, and establishments in other industries.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 11 main duties for this code.

• Develop and conduct production, inventory and quality assurance programs in manufacturing or in other industries
• Design plant layouts and production facilities
• Develop and carry out work study and related programs
• Develop and carry out industrial health, safety and fire prevention plans and programs and conduct safety training programs
• Develop applications using CAD/CAM (computer-assisted drafting, computer-assisted manufacturing) for the control of robots, computer numerical control (CNC) machines and other manufacturing processes and operations.
• Assist in the design of plant layouts
• Conduct work measurement or other studies
• Collect and compile operational or experimental data and assist in the development of estimates, schedules, specifications and reports
• Collect and analyze data and samples in support of quality assurance and industrial health and safety programs
• Develop manufacturing and processing procedures and variables, set machine or equipment controls, oversee production and inspect processes.
• Technologists and technicians in this unit group may specialize in the development of production processes, quality assurance programs, plans and schedules in a particular industrial area such as metal fabrication, plastics, pulp and paper, or textile manufacturing.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 11 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 22100 Chemical technologists and technicians
• 62100 Technical sales specialists - wholesale trade

Excluded from this code

• Chemical processing quality control technician (See 22100 Chemical technologists and technicians)
• Chemical processing quality control technologist (See 22100 Chemical technologists and technicians)
• Food processing quality control technician (See 22100 Chemical technologists and technicians)
• Food processing quality control technologist (See 22100 Chemical technologists and technicians)
• Machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades (See 7210 Machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades)
• Technical sales specialists - wholesale trade (See 62100 Technical sales specialists - wholesale trade)
• Textile colour technologist (See 22100 Chemical technologists and technicians)
• Textile dyeing technician (See 22100 Chemical technologists and technicians)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

3D computer numerical control (CNC) programmer · computer numerical control (CNC) Mastercam programmer · computer numerical control (CNC) programmer · computer numerically controlled (CNC) technologist · computer numerically controlled coordinate measuring machine (CNC/CMM) programmer · computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing, numerical control (CAD/CAM NC) programmer · computer-assisted design/computer-assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) programmer · fabric design technologist · fire protection technician - manufacturing · industrial engineering analyst · industrial engineering technician · industrial engineering technologist · injection moulding technician · inventory control technician · loss prevention technologist - manufacturing · manufacturing cost estimator · manufacturing technician · manufacturing technician - industrial engineering · manufacturing technologist · materials handling technician · methods designer · numerical control (NC) programmer · numerically controlled machine tool programmer (except operators) · numerically controlled tool programmer

Employment requirements

• Completion of a two- or three-year college program or equivalent in industrial engineering technology, pulp and paper technology, plastics technology, textile technology, manufacturing technology or a related discipline is usually required for industrial engineering or manufacturing technologists.
• Completion of a one- or two-year college program in industrial engineering technology or in a related discipline is usually required for industrial engineering or manufacturing technicians.
• Certification in industrial engineering or manufacturing technology or in a related field is available through provincial or territorial associations of engineering/applied science technologists and technicians and may be required for some positions.
• A period of supervised work experience, usually two years, is required before certification.
• A college diploma in manufacturing technology and/or trade certification and experience in machining and tooling or metalworking is required for CAD-CAM/CNC programmers.
• In Quebec, membership in the regulatory body is required to use the title "Professional Technologist."