72405 Machine fitters

What this occupation covers

Machine fitters fit, assemble and otherwise build heavy industrial machinery and transportation equipment, including aircraft engines. They are employed in industrial machinery and transportation equipment manufacturing industries.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 5 main duties for this code.

• Read and interpret blueprints, sketches and diagrams to determine assembly operations
• Fit and assemble prefabricated metal parts to build heavy industrial machinery and equipment such as construction, farming, and processing machinery, railway vehicles and aircraft engines
• Move and align subassemblies and components using lifting and transporting devices such as overhead cranes
• Install major components such as gears, pumps, motors or hydraulic assemblies
• Inspect parts, subassemblies and finished products to ensure quality.

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 5 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.

• 93200 Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors
• 94203 Assemblers, fabricators and inspectors, industrial electrical motors and transformers
• 72020 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
• 94204 Mechanical assemblers and inspectors
• 72400 Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics
• 72106 Welders and related machine operators

Excluded from this code

• Aircraft assembler (See 93200 Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors)
• Assemblers, fabricators and inspectors, industrial electrical motors and transformers (See 94203 Assemblers, fabricators and inspectors, industrial electrical motors and transformers)
• Machine fitters supervisor (See 72020 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades)
• Mechanical assemblers and inspectors (See 94204 Mechanical assemblers and inspectors)
• Millwright (See 72400 Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics)
• Welders and related machine operators (See 72106 Welders and related machine operators)

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.

agricultural machinery builder · agricultural machinery fitter · aircraft engine assembly fitter · aircraft engine fitter · assembly fitter · assembly mechanic-fitter lead hand · chemical-processing machine builder · compressor fitter · crane fitter · farm machinery builder · farm machinery fitter · food-processing machine fitter · grader fitter · heavy equipment fitter · heavy machinery fitter · locomotive builder · locomotive fitter · logging machinery fitter · machine builder · machine builder-fitter · machine fitter · machine fitter charge hand · machine tool builder · machine tool builder-integrator

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of a mechanical apprenticeship program, such as millwrighting, machining, pipefitting, automotive service or heavy equipment repair or Completion of a four-year machine fitter apprenticeship program or Completion of five years of on-the-job training is usually required.
• Completion of a two- to three-year college program in aircraft manufacturing or general fabrication is required for aircraft engine fitters.
• Certification in a related trade may be required.