75100 Longshore workers

What this occupation covers

Longshore workers transfer cargo throughout dock area and onto and from ships and other vessels. They are employed by marine cargo handling companies, shipping agencies and shipping lines.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 6 main duties for this code.

• Operate industrial trucks, tractors and other mobile equipment to transfer cargo, such as containers, crated items, automobiles and pallet-mounted machinery, around dock to within range of cranes and hoists
• Operate winches or other hoisting devices to load and unload cargo onto and from ships and other vessels
• Operate mechanical towers to load vessels with materials such as coal and ore
• Operate equipment to transfer bulk materials, such as grain, to hold of vessels
• Connect hoses and operate equipment to transfer liquid materials into storage tanks on vessels
• Perform other activities such as lashing and shoring cargo aboard ships, opening and closing hatches, cleaning holds of ships and rigging cargo.

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 6 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.

• 72500 Crane operators
• 72021 Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
• 75101 Material handlers

Excluded from this code

• Crane operators (See 72500 Crane operators)
• Longshore worker superintendent (See 72021 Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews)
• Longshore workers foreman/woman (See 72021 Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews)
• Material handlers (See 75101 Material handlers)

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.

barge loader · boat loader · dock hand · dockerman/woman - marine cargo handling · dockworker · dockworker - marine cargo handling · longshore worker · longshore worker and tower-loader operator · longshoreman/woman · lumper - marine cargo handling · ship loader operator · shiploader operator · stevedore · stower · tanker loader · tanker loader - marine cargo handling · tankerman/woman - marine cargo handling · tower-loader operator - marine cargo handling · wharfman/woman - marine cargo handling

Employment requirements

• Some secondary school education may be required.
• On-the-job training is provided.