75119 Other trades helpers and labourers

What this occupation covers

Other trades helpers and labourers assist skilled tradespersons and perform labouring activities in the installation, maintenance and repair of industrial machinery, refrigeration, heating and air conditioning equipment, in the maintenance and repair of transportation and heavy equipment, in the installation and repair of telecommunication and power cables and in other repair and service work settings. They are employed by a wide variety of manufacturing, utility and service companies.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 11 main duties for this code.

• Move tools, equipment and other materials to and from work areas
• Assist in splicing overhead and underground communications and electric power transmission cables
• Assist in repairing, maintaining and installing industrial machinery and equipment
• Assist in repairing, maintaining and installing refrigeration, heating and air conditioning equipment
• Assist in repairing, maintaining and installing elevators
• Assist in repairing and maintaining stationary electric power generating and distribution equipment
• Assist in mechanical, electrical and body repairs of aircraft, railway cars, automobiles, trucks, buses, heavy equipment and motorcycles
• Assist in repairing electrical appliances, small engines or other similar equipment
• Mix fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides and load mixture into airplane for aerial spraying
• Assist in land surveying activities, such as holding or moving stakes and rods, clearing brush and debris from line of survey and transporting surveying tools to work area
• Perform other labouring and elemental tasks as required.

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.

• 75110 Construction trades helpers and labourers

Excluded from this code

• Construction trades helpers and labourers (See 75110 Construction trades helpers and labourers)

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.

aerial spraying assistant · aerial spraying lineman/woman · air conditioning mechanic helper · aircraft instrument mechanic helper · aircraft mechanic helper · automobile body repairer helper · automobile bumper straightener · automotive electrician helper · automotive mechanic helper · cable installation and repair helper - telecommunications · cable installer helper · cable repairer helper · cable repairer helper - telecommunications · cable splicer helper · cableman/woman helper · chainman/woman - land surveying · chemical process equipment mechanic helper · commercial air conditioning mechanic helper · compassman/woman - land surveying · construction equipment mechanic helper · crawler track repairer helper · diesel mechanic helper · diver helper · electric cable network installer helper

Employment requirements

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