75211 Railway and motor transport labourers

What this occupation covers

Railway and motor transport labourers perform a variety of tasks to assist track maintenance workers and railway yard workers, or motor transport operators. They are employed by railway transport companies and motor transport companies.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 5 main duties for this code.

• Transport tools and equipment on push or hand car and perform other duties to assist railway track maintenance workers to lay, maintain and repair railway tracks
• Cut vegetation growth from railway tracks using scythes and mowers
• Check freight cars for physical damage and cleanliness.
• Assist truck and delivery drivers to load and unload vehicles
• Perform labouring duties in warehouses.

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.

• 75101 Material handlers
• 74200 Railway yard and track maintenance workers

Excluded from this code

• Material handlers (See 75101 Material handlers)
• Railway car greaser (See 74200 Railway yard and track maintenance workers)
• Railway car oiler (See 74200 Railway yard and track maintenance workers)

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.

car checker - railway · car checker - railway transport · car weigher - railway · carman/woman helper - railway · cold-storage checker - transport · crossing attendant - railway · crossing gateman/woman - railway transport · deliverer helper · delivery truck driver helper · delivery truck helper · driver helper · engineer's assistant · freight car checker - railway · freight car weigher · fuel and sand operator - railway transport · fuel truck driver helper · furniture mover helper · gateman/woman - railway transport · motor transport labourer · mover helper · moving van helper · rail lubricator · railway car decal applier · railway car weigher

Employment requirements

• Some secondary school education is usually required.