85120 Logging and forestry labourers

What this occupation covers

Logging and forestry labourers perform a variety of manual tasks such as attaching choker cables to logs, planting trees, clearing brush, spraying chemicals, cleaning up landing areas and assisting other workers in woodlands operations. They are employed by logging companies and contractors.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 6 main duties for this code.

• Assist other workers at logging sites
• Attach chokers or cables to felled trees for yarding
• Plant trees using manual tools
• Spray herbicides from the ground using manual spraying equipment
• Clear trails through woodlands using chain saws
• Clean up landing areas at logging sites.

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.

• 84110 Chain saw and skidder operators
• 83110 Logging machinery operators
• 84111 Silviculture and forestry workers

Excluded from this code

• Chain saw and skidder operators (See 84110 Chain saw and skidder operators)
• Logging machinery operators (See 83110 Logging machinery operators)
• Silviculture and forestry workers (See 84111 Silviculture and forestry 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.

boom man/woman · boom worker · boom worker - logging · boom worker - mill pond · cable hooker - logging · choke setter - logging · chokerman/woman · chokerman/woman - logging · forestry labourer · log driver · log rider · logging and forestry labourer · logging labourer · pondman/woman · pulpwood piler · river driver · seasonal swamper - logging · seasonal swamper - logging forestry · seasonal tree planter · sprayer - logging and forestry · swamper - logging and forestry

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school may be required.
• Completion of pre-employment safety courses may be required.
• Several weeks of formal and on-the-job training are provided.
• Workplace hazardous materials information system (WHMIS) certificate may be required.
• Chemicals application licence may be required.