94110 Chemical plant machine operators

What this occupation covers

Chemical plant machine operators monitor and operate units and machinery to blend, mix, process and package a wide range of specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cleaning and toiletry products. They are primarily employed in chemical, cleaning compound, ink and adhesive industries, but may also be employed by chemical processing departments in other industries.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 8 main duties for this code.

• Monitor meters, gauges and electronic instrumentation on one or more chemical processing or formulation units, such as mixers, kettles, blenders, dryers, tabletting, encapsulation, granulation and coating machines
• Measure, weigh and load chemical ingredients following formulation cards
• Start up, shut down, troubleshoot and clean equipment
• Adjust processing machines and equipment
• Monitor reaction processes and transfers of products in conformance with safety procedures
• Take samples and perform routine chemical and physical tests of products
• Record production data
• May operate equipment from a control room or from control consoles located near the production units.

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 8 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.

• 93101 Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing
• 92011 Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities

Excluded from this code

• Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing (See 93101 Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing)
• Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities (See 92011 Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities)

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.

acetylene plant attendant · acid pumper - chemical processing · acidulation plant tender · asphalt coater - chemical processing · asphalt heater tender · asphalt plant dryer tender · asphalt roofing material mixer · asphalt roofing materials inspector · autoclave operator - chemical processing · backing-in machine tender · batch mixer - chemical processing · batch still operator · battery acid adjuster · battery paste maker · battery paste mixer · black powder grainer and glazier tender · black powder press tender · bleaching solution maker · blender - chemical processing · blender operator - chemical processing · cadmium liquor maker · calciner tender · capsule filler - chemical processing · capsule machine operator - chemical processing

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of several weeks of on-the-job training or informal/formal company training is usually required.
• Completion of additional training may be required for some operators working in pharmaceutical, explosives and agricultural chemical or in specialty chemical plants.
• Previous experience in chemical products processing as an assistant, labourer or helper may be required for some occupations in this unit group.
• Certification in the transportation of dangerous goods (TDG), forklift operator certification, first aid, firefighting, workplace hazardous materials information system (WHMIS) and other health and safety training may be required for some occupations in this unit group.