94112 Rubber processing machine operators and related workers

What this occupation covers

Rubber processing machine operators and related workers operate rubber processing machinery and assemble and inspect rubber products. They are employed by tire manufacturers and other rubber products manufacturing companies.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 12 main duties for this code.

• Set up, operate and tend machinery used for mixing, calendering, extruding, moulding and curing rubber materials or rubber products
• Load or feed rubber, pigments, filler, oil and chemicals into machines
• Check and monitor processing conditions and product quality
• Adjust machines to proper setting as required
• Train or assist in training new workers.
• Lay out and prepare rubber materials for assembly
• Operate machines or equipment or use hand tools to cut, shape, splice, fit and cement rubber materials to form rubber parts or finished rubber products
• Operate finishing machines or equipment to trim, grind, or buff rubber products into final form
• Inspect finished rubber products for defects and conformance to specifications and quality standards, visually or using instruments
• Affix seals or tags to approved products and mark and reroute defective products for repair or recycle
• Fill out product inspection report
• May make minor adjustments or repairs to products.

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 12 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.

• 95104 Labourers in rubber and plastic products manufacturing
• 94212 Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors
• 94111 Plastics processing machine operators
• 92013 Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing

Excluded from this code

• Labourers in rubber and plastic products manufacturing (See 95104 Labourers in rubber and plastic products manufacturing)
• Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors (See 94212 Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors)
• Plastics processing machine operators (See 94111 Plastics processing machine operators)
• Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing (See 92013 Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing)

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.

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Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school may be required.
• Experience as a labourer in the same company may be required.
• On-the-job training is provided.