95101 Labourers in metal fabrication

What this occupation covers

Labourers in metal fabrication remove excess metal and unwanted materials from metal parts, castings and other metal products and perform other labouring activities. They are employed in structural steel, boiler and platework fabrication plants, heavy machinery manufacturing plants, sheet metal fabrication shops, shipbuilding and other metal products manufacturing companies.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 10 main duties for this code.

• Read and interpret work orders
• Operate metal cleaning equipment such as wheelabrators, deburrers and shotblasters to remove excess welds, rust, scale and other material from surfaces of metal parts, castings and other metal products
• Polish metal products to mirror finish
• Immerse metal products in cleaning solutions
• Assist structural steel and platework fitters, sheet metal workers, metalworking machine operators or other metal workers
• Transport raw materials and finished metal products manually or using hoists or other devices
• Sort metal sheets and parts, scrap metal and other materials
• Clean work areas and equipment
• Load and unload vehicles using hand truck or dolly
• May cut, grind or chip excess metal from metal products using hand tools.

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 10 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.

• 95100 Labourers in mineral and metal processing

Excluded from this code

• Labourers in mineral and metal processing (See 95100 Labourers in mineral and metal processing)

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

• Some secondary school education may be required.