95103 Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing

What this occupation covers

Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing carry out a variety of general labouring and routine wood processing activities and assist pulp mill and papermaking machine operators. They are employed by pulp and paper, and paper converting companies, sawmills, planing mills, wood treatment plants, waferboard plants and other wood processing companies.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 7 main duties for this code.

• Feed logs onto conveyor and into hopper of grinding machine and align logs manually, using crowbar, picaroon or other tools and equipment
• Load wood chips, pulpwood, sulphur and other processing materials onto conveyors or processing tanks, remove recyclable paper and pulp from pulp and papermaking machines and transport recyclable paper and pulp to plant processing machines and equipment using forklift or other powered equipment
• Sort, pile and transport lumber, veneer sheets, panelboards and similar wood products during various stages of wood processing, manually or with powered equipment
• Remove scrap lumber and wood chips for reprocessing using forklift or other powered equipment
• Feed conveyors, saws, drying machines and other equipment to process lumber, shingles, veneer, plywood and similar wood products
• Clean wood processing machines and equipment and work areas using shovels, hoses and other tools
• Assist other wood processing workers to operate, maintain and repair various machines and equipment and carry out other wood processing activities.

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 7 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.

• 92014 Supervisors, forest products processing

Excluded from this code

• Machine operators and related workers in pulp and paper production and wood processing and manufacturing (See 9412 Machine operators and related workers in pulp and paper production and wood processing and manufacturing)
• Supervisors, forest products processing (See 92014 Supervisors, forest products 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.

bag-making machine tender helper · barking machine cleaner - wood processing · beater helper - pulp and paper · beater operator helper - pulp and paper · bolt loader - sawmill · broke hustler - pulp and paper · brown stock washer helper - pulp and paper · cant loader - wood processing · car stacker - wood processing · carton-forming machine feeder · chain conveyor tender - sawmill · chain conveyor tender - wood processing · chainman/woman - wood processing · chip bin attendant - wood processing · chip dump operator - wood processing · chip silo attendant - wood processing · chip storage attendant - wood processing · coating machine helper · combiner machine helper · conveyor cleaner - pulp and paper · corrugator-operator helper · cutter helper - pulp and paper · dry chain offbearer - wood processing · dry chainman/woman - wood processing

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is required by the pulp and paper industry and by other large employers.