NOC 2021 · 52111 · TEER 2
Graphic arts technicians
Unit group 52111 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Graphic arts technicians assist in conceptualizing a project, interpreting design specifications or sketches, preparing the page make-up, lay-out and lettering, and preparing production materials for press, electronic or multimedia publishing. They are employed by publishing, communications, advertising, marketing, printing and multimedia establishments, and by television and film production companies. They may also be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- airbrush artist
- animated cartoon inker
- animated cartoon painter
- animated cartoon technician
- animated cartoons inker and painter
- animation camera operator
- animation inker
- animation painter
- apprentice sign painter
- art work assembler
- cartoon background artist
- compositor - animation
- compositor - film
- computer graphics design technician
- computer graphics operator
- computer graphics technician
- design assistant - advertising production
- digital graphic design technician
- graphic arts assembler
- graphic arts copy stylist
- graphic arts renderer
- graphic arts technician
- graphics technician
- hand painter - graphic arts
- lettering artist
- mannequin artist
- multimedia graphic design technician
- multimedia graphics technician
- paste-up artist
- photo editor
- photo process letterer - graphic arts
- photo stencil maker
- photograph retoucher
- photographic airbrush artist
- photographic colourist
- photography colourist
- poster layout designer
- poster painter
- rendering specialist
- screen stencil cutter - graphic arts
- sign layout detailer
- sign painter
- sign writer
- silkscreen stencil cutter
- silkscreen technician
- stencil marker
- stencil marker - graphic arts
- traffic sign painter
- video game artist
- vinyl lettering artist
- visual effects (VFX) artist
- visual effects artist
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.