NOC 2021 · 72010 · TEER 2
Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations
Unit group 72010 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Contractors and supervisors in machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations supervise and coordinate the activities of workers classified in the following unit groups: Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors (72100), Tool and die makers (72101), Sheet metal workers (72102), Boilermakers (72103), Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters (72104), Ironworkers (72105), Welders and related machine operators (72106) and Machining tool operators (94106). They are employed by structural, platework and related metal products fabrication, manufacturing and erecting companies and machine shops. Contractors may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- automotive machine shop foreman/woman
- blacksmith foreman/woman
- blacksmith shop foreman/woman
- boilermaker foreman/woman
- boilermaker supervisor
- boilermaker, plater and structural metal worker foreman/woman
- boilermaking shop foreman/woman
- construction ironwork contractor
- coppersmith foreman/woman
- electric welding pipe mill headwelder
- ironwork contractor
- ironwork supervisor
- ironworkers foreman/woman
- machine shop foreman/woman
- machine shop inspectors foreman/woman
- machine shop supervisor
- machine tool grinding foreman/woman
- machine tool operators foreman/woman
- machining and tooling inspectors foreman/woman
- machining foreman/woman
- machining inspectors foreman/woman
- machining supervisor
- machining tool foreman/woman
- machining tool operators foreman/woman
- machinists and machine tool set-up operators foreman/woman
- machinists foreman/woman
- machinists supervisor
- maintenance machine shop foreman/woman
- metal fabricator foreman/woman
- metal fitters foreman/woman
- metal mould and metal patternmakers foreman/woman
- metal mould and metal patternmakers supervisor
- metal shapers foreman/woman
- metal shipwright foreman/woman
- metal-machining inspection foreman/woman
- metalwork forming, shaping and installing contractor
- mould shop foreman/woman - machining
- pattern shop foreman/woman - metal machining
- plate shop foreman/woman
- platework fabricator supervisor
- platework fabricators foreman/woman
- precision instrument machine shop foreman/woman
- production machine shop foreman/woman
- production supervisor - machine shop
- quality control foreman/woman - metal machining
- sheet metal contractor
- sheet metal roofer supervisor
- sheet metal roofing contractor
- sheet metal workers foreman/woman
- sheet metal workers supervisor
- ship riggers foreman/woman
- shipfitters foreman/woman
- shipyard machine shop foreman/woman
- steel fitter foreman/woman - metal fabrication
- steel frame erectors foreman/woman
- steel rigger foreman/woman
- steel structure erectors foreman/woman
- steel structure forming, shaping and erecting contractor
- steel truss erectors foreman/woman
- structural metal erector foreman/woman
- structural metal fabricator foreman/woman
- structural metal fitter supervisor
- structural steel contractor
- structural steel erecting contractor
- structural steel worker foreman/woman
- tool and die inspectors foreman/woman
- tool and die inspectors supervisor
- tool and die makers foreman/woman
- tool and die makers supervisor
- tool and die making supervisor
- tooling foreman/woman
- tooling inspectors foreman/woman
- tooling inspectors supervisor
- tooling supervisor
- toolroom foreman/woman
- welder foreman/woman
- welder supervisor
- welding contractor
- welding supervisor
- zinc roofers foreman/woman
What it pays, and where it is hiring
Job Bank publishes a wage estimate and a three-year employment outlook for each occupation, region by region. Both are below as published — where an estimate is missing from the source it is missing here too, because the alternative is inventing one.
Across Canada
$40.00 an hour
Low $28.10, high $55.00
Where it pays most
- Edmonton · Alberta$53.11
- South Coast--Burin Peninsula · Newfoundland and Labrador$49.11
- Camrose--Drumheller · Alberta$48.94
- Red Deer · Alberta$48.94
- Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River · Alberta$48.94
Economic regions only. A province’s figure is an average over the regions inside it, so including one would rank a province above its own best region and read as a finding.
By province and territory
| Where | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $46.98 | $30.74 – $61.10 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | $33.82 | $26.86 – $42.03 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $38.05 | $33.00 – $72.13 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $38.05 | $33.00 – $72.13 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $36.00 | $27.00 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Ontario | $40.00 | $28.00 – $53.80 | Limited |
| Manitoba | $40.00 | $25.64 – $55.29 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $45.00 | $27.04 – $57.67 | Limited |
| Alberta | $48.94 | $28.00 – $61.86 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $48.30 | $28.85 – $61.34 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 54 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $46.23 | $30.20 – $64.84 | Undetermined |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $49.11 | $30.39 – $69.94 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $37.64 | $24.85 – $64.56 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $34.51 | $22.75 – $62.89 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $36.23 | $24.80 – $50.93 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $35.93 | $25.49 – $50.05 | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $36.56 | $26.29 – $54.04 | Moderate |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $36.00 | $27.00 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $36.00 | $27.00 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $36.00 | $27.00 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $36.00 | $27.00 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $36.00 | $27.00 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $36.00 | $27.00 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $36.00 | $27.00 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $36.00 | $27.00 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $36.00 | $27.00 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $36.44 | $26.57 – $50.38 | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $37.51 | $28.57 – $48.77 | Limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $36.00 | $27.00 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $37.56 | $27.38 – $51.29 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $39.53 | $28.17 – $54.56 | Limited |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $39.75 | $27.15 – $53.97 | Limited |
| Toronto | Ontario | $37.97 | $26.28 – $50.94 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $40.00 | $24.10 – $53.60 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $38.46 | $31.79 – $55.99 | Limited |
| London | Ontario | $37.47 | $26.47 – $50.18 | Very limited |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $40.00 | $26.00 – $52.00 | Limited |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $40.72 | $29.53 – $53.53 | Limited |
| Northeast | Ontario | $39.90 | $28.49 – $53.27 | Very limited |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $40.00 | $25.64 – $55.29 | Limited |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $40.00 | $21.13 – $55.29 | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $38.41 | $29.78 – $50.18 | Undetermined |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $45.00 | $27.04 – $57.67 | Moderate |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $48.94 | $28.00 – $61.86 | Limited |
| Calgary | Alberta | $44.04 | $29.00 – $58.93 | Limited |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $48.94 | $28.00 – $61.86 | Limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $53.11 | $29.50 – $62.07 | Limited |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $48.94 | $28.00 – $61.86 | Very limited |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $48.30 | $28.85 – $61.34 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $48.30 | $28.85 – $67.00 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $48.30 | $28.85 – $61.34 | Limited |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
Job Bank rates employment prospects for each occupation in each economic region from very good to very limited over 2025–2027, and says “undetermined” where it has not got enough to rate. It is an assessment of prospects, not a count of vacancies.
The estimates on this page come from Labour Force Survey (2023-2024) · Small Area Estimation (2024) · Employment Insurance Survey Data (2023-2024).
Job Bank publishes an estimate for 24,364 of the 44,376 occupation-and-place pairs in this release. The rest are suppressed rather than modelled, and appear here as not published.
Wage estimates from the 2025 Wages release, revised 19 November 2025; employment outlooks from 2025-2027 Employment Outlooks - NOC 2021, released 8 December 2025. Both are updated annually. Estimates for different regions come from different surveys, so comparing two regions is exactly as sound as Job Bank’s own regional comparison and no more.
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank wages; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank 3-year employment outlooks. 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.