NOC 2021 · 72102 · TEER 2
Sheet metal workers
Unit group 72102 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Sheet metal workers fabricate, assemble, install and repair sheet metal products. They are employed by sheet metal fabrication shops, sheet metal products manufacturing companies, sheet metal work contractors and various industrial sectors. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- aircraft layout man/woman sheet metal
- apprentice sheet metal worker
- apprentice tinsmith
- construction sheet metal worker
- coppersmith
- custom sheet metal fabricator
- fitter - sheet metal working
- high rise sheet metal installer
- industrial sheet metal worker
- journeyman/woman sheet metal worker
- maintenance sheet metal worker
- metal furniture model maker
- metal furniture patternmaker
- plant tinsmith
- precision sheet metal fabricator
- precision sheet metal mechanic
- precision sheet metal worker
- residential (low rise) sheet metal installer
- sheet metal fabricator
- sheet metal installer
- sheet metal lay-out worker
- sheet metal mechanic
- sheet metal mechanic apprentice
- sheet metal mechanic bench hand
- sheet metal model maker
- sheet metal patternmaker
- sheet metal roofer
- sheet metal work erector
- sheet metal worker
- sheet metal worker - manufacturing
- sheet metal worker - specialty manufacturing
- tinsmith
- tinsmith - sheet metal work
- tinsmith roofer
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.