NOC 2021 · 72200 · TEER 2
Electricians (except industrial and power system)
Unit group 72200 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Electricians (except industrial and power system) lay out, assemble, install, test, troubleshoot and repair electrical wiring, fixtures, control devices and related equipment in buildings and other structures. They are employed by electrical contractors and maintenance departments of buildings and other establishments, or they may be self-employed. 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.
- apprentice construction electrician
- apprentice electrician
- building construction electrician
- building electrician
- construction and maintenance electrician
- construction electrician
- construction electrician apprentice
- domestic and rural electrician
- electrical apprentice
- electrical distribution technician - Canadian Armed Forces
- electrical fixtures installer
- electrical wirer - construction
- electrical wiring installer - construction
- electrician
- electrician - troubleshooter
- institution electrician
- journeyman/woman construction electrician
- residential construction wirer
- residential wireman/woman
- wiring electrician
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.