NOC 2021 · 72420 · TEER 2
Oil and solid fuel heating mechanics
Unit group 72420 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Oil and solid fuel heating mechanics install and maintain oil, coal and wood heating systems in residential and commercial buildings. They are employed by heating systems installation and service companies. 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.
- coal furnace installer
- coal furnace installer-mechanic
- forced air furnace installer (except gas)
- furnace installer and repairer (except gas)
- furnace maintenance mechanic (except gas)
- furnace mechanic (except gas)
- furnace repairer (except gas)
- furnace repairman/woman (except gas)
- heating mechanic
- heating service mechanic
- heating system mechanic
- heating systems installer
- heating systems servicer
- heating systems technician
- heating technician
- oil and solid fuel heating mechanic
- oil burner apprentice
- oil burner installer
- oil burner installer and repairer
- oil burner maintainer
- oil burner mechanic
- oil burner mechanic apprentice
- oil burner repairer
- oil burner servicer
- oil burner technician
- oil furnace installer
- residential oil burner installer and servicer
- residential oil burner mechanic
- solid fuel heater installer
- solid fuel heating installer
- stoker erector
- wood burner installer
- wood burner maintainer
- wood furnace installer
- wood-burning appliance installer
- wood-burning system installer
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.