NOC 2021 · 72600 · TEER 2
Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors
Unit group 72600 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Air pilots fly fixed wing aircraft and helicopters to provide air transportation and other services such as crop spraying and aerial surveying. Flight engineers assist air pilots with monitoring, troubleshooting and maintenance of aircraft systems and with pre- and post-flight inspections. Flying instructors teach flying techniques and procedures to student and licensed pilots. Air pilots, flight engineers and flight instructors are employed by airline and air freight companies, flying schools and by other public and private sector aircraft operators.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- aerial crop duster
- aerial crop dusting service contractor
- aerial sprayer
- aerial survey flight supervisor
- aerial survey pilot
- air navigator
- air patrol pilot
- air pilot
- air pilot and flight engineer supervisor
- air pilots and navigators supervisor
- airline pilot
- airline pilot instructor
- airline test pilot
- airplane pilot
- bush pilot
- business aircraft pilot
- captain - air transport
- charter pilot
- check pilot
- chief flying instructor
- chief pilot
- chief pilot - air transport
- commercial airline pilot
- commercial pilot
- co-pilot
- co-pilot - air transport
- corporate pilot
- engineering test pilot
- executive pilot
- experimental test pilot
- fire patrol pilot
- first officer - air transport
- flight engineer
- flight instructor
- flight simulator instructor
- flying instructor
- forest spray pilot
- forestry patrol pilot
- helicopter chief pilot
- helicopter flight instructor
- helicopter pilot
- mapping pilot
- navigator - air transport
- pilot - air transport
- pilot - Canadian Armed Forces
- pilot instructor
- pipeline air patrol pilot
- power line air patrol pilot
- relief pilot
- remote sensing pilot
- second officer - air transport
- spray pilot
- survey pilot
- test pilot
- topographic survey pilot
- water bomber pilot
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.