NOC 2021 · 72604 · TEER 2
Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators
Unit group 72604 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Railway traffic controllers coordinate passenger and freight train traffic on railways. They are employed by rail transport companies. Marine traffic regulators monitor and regulate coastal and inland marine traffic within assigned waterways. They are employed by port, harbour, canal and lock authorities and by the Canadian Coast Guard.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- centralized traffic control (CTC) operator - railway traffic
- centralized traffic controller - railway traffic
- chief rail traffic controller
- chief train dispatcher
- head train dispatcher
- locomotive dispatcher
- marine traffic controller
- marine traffic regulator
- rail traffic controller
- train dispatcher
- train dispatchers supervisor
- train operator
- waterway traffic checker
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.