NOC 2021 · 74205 · TEER 4

Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers

Unit group 74205 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.

Express Entry’s programs draw from TEER 0 to 3, so this group is outside them. Provincial streams and other programs have their own rules.

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What this group covers

Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers operate vehicles and equipment to maintain streets, highways and sewer systems and operate trucks to collect garbage and recyclable materials. This unit group also includes workers who clear vegetation close to power lines. They are employed by municipal, provincial and federal public works departments, private contractors under contract with government public works departments and private companies involved in the collection of refuse and recyclable materials.

Example job titles

As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.

collection truck driver - public works
drain roto servicer - public works
electrical forester
equipment operator - municipal public work
garbage collector - driver
garbage truck driver
garbage truck driver - public works
highway snow removal equipment operator
highway snowplow operator
maintenance equipment operator - public works
mechanical sweeper operator - public works
municipal maintenance equipment operator
municipal servicer drain roto
power sweeper operator - public works
public works maintenance equipment operator
recycling truck driver
recycling truck driver - public works
refuse truck driver - public works
road snowplow operator - public works
salt truck operator
salt truck operator - public works
sand spreader operator
sand spreader operator - public works
sanding truck operator - public works
sanitation truck driver
sewer flusher operator-driver - public works
sewer jet cleaner operator - public works
sewer jet machine operator - public works
sewer-flushing truck operator
sewer-flushing truck operator - public works
sewer-pipe-cleaning machine operator - public works
snow removal equipment operator - public works
sprinkling truck driver - public works
street flusher operator
street flusher operator - public works
street sprinkler operator - public works
street sweeper operator
street sweeper operator - public works
urban snow removal equipment operator - public works
utility arborist
utility forester
utility tree trimmer
utility tree worker

What it pays, and where it is hiring

Job Bank publishes a wage estimate and a three-year employment outlook for each occupation, region by region. Both are below as published — where an estimate is missing from the source it is missing here too, because the alternative is inventing one.

$28.50 an hour

Low $22.00, high $35.33

Where it pays most

Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake · Alberta$32.74
Northeast · British Columbia$32.03
Vancouver Island and Coast · British Columbia$32.00
Red Deer · Alberta$31.87
Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River · Alberta$31.76

Economic regions only. A province’s figure is an average over the regions inside it, so including one would rank a province above its own best region and read as a finding.

By province and territory

Median wage and three-year employment outlook for this occupation, by province and territory.
Where	Median hourly	Low to high	Outlook 2025–2027
Newfoundland and Labrador	$29.92	$17.00 – $35.25	Moderate
Prince Edward Island	$25.00	$19.23 – $30.90	Moderate
Nova Scotia	$23.00	$20.00 – $27.00	Good
New Brunswick	$23.87	$20.00 – $29.98	Moderate
Quebec	$25.86	$23.00 – $35.00	Moderate
Ontario	$29.03	$25.00 – $34.95	Moderate
Manitoba	$25.00	$22.00 – $30.00	Limited
Saskatchewan	$28.00	$20.59 – $35.00	Good
Alberta	$30.10	$18.00 – $38.00	Moderate
British Columbia	$30.45	$25.00 – $37.04	Limited
Yukon Territory	Not published	Not published	Undetermined
Northwest Territories	$28.54	$21.68 – $33.69	Undetermined
Nunavut	$34.85	$21.27 – $50.05	Undetermined

By economic region

The 69 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.

Median wage and three-year employment outlook for this occupation, by economic region.
Where	Province	Median hourly	Low to high	Outlook 2025–2027
Avalon Peninsula	Newfoundland and Labrador	$30.00	$17.00 – $35.55	Limited
South Coast--Burin Peninsula	Newfoundland and Labrador	$26.63	$16.00 – $31.00	Moderate
West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador	Newfoundland and Labrador	$30.57	$22.34 – $42.16	Moderate
Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay	Newfoundland and Labrador	$26.63	$16.00 – $31.00	Moderate
Cape Breton	Nova Scotia	$23.00	$20.00 – $27.00	Good
North Shore	Nova Scotia	$25.13	$20.87 – $30.62	Good
Annapolis Valley	Nova Scotia	$25.28	$21.11 – $31.54	Good
Southern	Nova Scotia	$25.65	$19.86 – $31.18	Good
Halifax	Nova Scotia	$23.15	$19.62 – $26.10	Good
Campbellton--Miramichi	New Brunswick	$23.87	$23.00 – $29.88	Moderate
Moncton--Richibucto	New Brunswick	$25.72	$20.61 – $32.16	Moderate
Saint John--St. Stephen	New Brunswick	$25.00	$20.00 – $34.00	Moderate
Fredericton--Oromocto	New Brunswick	$25.39	$20.22 – $29.46	Moderate
Edmundston--Woodstock	New Brunswick	$24.31	$21.00 – $26.50	Moderate
Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Quebec	$27.23	$21.83 – $30.39	Limited
Bas-Saint-Laurent	Quebec	$28.16	$22.03 – $33.45	Moderate
Capitale-Nationale	Quebec	$27.76	$20.35 – $31.74	Good
Chaudière-Appalaches	Quebec	$27.00	$25.00 – $30.00	Good
Estrie	Quebec	$25.50	$24.98 – $34.00	Good
Centre-du-Québec	Quebec	$27.22	$21.31 – $32.10	Limited
Montérégie	Quebec	$25.00	$21.50 – $37.00	Good
Montréal	Quebec	$25.00	$23.00 – $35.00	Moderate
Laval	Quebec	$25.86	$20.00 – $40.00	Moderate
Lanaudière	Quebec	$28.00	$24.09 – $39.74	Moderate
Laurentides	Quebec	$27.65	$22.44 – $33.46	Moderate
Outaouais	Quebec	$26.25	$23.00 – $38.00	Moderate
Abitibi-Témiscamingue	Quebec	$29.17	$22.07 – $35.04	Moderate
Mauricie	Quebec	$25.00	$20.00 – $25.00	Good
Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean	Quebec	$28.00	$23.00 – $34.38	Moderate
Côte-Nord	Quebec	$26.00	$22.90 – $32.00	Moderate
Nord-du-Québec	Quebec	Not published	Not published	Moderate
Ottawa	Ontario	$28.96	$22.83 – $36.35	Moderate
Kingston--Pembroke	Ontario	$28.82	$25.00 – $48.00	Moderate
Muskoka--Kawarthas	Ontario	$28.25	$21.64 – $37.20	Moderate
Toronto	Ontario	$28.00	$25.00 – $31.80	Moderate
Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie	Ontario	$28.65	$22.74 – $35.42	Moderate
Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula	Ontario	$29.72	$25.00 – $32.07	Moderate
London	Ontario	$29.50	$26.00 – $33.00	Good
Windsor--Sarnia	Ontario	$29.50	$21.00 – $44.00	Limited
Stratford--Bruce Peninsula	Ontario	$28.74	$22.73 – $34.16	Moderate
Northeast	Ontario	$26.50	$21.00 – $30.00	Moderate
Northwest	Ontario	$28.31	$22.79 – $35.62	Moderate
Southeast	Manitoba	$24.50	$19.75 – $30.89	Moderate
Southwest	Manitoba	$26.44	$22.00 – $30.00	Moderate
Winnipeg	Manitoba	$26.70	$20.92 – $32.03	Moderate
Interlake	Manitoba	$26.86	$21.79 – $32.84	Moderate
Parklands	Manitoba	$22.56	$17.52 – $26.39	Undetermined
Regina--Moose Mountain	Saskatchewan	$28.00	$21.00 – $35.00	Good
Swift Current--Moose Jaw	Saskatchewan	$28.00	$22.25 – $32.28	Good
Saskatoon--Biggar	Saskatchewan	$27.64	$22.00 – $32.00	Good
Yorkton--Melville	Saskatchewan	$28.00	$23.00 – $32.00	Undetermined
Prince Albert	Saskatchewan	$28.00	$19.40 – $36.00	Good
Northern	Saskatchewan	Not published	Not published	Good
Lethbridge--Medicine Hat	Alberta	$28.92	$27.00 – $32.77	Moderate
Camrose--Drumheller	Alberta	$30.37	$24.42 – $34.89	Moderate
Calgary	Alberta	$31.05	$23.35 – $35.88	Moderate
Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House	Alberta	$31.24	$25.20 – $39.28	Moderate
Red Deer	Alberta	$31.87	$25.92 – $37.73	Limited
Edmonton	Alberta	$31.13	$24.29 – $36.40	Moderate
Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River	Alberta	$31.76	$26.00 – $38.22	Moderate
Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake	Alberta	$32.74	$28.07 – $43.99	Limited
Vancouver Island and Coast	British Columbia	$32.00	$26.70 – $38.70	Moderate
Lower Mainland	British Columbia	$30.00	$25.00 – $38.00	Moderate
Thompson--Okanagan	British Columbia	$30.93	$24.08 – $35.62	Limited
Kootenay	British Columbia	$29.15	$24.06 – $33.92	Limited
Cariboo	British Columbia	$31.34	$25.08 – $36.35	Moderate
North Coast	British Columbia	$30.05	$25.19 – $35.67	Limited
Nechako	British Columbia	Not published	Not published	Limited
Northeast	British Columbia	$32.03	$28.84 – $38.43	Limited

Job Bank rates employment prospects for each occupation in each economic region from very good to very limited over 2025–2027, and says “undetermined” where it has not got enough to rate. It is an assessment of prospects, not a count of vacancies.

The estimates on this page come from Labour Force Survey (2023-2024) · Small Area Estimation (2024) · Employment Insurance Survey Data (2023-2024).

Job Bank publishes an estimate for 24,364 of the 44,376 occupation-and-place pairs in this release. The rest are suppressed rather than modelled, and appear here as not published.

Wage estimates from the 2025 Wages release, revised 19 November 2025; employment outlooks from 2025-2027 Employment Outlooks - NOC 2021, released 8 December 2025. Both are updated annually. Estimates for different regions come from different surveys, so comparing two regions is exactly as sound as Job Bank’s own regional comparison and no more.

Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank wages; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank 3-year employment outlooks. 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.