NOC 2021 · 75100 · TEER 5
Longshore workers
Unit group 75100 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Longshore workers transfer cargo throughout dock area and onto and from ships and other vessels. They are employed by marine cargo handling companies, shipping agencies and shipping lines.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- barge loader
- boat loader
- dock hand
- dockerman/woman - marine cargo handling
- dockworker
- dockworker - marine cargo handling
- longshore worker
- longshore worker and tower-loader operator
- longshoreman/woman
- lumper - marine cargo handling
- ship loader operator
- shiploader operator
- stevedore
- stower
- tanker loader
- tanker loader - marine cargo handling
- tankerman/woman - marine cargo handling
- tower-loader operator - marine cargo handling
- wharfman/woman - marine cargo handling
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.