NOC 2021 · 75119 · TEER 5
Other trades helpers and labourers
Unit group 75119 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Other trades helpers and labourers assist skilled tradespersons and perform labouring activities in the installation, maintenance and repair of industrial machinery, refrigeration, heating and air conditioning equipment, in the maintenance and repair of transportation and heavy equipment, in the installation and repair of telecommunication and power cables and in other repair and service work settings. They are employed by a wide variety of manufacturing, utility and service companies.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- aerial spraying assistant
- aerial spraying lineman/woman
- air conditioning mechanic helper
- aircraft instrument mechanic helper
- aircraft mechanic helper
- automobile body repairer helper
- automobile bumper straightener
- automotive electrician helper
- automotive mechanic helper
- cable installation and repair helper - telecommunications
- cable installer helper
- cable repairer helper
- cable repairer helper - telecommunications
- cable splicer helper
- cableman/woman helper
- chainman/woman - land surveying
- chemical process equipment mechanic helper
- commercial air conditioning mechanic helper
- compassman/woman - land surveying
- construction equipment mechanic helper
- crawler track repairer helper
- diesel mechanic helper
- diver helper
- electric cable network installer helper
- electric cable splicer helper
- electric motor repairer helper
- electric power and wire communications labourer
- electrical mechanic helper
- elevator constructor helper
- elevator mechanic helper
- engine fitter helper
- factory maintenance mechanic helper
- factory or mill maintenance mechanic helper
- field mechanic helper
- fire equipment servicer helper
- furnace repairer helper
- gas meter repairer helper
- ground hand - telecommunications
- ground worker - power lines
- ground worker - telecommunications
- hand peat moss cutter
- heating and air conditioning mechanic helper
- heating and cooling mechanic helper
- heavy equipment mechanic helper
- industrial instrument repairer helper
- industrial machinery oiler
- industrial mechanic helper
- installer helper - telecommunications
- lineman/woman helper
- lineman/woman helper - power and communication lines
- liner replacer - ore-processing equipment
- lineworker helper
- machine mechanic-fitter helper
- marine electrician helper
- mechanic helper
- mechanic-fitter helper
- mechanic's helper - automotive
- mill mechanic helper
- millwright helper
- mobile equipment repairer helper
- mobile mechanic helper
- motor vehicle body repairer helper
- motor vehicle mechanic helper
- motorman/woman - offshore drilling rig
- oil burner maintainer helper
- oil burner mechanic helper
- oil burner technician helper
- ore-processing equipment repairer helper
- peat digger
- pipefitter helper - shipbuilding
- power cable system installer helper
- powered-machine or towed-machine repairer helper - construction
- powerhouse electrician helper
- powerhouse mechanical repairer helper
- powerhouse oiler
- protective signal servicer helper
- pump-installer and repairer helper
- railway car repairer helper
- refrigeration mechanic helper
- rig mechanic helper
- rodman/woman - land surveying
- sewing machine mechanic helper
- sewing machine repairer helper
- ship machinery installer helper
- shipbuilding electrician helper
- shipyard electrician helper
- small-engine mechanic helper
- splicer helper - telecommunications
- squeak, rattle and leak locator
- stakeman/woman - land surveying
- staker - detailer
- stationary engine oiler
- surveying and optical instruments repairer helper
- surveyor helper
- switchman/woman helper - telecommunications
- telephone cable splicer helper
- underground cable helper
- underground cable splicer helper
- utilities instrument mechanic helper
- utility pole installer
- window air conditioner repairer helper
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.
Across Canada
$24.00 an hour
Low $17.75, high $36.40
Where it pays most
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue · Quebec$29.00
- Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean · Quebec$27.00
- Côte-Nord · Quebec$26.50
- Capitale-Nationale · Quebec$25.32
- Chaudière-Appalaches · Quebec$25.00
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
| Where | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $20.00 | $16.00 – $28.00 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $21.00 | $16.50 – $27.04 | Undetermined |
| New Brunswick | $21.00 | $16.80 – $28.00 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $25.00 | $18.00 – $37.46 | Very limited |
| Ontario | $23.00 | $17.60 – $38.96 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $22.00 | $16.50 – $29.00 | Very limited |
| Saskatchewan | $22.92 | $15.35 – $33.50 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $23.00 | $18.00 – $32.00 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $25.00 | $19.00 – $36.50 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 37 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $21.00 | $17.00 – $28.00 | Undetermined |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $24.00 | $17.42 – $37.50 | Undetermined |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $23.00 | $19.00 – $30.00 | Very limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $25.32 | $19.00 – $43.00 | Very limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $25.00 | $18.00 – $37.46 | Very limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $25.00 | $18.00 – $37.00 | Limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $25.00 | $18.00 – $34.34 | Very limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $25.00 | $18.00 – $36.50 | Very limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $23.58 | $17.00 – $33.50 | Very limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $25.00 | $17.00 – $35.00 | Very limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $25.00 | $19.00 – $39.80 | Very limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $25.00 | $18.32 – $37.60 | Very limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $23.25 | $17.00 – $38.00 | Very limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $29.00 | $20.00 – $39.00 | Very limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $25.00 | $18.00 – $35.00 | Very limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $27.00 | $18.00 – $42.44 | Very limited |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $26.50 | $19.50 – $45.18 | Undetermined |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $23.00 | $17.60 – $35.48 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $23.00 | $17.60 – $38.96 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $24.00 | $17.85 – $44.23 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $23.00 | $17.60 – $43.36 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $22.00 | $17.75 – $32.95 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $23.00 | $17.60 – $38.96 | Undetermined |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $21.75 | $17.60 – $31.50 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $22.97 | $17.60 – $31.15 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $23.00 | $17.60 – $38.96 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $21.00 | $16.00 – $29.33 | Very limited |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $22.92 | $15.35 – $33.50 | Undetermined |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $23.00 | $18.00 – $32.00 | Undetermined |
| Calgary | Alberta | $23.00 | $17.50 – $30.00 | Limited |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $22.50 | $17.50 – $31.77 | Limited |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $24.00 | $20.00 – $31.00 | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $25.00 | $19.00 – $36.50 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $24.00 | $18.00 – $35.00 | Limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $25.00 | $20.00 – $34.72 | Undetermined |
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 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.