NOC 2021 · 75210 · TEER 5
Boat and cable ferry operators and related occupations
Unit group 75210 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Boat and cable ferry operators and workers in related occupations operate lock gates, bridges and similar equipment along canal systems and operate cable ferries and ferry terminals. This unit group also includes boat operators, and owner-operators, who operate small motorboats or watercraft to transport passengers or freight. They are employed by the federal government, cable ferry companies, ferry terminals, marine companies and canal, port or harbour authorities. Owner-operators of small boats are self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- barge captain
- barge operator
- beachcomber
- bridge attendant - canal lock systems
- bridge keeper - lock system
- bridgemaster
- bridgemaster - lock systems
- cable ferry deckhand
- cable ferry operator
- canal lock operator
- canal lock tender
- canal lockman/woman
- charter boat captain
- charter boat master
- charter boat operator
- dry dock worker - shipbuilding
- ferry terminal attendant
- ferry terminal worker
- launch captain
- launch master
- launch operator
- launch owner-operator
- lighthouse keeper
- lineshandler - canal lock system
- linesman/woman - canal lock system
- loading bridge operator
- loading bridge operator - ferry
- lock operator
- lockmaster
- manual cable ferry operator
- motor boat operator
- motor launch operator
- motorboat captain
- motorboat operator
- power cable ferry operator
- reaction ferry operator
- repair ship owner-operator
- scow captain
- scow operator
- sightseeing boat captain
- sightseeing boat master
- sightseeing boat operator
- small craft operator
- water bus captain
- water bus master
- water bus operator
- water taxi captain
- water taxi master
- water taxi operator
- workboat operator
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.