NOC 2021 · 75212 · TEER 5
Public works and maintenance labourers
Unit group 75212 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Public works and maintenance labourers perform a variety of labouring activities to maintain sidewalks, streets, roads and similar areas. They are employed by public works departments in all levels of government or by private contractors under contract to governments.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- casual worker - public works
- dumpman/woman
- garbage collector
- garbage receptacle maintainer
- garbage truck loader
- general labourer - public works
- helper - garbage collection
- highway line painter
- labourer - sanitary service
- labourer crew leader - public works
- line-painting machine operator - highways and roads
- maintenance labourer - public works
- manual sewer pipe cleaner
- manual sidewalk cleaner
- manual street cleaner
- manual street sweeper
- municipal elemental worker
- municipal general labourer
- municipal labourer
- parking meter collector
- playground maintenance man/woman
- public works labourer
- road maintenance worker
- road maintenance worker - public works
- sanitation man/woman
- sanitation worker
- seasonal worker - public works
- sewer maintenance worker
- sewer system maintenance worker
- sidewalk cleaner
- sidewalk snowplow operator
- sidewalk-cleaning equipment 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.