NOC 2021 · 83120 · TEER 3
Fishing masters and officers
Unit group 83120 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Fishing masters and officers manage and operate saltwater and freshwater fishing vessels greater than 100 gross tonnes to pursue and land fish and other marine life. They are employed by establishments engaged in operating commercial fishing vessels.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- factory freezer trawler captain
- fishing master
- fishing vessel boatswain
- fishing vessel bo'sun
- fishing vessel captain
- fishing vessel deck officer
- fishing vessel first mate
- fishing vessel master
- fishing vessel mate
- fishing vessel navigation officer
- fishing vessel second mate
- offshore fishing vessel captain
- trawler captain
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.