NOC 2021 · 85110 · TEER 5
Mine labourers
Unit group 85110 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Mine labourers carry out a variety of general labouring duties to assist in the extraction of coal, minerals and ore, and in other services in support of underground mining. They are employed by coal, metal and non-metallic mineral mines.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- chute puller
- coal sampler
- core cutter
- core splitter
- grizzly worker - underground mining
- labourer - mining exploration
- limestone spreader - underground mining
- mine check weigher
- mine helper
- mine helper - underground mining
- mine labourer
- miner helper - underground mining
- pipeworker helper - underground mining
- pit scaler - underground mining
- pit-scaler helper
- powder carrier - underground mining
- rock duster - underground mining
- shoveller - underground mining
- slate picker
- stone duster - underground mining
- timber and steel prop salvager
- timber and steel prop setter helper
- timbering and steel prop setting helper
- timberman/woman helper - underground mining
- underground helper - mining
- underground labourer - mining
- underground mine labourer
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.