NOC 2021 · 93101 · TEER 3
Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing
Unit group 93101 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Central control and process operators in petroleum, gas and chemical processing monitor and operate petroleum, petrochemical and chemical plants and monitor, adjust and maintain processing units and equipment in these plants. They are employed by petroleum and natural gas processing, pipeline and petrochemical companies and industrial, agricultural and specialty chemical and pharmaceutical companies.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- absorption operator
- absorption plant operator
- acid mixer operator
- acid plant operator
- alkylation chief operator
- alkylation operator
- alkylation tower tender
- alum-liquor plant operator
- ammonia plant operator
- antibiotics fermenter
- assistant operator - chemical processing
- batching chemical process operator
- batching process chief operator
- battery operator - oil and gas
- benzol agitator operator
- bitumen extraction plant operator
- bitumen upgrading plant operator
- boardman/woman - chemical processing
- brine equipment tender
- brine purification operator
- burner operator - petroleum
- catalytic conversion operator
- catalytic cracking unit operator
- caustic cell operator
- chemical process operator
- chemical process unit operator
- chemical processing chief technician
- chemical roaster
- chief operator - chemical processing
- chlor-alkali plant cell room operator
- chlorination plant operator
- chlorine plant operator
- coal gas exhaust operator
- coal tar distiller
- column operator - chemical processing
- compressor station operator - pipelines
- continuous process chief operator
- control panel operator - chemical processing
- controller - oil
- cracking plant operator
- desulphurizer operator
- desulphurizing unit operator
- dissolver-precipitator
- distillation equipment operator
- distillation operator
- explosives senior operator
- field contract operator - oil and gas
- filter operator - petroleum, gas and chemical processing
- fractionator operator
- fractionator operator - petroleum
- fuel gas treater
- gas control coordinator
- gas control operator
- gas controller
- gas dispatcher
- gas field operator
- gas field production operator
- gas liquefaction and regasification plant operator
- gas pipeline operator
- gas plant operator
- gas pressure regulator
- gas processing compressor operator
- gas processing controller
- gas recovery operator
- gasoline catalyst operator
- gas-treating unit operator
- glycerine refiner
- glycerine refinery operator
- grease maker
- heavy water chemical process operator
- hydrogen process plant operator
- lead operator - chemical processing
- liquefaction plant operator
- master operator - chemical processing
- naphthalene clarifier
- natural gas compressor operator
- nitric acid oxidation plant operator
- nitrocellulose maker
- nitroglycerine maker
- nitroglycerine nitrator operator
- nitroglycerine separator
- nitroglycerine separator operator
- oil blender
- oil controller
- oil dispatcher
- oil field production operator
- oil field pumper
- oil gauger
- oil movement controller
- oil movement coordinator
- oil pipeline operator
- oil refiner
- oil refinery process operator
- operating technician - chemical processing
- operations technician - chemical processing
- oxygen recovery plant operator
- panel operator - chemical processing
- petroleum blender
- petroleum distillation operator
- petroleum process operator
- petroleum refiner
- petroleum refinery operator
- petroleum treater
- petroleum unit operator
- pharmaceutical processing operator
- phosphate process fertilizer maker
- pilot plant tender
- pipeline compressor station operator
- pipeline gauger
- polymerization kettle operator
- polymerization unit operator
- power switchboard operator - chemical
- process control system operator
- process technician - chemical processing
- processing laboratory operator
- processing operator - chemical processing
- production operator - chemical processing
- propellant blender
- pump station operator - pipelines
- pumping station operator
- purification operator - chemical processing
- refinery operator
- refinery process technician
- rotary furnace tender - chemical processing
- senior operator - chemical processing
- sterile products processor - chemical processing
- sulphuric acid plant operator
- synthesis chief operator
- tank farm operator
- thermal acid equipment operator
- upgrader process operator - petroleum
- wet explosives mixer
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
$50.00 an hour
Low $28.00, high $67.64
Where it pays most
- Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake · Alberta$62.00
- Windsor--Sarnia · Ontario$60.00
- Northeast · British Columbia$57.66
- Red Deer · Alberta$56.87
- Prince Albert · Saskatchewan$56.27
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 | $48.08 | $41.00 – $67.00 | Moderate |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| New Brunswick | $42.82 | $22.12 – $54.95 | Limited |
| Quebec | $52.17 | $43.86 – $66.39 | Very limited |
| Ontario | $48.08 | $25.00 – $65.00 | Very limited |
| Manitoba | $49.30 | $23.00 – $56.00 | Very limited |
| Saskatchewan | $52.50 | $30.00 – $63.60 | Good |
| Alberta | $51.92 | $32.00 – $72.12 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $51.12 | $24.73 – $81.73 | Very 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 44 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $55.00 | $36.00 – $67.00 | Moderate |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $54.15 | $33.47 – $66.58 | Undetermined |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $49.11 | $30.94 – $53.73 | Undetermined |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $44.96 | $22.12 – $54.95 | Limited |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $52.17 | $43.86 – $66.39 | Undetermined |
| Estrie | Quebec | $52.17 | $43.86 – $66.39 | Undetermined |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $52.17 | $43.86 – $66.39 | Very limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $52.17 | $43.86 – $66.39 | Very limited |
| Laval | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $52.17 | $43.86 – $66.39 | Undetermined |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $48.08 | $25.00 – $65.00 | Undetermined |
| Toronto | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $48.08 | $25.00 – $65.00 | Limited |
| London | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $60.00 | $45.00 – $67.64 | Limited |
| Northeast | Ontario | $48.08 | $25.00 – $65.00 | Undetermined |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $49.30 | $23.00 – $56.00 | Undetermined |
| Southwest | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $52.00 | $30.00 – $63.60 | Moderate |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $52.50 | $30.00 – $63.60 | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $47.57 | $29.53 – $64.40 | Moderate |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $51.88 | $38.31 – $65.24 | Undetermined |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $56.27 | $35.58 – $79.65 | Undetermined |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $53.65 | $34.04 – $65.32 | Limited |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $53.02 | $33.43 – $65.78 | Limited |
| Calgary | Alberta | $54.26 | $32.79 – $73.20 | Limited |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $50.00 | $30.00 – $60.00 | Limited |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $56.87 | $35.28 – $74.39 | Limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $51.92 | $40.77 – $75.32 | Limited |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $50.00 | $30.00 – $60.00 | Limited |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $62.00 | $50.00 – $77.60 | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $51.12 | $24.73 – $81.73 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $51.12 | $24.73 – $81.73 | Very limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $54.58 | $35.21 – $74.91 | Limited |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $50.97 | $34.76 – $65.01 | Undetermined |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $56.12 | $39.45 – $75.93 | Limited |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $49.80 | $35.11 – $63.36 | Moderate |
| Nechako | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $57.66 | $38.13 – $82.65 | Moderate |
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 Labour Force Survey (2023-2024) · Small Area Estimation (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.