NOC 2021 · 94110 · TEER 4
Chemical plant machine operators
Unit group 94110 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Chemical plant machine operators monitor and operate units and machinery to blend, mix, process and package a wide range of specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cleaning and toiletry products. They are primarily employed in chemical, cleaning compound, ink and adhesive industries, but may also be employed by chemical processing departments in other industries.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- acetylene plant attendant
- acid pumper - chemical processing
- acidulation plant tender
- asphalt coater - chemical processing
- asphalt heater tender
- asphalt plant dryer tender
- asphalt roofing material mixer
- asphalt roofing materials inspector
- autoclave operator - chemical processing
- backing-in machine tender
- batch mixer - chemical processing
- batch still operator
- battery acid adjuster
- battery paste maker
- battery paste mixer
- black powder grainer and glazier tender
- black powder press tender
- bleaching solution maker
- blender - chemical processing
- blender operator - chemical processing
- cadmium liquor maker
- calciner tender
- capsule filler - chemical processing
- capsule machine operator - chemical processing
- capsule machine operator
- carbon black pelletizer
- carbon paste mixer operator
- cellulose film caster - chemical processing
- cellulose film dry-end tender
- cellulose film rewinder
- cellulose film wet-end tender
- centrifugal separator tender - chemical processing
- centrifuge tender - chemical processing
- charcoal burner
- chemical plant machine operator
- chemical processing machine operator
- chiller operator - chemical processing
- chiller tender - chemical processing
- cleaning compounds mixer
- coating compounds mixer - chemical processing
- coating machine operator - chemical processing
- coating machine tender - chemical processing
- coke by-products pump operator - chemical processing
- colour grinder tender - chemical processing
- colour matcher - chemical processing
- colourant weigher and mixer - chemical processing
- composition mixer - chemical processing
- compounder - chemical processing
- cooker - chemical processing
- cosmetics and perfume maker
- crusher tender - chemical processing
- crutcher operator - chemical processing
- crystallizer tender - chemical processing
- dehydrating press tender - chemical processing
- detergent and powdered soap screener-perfumer
- devulcanizer tender
- digester operator - chemical processing
- distiller operator - soda ash processing
- drug and toilet goods weigher
- dry explosive mixer
- Dry Ice maker
- dryer operator - chemical processing
- dryer tender - chemical processing
- dryhouse attendant - chemical processing
- dye maker
- electrode oven operator
- evaporator operator - chemical processing
- explosive primers dryhouse tender - chemical processing
- explosives mixer tender
- explosives mixer
- fertilizer mixer
- fibreglass binder mixer
- filter press tender - chemical processing
- flaker tender - chemical processing
- formulations blender operator - chemical processing
- furnace cooler - chemical processing
- fuse maker - chemical processing
- glue blender - chemical processing
- glue blender
- graining press operator - chemical processing
- granulator machine operator - chemical processing
- grinder tender - chemical processing
- hydrator operator
- ink matcher
- ink purifier
- insecticide mixer
- kettle operator - chemical processing
- kettle tender - chemical processing
- lacquer maker
- latex coagulation operator
- latex compounder
- lead oxide maker - chemical processing
- lead oxide mill tender - chemical processing
- light-oil extractor operator
- linoleum oil oxidizer
- liquefied gas drum filler
- loading inspector - chemical processing
- match head maker
- mercury recoverer - chemical processing
- mill roll tester - chemical processing
- mill tender - chemical processing
- mixer - chemical processing
- mixer operator - chemical processing
- mixer tender - chemical processing
- moulder - chemical processing
- neutralizer
- nitrocellulose dryer tender
- nitrocellulose finisher
- nitrocellulose screener and weigher
- nitroglycerine neutralizer
- odorization technician - chemical processing
- oil bleacher
- orthophosphate wet mix operator
- packaging machine operator - chemical processing
- paint maker
- paint mixer - chemical processing
- paradichlorobenzene equipment tender
- perfume maker
- pesticide formulation blender operator
- pesticide mixer
- phenol extractor operator
- phosphoric acid extractor
- photographic chemical liquid mixer
- plastics pelletizer
- plodder operator
- powder blender - chemical processing
- precipitator operator - chemical processing
- print colour mixer - chemical processing
- pulverizer and sifter tender - chemical processing
- reagent mixer - cellulose film manufacturing
- recausticizer tender
- recausticizer
- recovery equipment operator - chemical processing
- recovery vat tender
- ring furnace operator
- saturating machine tender - chemical processing
- saturator machine operator - chemical processing
- scratcher tender - chemical processing
- screener - chemical processing
- sealant operator - chemical processing
- separation press tender
- settler-filterer - chemical processing
- shredding machine tender - chemical processing
- slabbing machine operator - chemical processing
- soap boiler
- soap chipper
- soap cutter and stamper
- soap flake dryer operator
- soap maker
- soda dialyzer
- soda solution maker
- soda solution mixer
- solution mixer - chemical processing
- solvent recovery tender - chemical processing
- spinneret pack preparer - chemical processing
- splash line tender
- spray dryer tender - chemical processing
- still tender
- sulphonator operator - chemical processing
- sulphonator
- textile treatment solution mixer
- tinter - chemical processing
- tital liquor plant operator
- toiletries moulder and compressor - chemical processing
- tower operator - soap
- tracer powder blender
- varnish maker
- vinyl and asbestos-blending machine tender
- vinyl fabrics inspector
- viscose filter operator
- viscose maker
- viscose solution mixer
- wallpaper colour mixer helper
- washer and dryer - chemical processing
- wash-house and recovery equipment operator - chemical processing
- wax bleacher
- weigher - chemical processing
- white lead mixer
- wood distillation and charcoal distiller
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
$25.48 an hour
Low $18.44, high $40.00
Where it pays most
- Camrose--Drumheller · Alberta$32.69
- Edmonton · Alberta$32.69
- Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River · Alberta$32.69
- Saint John--St. Stephen · New Brunswick$30.70
- Mauricie · Quebec$29.75
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 | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $29.83 | $22.73 – $48.49 | Undetermined |
| Quebec | $27.00 | $19.00 – $40.00 | Good |
| Ontario | $24.04 | $17.85 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $22.00 | $19.00 – $38.92 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Alberta | $32.69 | $21.00 – $60.10 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $22.00 | $18.47 – $28.65 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 35 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $30.70 | $22.40 – $46.55 | Undetermined |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $29.12 | $22.06 – $35.96 | Good |
| Estrie | Quebec | $27.28 | $19.28 – $32.71 | Good |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $27.75 | $22.02 – $34.96 | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $27.00 | $19.50 – $38.00 | Good |
| Montréal | Quebec | $27.02 | $19.77 – $38.88 | Good |
| Laval | Quebec | $28.85 | $20.83 – $39.06 | Good |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $29.44 | $21.94 – $37.10 | Good |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $28.54 | $21.85 – $38.35 | Good |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $29.75 | $19.83 – $40.78 | Good |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $26.98 | $21.12 – $35.13 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $24.61 | $19.64 – $30.49 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $23.00 | $17.85 – $33.65 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $25.48 | $19.00 – $33.75 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $25.11 | $17.60 – $32.00 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $22.00 | $19.00 – $38.92 | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $24.00 | $20.00 – $24.00 | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $32.69 | $21.00 – $60.10 | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $32.69 | $21.00 – $60.10 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $32.69 | $21.00 – $60.10 | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $22.00 | $18.47 – $28.65 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Good |
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) · Employment Insurance Survey Data (2023-2024).
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.