NOC 2021 · 94132 · TEER 4
Industrial sewing machine operators
Unit group 94132 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Industrial sewing machine operators operate sewing machines to sew fabric, fur, leather or synthetic materials to produce or repair garments and other articles. They are employed in clothing, footwear, textile products, fur products and other manufacturing establishments and by furriers.
Example job titles
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- automatic basting sewing machine operator
- automatic sewing machine operator
- bag sewer - textile manufacturing
- basting machine operator - sewing
- binding machine operator - sewing
- binding sewing machine operator
- binding stitcher - footwear manufacturing
- blindstitch-sewing machine operator
- button stayer
- buttonhole finisher
- buttonhole machine operator
- buttonhole maker
- buttonhole stayer
- canvas goods sewing machine operator
- carpet binder
- carpet sewer
- closer - sewing
- closer sewing machine operator
- cloth mender
- commercial sewing machine operator
- domestic sewing machine operator
- double needle sewing machine operator
- double needle sewing machine stitcher
- drapery header
- drapery heading maker
- drapery sewer
- fabric mender
- fabric repairer
- factory hat sewer
- fancy stitch machine operator
- footwear sewer
- fur goods sewer
- fur sewer
- fur sewing machine operator
- garment braid maker - garment manufacturing
- garment braider - garment manufacturing
- garment mender - sewing
- glove stitcher
- hemmer machine operator - sewing
- industrial sewing machine operator
- joiner sewing machine operator
- leather bag sewer
- leather garment sewer
- leather garment sewing machine operator
- leather glove repairer
- leather products sewing machine operator
- leather sewer
- leather-glove-stitching machine operator
- leather-sewing machine operator
- lining sewer
- lining stitcher
- machine button sewer
- machine operator - garment manufacturing
- material mender
- moccasin sewer
- multineedle sewing machine operator
- overcaster - garment manufacturing
- overcasting machine operator
- overedging machine operator
- overlock sewing machine operator
- overseamer - garment manufacturing
- piping-sewing machine operator
- pocket setter
- profile-pocket sewing machine operator
- rug joiner
- rug sewer
- sample sewer
- serger - garment manufacturing
- serging machine operator
- sewer - garment manufacturing
- sewing machine operator
- shoe parts sewer
- shoe sewer
- shoe stitcher
- single-needle sewing machine operator
- slide-fastener-sewing machine operator
- slipper maker
- stitcher - garment manufacturing
- stitching machine operator - industrial sewing machine
- stocking stitcher
- tacking machine operator - sewing
- textile products mender
- textile products sewer
- tufted carpet mender
- underwear sewer
- vamp stitcher
- zipper-sewing machine 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.