NOC 2021 · 21111 · TEER 1
Forestry professionals
Unit group 21111 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Forestry professionals conduct research, develop plans and administer and direct programs related to the management and harvesting of forest resources. They are employed by the forest industry, provincial and federal governments, consulting companies, educational institutions and other industries, or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- appraisal forester
- consulting forester
- Crown lands forester
- district forester
- extension forester
- forest engineer
- forest nursery forester
- forester
- industrial forester
- operations forester
- parks and recreation forester
- private lands forester
- professional forester
- project forester
- regional forest inventory officer
- regional inventory officer - forestry
- registered professional forester (RPF)
- research forester
- superintendent - forestry
- unit forester
- urban forester
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.