NOC 2021 · 22101 · TEER 2
Geological and mineral technologists and technicians
Unit group 22101 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Geological and mineral technologists and technicians provide technical support and services or may work independently in the fields of oil and gas exploration and production, geophysics, petroleum engineering, geology, mining and mining engineering, mineralogy, extractive and physical metallurgy, metallurgical engineering and environmental protection. They are employed by petroleum and mining companies, consulting geology and engineering firms, and by governments and educational institutions as well as by a variety of manufacturing, construction and utilities companies.
Example job titles
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- airborne geophysical equipment operator
- assayer
- assayer - mineralogy
- diamond drilling technician
- drilling fluid technician
- foundry laboratory technician
- geological engineering technician
- geological engineering technologist
- geological prospecting technologist
- geological survey technician
- geological technician
- geological technologist
- geology technical assistant
- geophysical data technician
- geophysical observer
- geophysical prospecting technologist
- geophysical survey technician
- geophysical survey technologist
- geophysical technician
- geophysical technologist
- geotechnician
- gold assayer
- gold prospector
- gravity data technician
- groundwater technologist
- heat treat technician
- hydrographic survey technician
- hydrographic survey technologist
- hydrological technician
- hydrology technician
- laboratory technician - metallurgy
- log analyst
- log technician
- magnetic observer
- marine geoscience technologist
- metallurgical control analyst
- metallurgical engineering technician
- metallurgical engineering technologist
- metallurgical technologist
- mine analyst
- mine development technologist
- mine production technician
- mine survey technician
- mine survey technologist
- mineral technician
- mineral technologist
- mineralogy technician
- mineralogy technologist
- mining engineering technician
- mining engineering technologist
- mining survey technician
- mining survey technologist
- mining technician
- mining technologist
- mud man/woman - petroleum drilling
- oil geology technologist
- ore technologist
- paleontology technician
- palynology technician
- petroleum engineering technician
- petroleum engineering technologist
- petroleum field technologist
- petroleum geology technologist
- petroleum technician
- petrology technician
- physical metallurgy technician
- physical metallurgy technologist
- precious metal assayer
- prospector
- reservoir engineering technician
- rock mechanics technician
- sea-bottom technologist
- sea-floor technologist
- seismic exploration line crew coordinator
- seismic exploration observer
- seismic prospecting observer
- seismic survey coordinator
- seismic technician
- seismology technician - petroleum geology
- seismology technologist - petroleum geology
- seismometer technician
- soil science technician - mining
- welding technician - mining
- welding technologist
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.