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NOC 2021 · 65312 · TEER 5

Janitors, caretakers and heavy-duty cleaners

Unit group 65312 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.

Caution: Express Entry’s programs draw from TEER 0 to 3, so this group is outside them. Provincial streams and other programs have their own rules.

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What this group covers

Janitors, caretakers and heavy-duty cleaners clean and maintain the interior and exterior of commercial, institutional and residential buildings and their surrounding grounds. They are employed by office and apartment building management companies, condominium corporations, educational institutions, health care facilities, recreational and shopping facilities, religious, industrial and other establishments.

Example job titles

As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.

  • airport janitor
  • apartment building caretaker
  • apartment building concierge
  • building caretaker
  • building custodian
  • campground cleaner
  • church caretaker
  • construction campsite attendant
  • custodian
  • factory cleaner
  • heavy-duty cleaner
  • industrial cleaner
  • industrial plant cleaner
  • janitor
  • live-in caretaker
  • office building concierge
  • plant cleaner
  • school custodian
  • school janitor

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.