NOC 2021 · 72100 · TEER 2
Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors
Unit group 72100 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Machinists set up and operate a variety of machine tools to cut or grind metal, plastic or other materials to make or modify parts or products with precise dimensions. Machining and tooling inspectors inspect machined parts and tooling in order to maintain quality control standards. They are employed by machinery, equipment, motor vehicle, automotive parts, aircraft and other metal products manufacturing companies and by machine shops. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- aircraft engine parts machinist
- aircraft machinist
- apprentice automotive machinist
- apprentice machinist
- auto parts machine shop inspector
- automotive machinist
- aviation machinist
- ballistic laboratory machinist
- bench machinist
- computer numerical control (CNC) machinist
- computer-assisted machinist
- diesel engine machinist
- differential gear testing machinist
- dimensional inspector - machine shop
- electrical machinist
- experimental machinist
- firearms machining inspector
- firearms model maker machinist
- gear inspector-machinist
- gear tester-machinist
- general machinist
- journeyman/woman machinist
- machine shop charge hand
- machine shop inspector
- machined parts inspector
- machining and tooling inspector
- machining inspector
- machinist
- machinist apprentice
- maintenance machinist
- master machinist
- model maker machinist
- motion picture equipment machinist
- mould and core machinist
- mouldmaking machinist
- numerically controlled (NC) machinist
- precision machinist
- printing press machinist
- propeller inspector - machining
- prototype machinist
- set-up machinist
- tool and die inspector
- tool and gauge inspector
- tooling inspector
- toolroom inspector
- toolroom machinist
- turbine blade machinist
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.