NOC 2021 · 72106 · TEER 2
Welders and related machine operators
Unit group 72106 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Welders operate welding equipment to weld ferrous and non-ferrous metals. This unit group also includes machine operators who operate previously set up production welding, brazing and soldering equipment. They are employed by companies that manufacture structural steel and platework, boilers, heavy machinery, aircraft and ships and other metal products, and by welding contractors and welding shops, or they may be self-employed. 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.
- acetylene welder
- aircraft welder
- apprentice welder
- arc welder
- arc welder - pipeline
- assembler tack welder
- auto body solderer
- automated welding machine operator - flash butt process
- automatic welding machine operator
- aviation welding technician
- battery lead burner
- battery lead-burner operator
- blowtorch operator
- blowtorch welder
- boiler welder
- brazer
- brazer and hammerer
- brazing machine operator
- brazing machine setter
- cable welder
- combination welder
- dielectric welder
- downhand welder - pipeline
- drilling platform welder
- drilling rig welder
- electric arc welder
- electric spot welder
- electric spot welder operator
- electric spot-welding machine operator
- fabrication welder
- fit-up welder
- flame-brazing machine operator
- flame-brazing machine setter
- flash butt welder
- furnace brazer
- furnace solderer
- gas and arc welder
- gas brazer
- gas welder
- gas-shielded arc welder
- gas-shielded arc welding machine operator
- general welder
- hand arc welder
- hand electric arc welder
- hand resistance welder
- heliarc welder
- hot gas welder
- hydrogen braze furnace man/woman
- hydrogen braze furnace operator
- induction brazer operator
- induction solderer
- industrial welder
- iron brazer
- jig welder-fitter
- journeyman/woman welder
- laser beam machine-welder operator
- laser beam welder
- laser beam welding machine operator
- laser welding operator
- lead burner
- lead welder
- machine operator - welding, brazing and soldering
- machine type solderer
- machine welder
- maintenance welder
- mesh-welding machine operator
- metal brazier and heater
- metal inert gas (MIG) welder
- metal solderer
- metal straightener and heater
- metal welder
- oxyacetylene torch welder
- oxyacetylene welder
- oxyhydrogen welder
- pipeline welder
- portable spot welder
- precision welder
- pressure vessel welder
- production induction brazier
- production line solderer
- production line spot welder
- production line welder
- production spot welder
- production welder
- radio-frequency welder
- resistance brazer
- resistance seam welder
- resistance welder
- resistance welder tender
- resistance welder-setter
- resistance welding machine setter
- resistance welding set-up man/woman
- rig welder
- shielded-metal arc welder
- side seaming tender
- solderer
- solderer-dipper
- soldering machine operator
- spot resistance welder
- spot welder
- submerged arc welder
- submerged arc welding machine operator
- tack welder
- thermite welder
- tool and die welder
- torch brazer
- torch brazing machine setter
- torch welder
- tungsten inert gas (TIG) welder
- type-soldering machine tender
- vibration welder
- welder
- welder apprentice
- welder operator
- welder-assembler
- welder-fitter
- welding lay-out man/woman
- welding machine operator
- wire welder
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.