NOC 2021 · 72201 · TEER 2
Industrial electricians
Unit group 72201 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Industrial electricians install, maintain, test, troubleshoot and repair industrial electrical equipment and associated electrical and electronic controls. They are employed by electrical contractors and maintenance departments of factories, plants, mines, shipyards and other industrial establishments. 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.
- apprentice industrial electrician
- apprentice marine electrician
- diesel electrician - railway
- electric signal repairer - railway
- electrical repairer - crane maintenance
- electrician - rail transport
- industrial electrical repairer
- industrial electrician
- industrial electrician apprentice
- industrial electrician lead hand
- journeyman/woman industrial electrician
- machine shop electrical repairer
- maintenance electrician - industrial
- marine electrician
- marine equipment electrician
- marine wireman/woman
- mill electrician
- mine electrician
- plant electrician
- plant maintenance electrician
- railway signal installer
- railway signal maintainer
- rig electrician
- ship's electrician
- ship's electrician - shipbuilding and repair
- ship's electrician - water transport
- shipyard electrician
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.