NOC 2021 · 72203 · TEER 2
Electrical power line and cable workers
Unit group 72203 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Electrical power line and cable workers construct, maintain and repair overhead and underground electrical power transmission and distribution systems. They are employed by electric power generation, transmission and distribution companies, electrical contractors and public utility commissions. 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 line maintainer - electric power systems
- apprentice lineman/woman - electric power systems
- apprentice power line repairer
- assistant transmission lineman/woman - electric power systems
- cable installer - electric power systems
- cable installer - electrical power
- cable installer and repairer - electric power systems
- cable jointer - electric power systems
- cable line worker - electric power systems
- cable repairer - electric power systems
- cable splicer - electric power systems
- cable splicer - electrical power
- cableman/woman - electric power systems
- conduit installer - electric power systems
- construction lineman/woman - electric power systems
- construction lineman/woman - electrical power line
- distribution construction lineman
- electric meter installer - electric power systems
- electric meter setter - electric power systems
- electrical cable splicer - electric power systems
- emergency line repairer - electric power systems
- emergency servicer - electric power systems
- high voltage lineman/linewoman
- high voltage lineman/woman - electric power systems
- high-voltage maintenance lineman/woman
- high-voltage power line patroller - electric power systems
- high-voltage tower lineman/woman
- lead lineman/woman - electric power systems
- lead lineman/woman - electricity production and transmission
- lead splicer - electric power systems
- line checker - electric power systems
- line installation trainee - electric power systems
- line maintainer - electric power systems
- line patroller - electric power systems
- line repairer - electric power systems
- line servicer - electric power systems
- lineman/woman - electric power systems
- lineman/woman - electric streetcar
- lineman/woman trainee - electric power systems
- lineman/woman trainee - electricity production and transmission
- lineworker - electrical power systems
- maintenance lineman/woman - electric power systems
- meter installer - electric power systems
- power line maintainer - electric power systems
- power line patroller
- power line repairer - electric power systems
- power lineman/woman
- power lineman/woman - electricity production and transmission
- powerline technician
- repair lineman/woman - electric power systems
- service lineman/woman - electric power systems
- streetlight repairer
- streetlight repairer - electric power systems
- streetlight serviceman/woman - electric power systems
- streetlight servicer - electric power systems
- tower line maintainer - electric power systems
- tower lineman/woman - electric power systems
- traffic light repairer
- transmission lineman/woman - electric power systems
- underground cable splicer - electric power systems
- underground lineman/woman - electric power systems
- wire splicer - electric power systems
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.