NOC 2021 · 73102 · TEER 3
Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers
Unit group 73102 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Plasterers apply finish, and maintain and restore plaster or similar materials, on interior and exterior walls, ceilings and building partitions to produce plain or decorative surfaces. Drywall installers and finishers install and finish drywall sheets and various types of ceiling systems. Lathers install support framework for ceiling systems, interior and exterior walls and building partitions. They are employed by construction companies and by plastering, drywalling and lathing contractors, 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.
- acoustic tile and drywall installer
- acoustic tile installer
- acoustical ceiling installer
- apprentice drywall applicator
- apprentice plasterer
- ceiling installer
- ceiling system installer
- drywall and acoustic mechanic
- drywall and ceiling system installer
- drywall and lather applicator
- drywall applicator
- drywall finisher
- drywall finisher apprentice
- drywall hanger
- drywall installer
- drywall installer and finisher
- drywall installer and finisher apprentice
- drywall installer lead hand
- drywall installer team leader
- drywall interior systems installer
- drywall mechanic
- drywall nailer
- drywall nailing person
- drywall taper
- exterior plasterer
- finish plasterer
- fireproofing applicator
- fireproofing plasterer
- gyproc applicator
- gypsum lather
- gypsum plasterboard applicator
- interior drywall installer
- interior drywall systems installer
- journeyman/woman drywall installer
- journeyman/woman lather
- journeyman/woman plasterer
- lather
- lather (interior systems mechanic)
- lather applicator
- lather apprentice
- metal lather
- moulding plasterer
- ornamental plasterer
- plasterer
- plasterer apprentice
- plasterer-decorator
- sheetrock applicator
- stucco lather
- stucco plasterer
- wall and ceiling installer
- wallboard installer
- wallboard taper
- wire lather
- wood lather
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.