NOC 2021 · 85120 · TEER 5
Logging and forestry labourers
Unit group 85120 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Logging and forestry labourers perform a variety of manual tasks such as attaching choker cables to logs, planting trees, clearing brush, spraying chemicals, cleaning up landing areas and assisting other workers in woodlands operations. They are employed by logging companies and contractors.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- boom man/woman
- boom worker
- boom worker - logging
- boom worker - mill pond
- cable hooker - logging
- choke setter - logging
- chokerman/woman
- chokerman/woman - logging
- forestry labourer
- log driver
- log rider
- logging and forestry labourer
- logging labourer
- pondman/woman
- pulpwood piler
- river driver
- seasonal swamper - logging
- seasonal swamper - logging forestry
- seasonal tree planter
- sprayer - logging and forestry
- swamper - logging and forestry
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.