NOC 2021 · 94111 · TEER 4
Plastics processing machine operators
Unit group 94111 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Plastics processing machine operators set up and operate plastic mixing, calendering, extruding and moulding processing machines used in the manufacture of plastic parts and plastic products. They are employed by plastic products manufacturing companies.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- arch cushion press operator - plastic manufacturing
- bag machine operator
- bag-making machine operator - plastic manufacturing
- bakelite mixer operator - plastic manufacturing
- banbury mixer operator - plastic manufacturing
- banbury operator - plastic manufacturing
- blender operator - plastic manufacturing
- blow moulder operator - plastic manufacturing
- blow moulding machine operator - plastic manufacturing
- blow-moulding machine lead operator - plastic manufacturing
- blow-moulding process operator - plastic manufacturing
- cake press operator - plastic manufacturing
- calender operator - plastic manufacturing
- calender wind-up tender - plastic manufacturing
- calendering machine tender - plastic manufacturing
- caster - plastic manufacturing
- casting room operator - plastic manufacturing
- cellophane bag machine operator - plastic manufacturing
- cellophane bag maker - plastic manufacturing
- cellophane making worker - plastic manufacturing
- compression moulder - plastic manufacturing
- encapsulator - plastic manufacturing
- extruder operator - plastic manufacturing
- extruding machine operator - plastic manufacturing
- extrusion blow moulding operator
- extrusion machine operator - plastic manufacturing
- fibreglass machine operator - plastic manufacturing
- fibreglass moulder
- fibreglass-spraying machine operator
- flatbed press operator - plastic manufacturing
- foam plastic-producing machine operator
- foam plastic-spraying machine operator
- footwear presser - plastic manufacturing
- gel coat sprayer operator - plastic manufacturing
- grinder operator - plastic manufacturing
- heat-sealing machine tender - plastic manufacturing
- injection blow moulding processing operator
- injection molding set-up operator
- injection moulder - plastic manufacturing
- injection moulder operator - plastic manufacturing
- injection moulding operator - plastic manufacturing
- injection moulding processing operator
- injection operator - plastic manufacturing
- injection plastic moulder
- injection-moulding machine lead operator - plastic manufacturing
- injection-moulding machine operator - plastic manufacturing
- laminating machine tender - plastic manufacturing
- linoleum floor tile backer
- linoleum floor tile calender operator
- machine operator - plastic manufacturing
- machine operator - plastics processing
- machine set-up operator - plastic manufacturing
- mannequin moulder - plastic manufacturing
- moulder operator - plastic manufacturing
- multiple extruder operator - plastic manufacturing
- multi-roll calender operator - plastic manufacturing
- neoprene sprayer operator - plastic manufacturing
- pipe extrusion machine operator - plastic manufacturing
- plastic bag machine operator
- plastic bag maker operator
- plastic bag production machine operator
- plastic centrifugal caster
- plastic coagulating tank tender
- plastic coagulation operator
- plastic coagulator
- plastic compounder
- plastic compression moulder
- plastic extruder operator
- plastic film roll inspector
- plastic footwear moulder operator
- plastic mannequin moulder - plastic manufacturing
- plastic mixer operator
- plastic mould setter
- plastic pipe production worker
- plastic windshield processor
- plasticator operator
- plastic-extrusion operator
- plastic-fibre-extruding machine tender
- plastic-film extrusion machine operator
- plastic-pipe production machine operator
- plastic-pipe-extruder operator
- plastics and plastic products compounder
- plastics imprinting machine tender
- plastics machine operator
- plastics moulder
- plastics press operator
- plastics processing compounder
- plastics strainer operator
- plastics-blending machine tender
- plastics-moulding machine operator
- plastics-moulding machine setter
- plastic-spreading machine operator
- plastics-processing machine setter
- preform machine tender - plastic manufacturing
- press operator - plastic manufacturing
- pressure-sensitive coater operator - plastic manufacturing
- printing roller moulder - plastic manufacturing
- profile extrusion operator
- profile extrusion processing operator
- profile extrusion set-up operator
- roll operator - plastic manufacturing
- rotational moulding operator
- sheeter operator - plastic manufacturing
- shredder operator - plastic recycling
- shredding machine operator - plastic recycling
- skin-former machine tender - plastic manufacturing
- slitter operator - plastic manufacturing
- solution mixer operator - plastic manufacturing
- solvent mixer operator - plastic manufacturing
- synthetic marble production worker
- thermoforming operator
- vaporizer - plastic manufacturing
- wash line operator - plastic recycling
What it pays, and where it is hiring
Job Bank publishes a wage estimate and a three-year employment outlook for each occupation, region by region. Both are below as published — where an estimate is missing from the source it is missing here too, because the alternative is inventing one.
Across Canada
$23.00 an hour
Low $17.50, high $30.00
Where it pays most
- Saint John--St. Stephen · New Brunswick$27.07
- Regina--Moose Mountain · Saskatchewan$26.58
- Kingston--Pembroke · Ontario$25.15
- Moncton--Richibucto · New Brunswick$25.06
- Laval · Quebec$25.00
Economic regions only. A province’s figure is an average over the regions inside it, so including one would rank a province above its own best region and read as a finding.
By province and territory
| Where | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $23.38 | $19.39 – $26.85 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $24.55 | $18.16 – $30.01 | Undetermined |
| Quebec | $25.00 | $18.40 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $22.70 | $17.60 – $29.00 | Limited |
| Manitoba | $23.00 | $16.00 – $33.00 | Good |
| Saskatchewan | $26.43 | $21.66 – $31.51 | Undetermined |
| Alberta | $23.57 | $17.00 – $38.26 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $21.00 | $19.00 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 39 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $23.86 | $20.06 – $29.01 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $23.09 | $18.27 – $27.69 | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $23.20 | $18.64 – $29.32 | Undetermined |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $21.04 | $15.65 – $32.09 | Undetermined |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $25.06 | $17.40 – $34.03 | Undetermined |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $27.07 | $21.32 – $37.57 | Undetermined |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $23.84 | $19.18 – $26.98 | Undetermined |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $24.07 | $19.30 – $28.97 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $24.00 | $19.00 – $28.75 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $24.94 | $18.93 – $29.55 | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $23.60 | $19.76 – $28.00 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $22.95 | $18.02 – $28.71 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $25.00 | $20.89 – $31.00 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $23.16 | $18.32 – $29.32 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $24.75 | $20.22 – $31.96 | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $23.98 | $19.92 – $30.34 | Limited |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $25.15 | $20.45 – $33.64 | Limited |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $22.70 | $17.60 – $29.00 | Limited |
| Toronto | Ontario | $22.70 | $17.60 – $27.06 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $24.00 | $17.60 – $33.56 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $22.70 | $17.60 – $29.00 | Limited |
| London | Ontario | $22.70 | $17.60 – $29.00 | Limited |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $22.70 | $17.60 – $29.00 | Limited |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $22.70 | $17.60 – $29.00 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $22.70 | $17.60 – $29.00 | Undetermined |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $22.53 | $19.10 – $25.32 | Undetermined |
| South Central | Manitoba | $23.83 | $19.98 – $28.40 | Very good |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $23.00 | $16.00 – $33.00 | Good |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $23.99 | $19.40 – $32.43 | Undetermined |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $26.58 | $22.72 – $30.13 | Undetermined |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Calgary | Alberta | $23.57 | $17.00 – $38.26 | Limited |
| Red Deer | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $23.57 | $17.00 – $38.26 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $20.45 | $19.00 – $31.30 | Moderate |
Job Bank rates employment prospects for each occupation in each economic region from very good to very limited over 2025–2027, and says “undetermined” where it has not got enough to rate. It is an assessment of prospects, not a count of vacancies.
The estimates on this page come from Labour Force Survey (2023-2024) · Small Area Estimation (2024).
Job Bank publishes an estimate for 24,364 of the 44,376 occupation-and-place pairs in this release. The rest are suppressed rather than modelled, and appear here as not published.
Wage estimates from the 2025 Wages release, revised 19 November 2025; employment outlooks from 2025-2027 Employment Outlooks - NOC 2021, released 8 December 2025. Both are updated annually. Estimates for different regions come from different surveys, so comparing two regions is exactly as sound as Job Bank’s own regional comparison and no more.
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank wages; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank 3-year employment outlooks. 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.