NOC 2021 · 94124 · TEER 4
Woodworking machine operators
Unit group 94124 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
Caution: Express Entry’s programs draw from TEER 0 to 3, so this group is outside them. Provincial streams and other programs have their own rules.
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What this group covers
Woodworking machine operators set up, program and operate one or more woodworking machines to fabricate or repair wooden parts for furniture, fixtures or other wood products. They are employed in furniture, fixture and other wood products manufacturing establishments.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- adzing and boring machine operator
- automatic nailing machine operator - woodworking
- automatic shaper operator - woodworking
- band resaw operator - woodworking
- band ripsaw operator - woodworking
- band saw operator - woodworking
- band saw tender - woodworking
- band scroll saw operator - woodworking
- banding machine tender - woodworking
- band-sawing machine tender - woodworking
- barrel assembler
- barrel cooper - woodworking
- barrel end machine tender - woodworking
- barrel end sawyer
- barrel heading sawyer
- basket machine operator - woodworking
- belt sander - woodworking
- belt sander operator - woodworking
- bench machine operator - woodworking
- billiard cue maker
- borer - woodworking
- boring machine operator - woodworking
- bowl blank boring and finishing machine operator
- box blank repairer - woodworking
- briar-bowl turner - woodworking
- bucket chucker - woodworking
- bucket lathe operator
- carver operator - woodworking
- carving machine operator - woodworking
- cask maker
- chair leveler - woodworking
- chair seat planer tender
- chucking and boring machine operator - woodworking
- chucking machine operator - woodworking
- circular saw operator - woodworking
- clamping machine tender - woodworking
- clean-up sander - woodworking
- cleat notcher - woodworking
- cold press tender - woodworking
- computer numerically controlled (CNC) band saw operator
- computer numerically controlled (CNC) woodworking machine tool operator
- computerized panel saw tender
- computerized panel saw tender - woodworking
- contour sander operator - woodworking
- cooper header - woodworking
- cooper header operator - wood
- cooper operator - woodworking
- cooperage heading machine operator - woodworking
- cooperage heading sawyer
- cooperage setter-up - woodworking
- cooperage set-up man/woman - woodworking
- cooper's head-saw operator - woodworking
- copy lathe tender
- corrugated fastener driver - woodworking
- crosscut saw operator - woodworking
- croze machine operator - woodworking
- custom cue maker and repairer
- custom cue maker and repairman/woman
- cut-off saw operator - woodworking
- cylinder saw tender - woodworking
- cylinder-sander feeder - woodworking
- dado operator - woodworking
- dado saw operator - woodworking
- defect trimmer - woodworking
- desk sander - woodworking
- detail shaper - woodworking
- dimension planer operator - woodworking
- disk cutter - wood products
- door-hang machine operator - woodworking
- dovetail machine operator - woodworking
- dowel machine operator - woodworking
- dowel machine set-up operator - woodworking
- dowel machine tender
- dowel pointer - woodworking
- dowelling machine operator - woodworking
- dowelling machine set-up operator - woodworking
- dowelling machine tender - woodworking
- dowel-making machine operator - woodworking
- dowel-making machine set-up operator - woodworking
- dowel-making machine tender - woodworking
- drill operator - woodworking
- drill press operator - woodworking
- drum sander - woodworking
- drum sander operator - woodworking
- edge bander - woodworking
- edge bander operator - woodworking
- electronic gluing machine tender - woodworking
- embosser - woodworking
- embossing machine operator - woodworking
- embossing machine tender - woodworking
- end bore operator - woodworking
- end trimming and boring machine operator - woodworking
- end-boring machine operator - woodworking
- equalizer operator - woodworking
- facer operator - woodworking
- fastener-driver operator - woodworking
- finish planer operator - woodworking
- fluting machine operator - woodworking
- frame table operator - woodworking
- frazer - woodworking
- frazing machine operator - woodworking
- gang ripsaw operator - woodworking
- gang sawyer - woodworking
- glue jointer operator - woodworking
- glue machine operator - woodworking
- glue machine tender - woodworking
- glue-bonding machine operator - woodworking
- glue-bonding machine tender - woodworking
- groover - woodworking
- groover operator - woodworking
- grooving machine operator - woodworking
- gunstock checkerer
- gunstock fitter - woodworking
- gunstock shaper - woodworking
- hat block maker - woodworking
- hole saw tender - woodworking
- hoop-driver operator - woodworking
- hoop-driving machine operator - woodworking
- horizontal boring machine operator - woodworking
- horizontal resaw operator - woodworking
- hot press tender - woodworking
- hydraulic press tender - woodworking
- jigsaw operator - woodworking
- jointer - woodworking
- jointer operator - woodworking
- jointing machine operator - woodworking
- lacrosse stick bender - woodworking
- lacrosse stick gouger - woodworking
- lacrosse stick maker - woodworking
- lacrosse stick planer - woodworking
- lacrosse stick shaper - woodworking
- lag bolt machine tender - woodworking
- laminated bowl machine tender - woodworking
- laminating press tender - woodworking
- last remodeler - woodworking
- last repairman/woman - woodworking
- last trimmer - woodworking
- last turner - woodworking
- last-lathe tender - woodworking
- lathe operator - woodworking
- lathe sander - woodworking
- lathe turner - woodworking
- lay-out marker - woodworking
- leveller operator - woodworking
- line and frame pole worker - wood products
- looping machine tender - wood products manufacturing
- machine carver - woodworking
- machine jointer, panels - woodworking
- machine panel jointer - woodworking
- machine sander - woodworking
- mitre saw tender - woodworking
- mortiser operator - woodworking
- mortising machine operator - woodworking
- moulder - wood products manufacturing
- moulder - woodworking
- moulder operator - woodworking
- moulding cutter - wood products manufacturing
- moulding machine operator - woodworking
- nailing machine operator - woodworking
- notcher operator - woodworking
- notching saw operator - woodworking
- oar maker - woodworking
- oar shaper - woodworking
- overhead dado operator - woodworking
- packing trunk panel finisher - woodworking
- paddle maker - woodworking
- panel jointer machine tender - woodworking
- panel raiser operator - woodworking
- panel saw operator - woodworking
- pencil-grooving machine tender
- pencil-rounding machine tender
- pin maker - wood products manufacturing
- planer - woodworking
- planer feeder - woodworking
- planer operator - woodworking
- planer tender - woodworking
- plastic laminator - wood furniture manufacturing
- pole framer - wood products
- portable machine sander tender - woodworking
- portable sawer - woodworking
- power saw operator - woodworking
- profile shaper operator - woodworking
- radial-arm saw operator - woodworking
- resaw operator - woodworking
- rip and groove machine tender - woodworking
- ripsaw grader-operator - woodworking
- ripsaw matcher - woodworking
- ripsaw operator - woodworking
- rolling pin maker - woodworking
- rough mill operator - woodworking
- rough planer operator - woodworking
- router operator - woodworking
- saddle machine tender - woodworking
- salvage sawyer - woodworking
- sanding machine feeder - woodworking
- sash and door end matcher - woodworking
- saw operator - woodworking
- sawing machine operator - woodworking
- sawing machine tender - woodworking
- sawyer - woodworking
- scroll saw operator - woodworking
- shaper - wood products manufacturing
- shaper - woodworking
- shaper operator - woodworking
- shaver operator - woodworking
- shaver tender - woodworking
- shredder operator - woodworking
- shuttle finisher - woodworking
- shuttle maker - woodworking
- shuttle planer - woodworking
- shuttle shaper and tip inserter - woodworking
- slat picker - woodworking
- slat slicer - wood products
- small arms checkerer
- smoking pipe air hole driller
- smoking pipe burler - woodworking
- smoking pipe maker - woodworking
- smoking pipe sander
- smoking pipe sander - woodworking
- spindle carver operator - woodworking
- splitter - woodworking
- splitting machine operator cork
- squeezer tender - woodworking
- stave jointer - woodworking
- stave machine operator - woodworking
- stave sawyer - woodworking
- stitcher operator - woodworking
- stock cutter - woodworking
- stummel trimmer - woodworking
- stummel turner - woodworking
- surface planer operator - woodworking
- swing-type lathe operator - woodworking
- table top edger - woodworking
- table top laminator - woodworking
- tenoner operator - woodworking
- toothpick lathe operator
- toothpick-chopping machine tender
- treadle saw operator - woodworking
- trim saw operator - woodworking
- trimmer operator - woodworking
- trimming and boring machine operator - woodworking
- trimming machine operator - woodworking
- trunk panel finisher - woodworking
- turner - woodworking
- turning machine operator - woodworking
- turning sander tender - woodworking
- variety saw operator - woodworking
- veneer sander - woodworking
- vertical resaw operator - woodworking
- wobble saw operator - woodworking
- wood blank sawyer
- wood driller - woodworking
- wood lathe turner - woodworking
- wood products flarer
- wood products machine tender
- wood sander - woodworking
- wood saw operator - woodworking
- wood turner - woodworking
- wood turning lathe operator - woodworking
- wood-carving machine operator
- wooden barrel header - woodworking
- wooden barrel-header fitter - woodworking
- wooden stave turner - woodworking
- woodsawyer - woodworking
- wood-turning lathe operator - woodworking
- woodworking machine operator
- woodworking machine setter
- woodworking machine set-up operator
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
$22.00 an hour
Low $18.00, high $32.00
Where it pays most
- Thompson--Okanagan · British Columbia$26.93
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue · Quebec$25.22
- Lower Mainland · British Columbia$25.00
- Saskatoon--Biggar · Saskatchewan$24.93
- Edmonton · Alberta$24.92
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 | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $21.22 | $18.02 – $25.11 | Undetermined |
| Quebec | $21.70 | $18.00 – $28.00 | Limited |
| Ontario | $22.00 | $18.75 – $32.00 | Limited |
| Manitoba | $19.67 | $16.70 – $21.12 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $24.93 | $19.70 – $29.68 | Limited |
| Alberta | $23.72 | $19.06 – $31.94 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $25.00 | $22.00 – $36.00 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 42 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 | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $22.35 | $18.89 – $28.46 | Undetermined |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $21.04 | $18.41 – $24.87 | Undetermined |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $22.69 | $19.30 – $27.86 | Undetermined |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $22.71 | $19.24 – $27.03 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $21.25 | $18.00 – $25.55 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $22.06 | $17.75 – $27.04 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $22.90 | $19.34 – $25.86 | Limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $21.67 | $18.48 – $25.82 | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $21.07 | $18.27 – $25.69 | Limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $21.16 | $17.42 – $24.45 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $21.73 | $19.14 – $24.87 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $21.12 | $17.85 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $22.06 | $18.46 – $27.04 | Limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $24.39 | $20.87 – $29.36 | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $25.22 | $21.05 – $32.93 | Limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $20.53 | $18.20 – $26.05 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $24.22 | $20.22 – $31.03 | Limited |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $23.16 | $19.10 – $31.09 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $21.96 | $17.88 – $27.00 | Undetermined |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $21.49 | $18.23 – $25.81 | Undetermined |
| Toronto | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $22.76 | $18.60 – $28.19 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $22.97 | $18.78 – $32.56 | Limited |
| London | Ontario | $21.44 | $18.48 – $26.95 | Very limited |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $23.11 | $20.47 – $29.86 | Undetermined |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $22.88 | $19.85 – $28.32 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $24.66 | $18.89 – $32.70 | Undetermined |
| South Central | Manitoba | $19.01 | $17.20 – $21.51 | Very limited |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $20.45 | $17.57 – $22.23 | Undetermined |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $24.93 | $18.42 – $29.13 | Undetermined |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $24.37 | $19.86 – $29.36 | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $24.92 | $18.93 – $29.28 | Undetermined |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $25.00 | $22.00 – $27.00 | Limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $26.93 | $22.45 – $37.65 | 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.