National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2006

H - Trades, Transport and Equipment Operators and Related Occupations

Occupations in this broad occupational category are primarily concerned with contracting, supervising and doing trades work; and supervising and operating transportation equipment and heavy equipment.

H8 - Trades Helpers, Construction and Transportation Labourers and Related Occupations

Occupations in this major group are primarily concerned with assisting trades persons and performing manual work at construction sites; performing a variety of labouring activities to maintain sidewalks, streets, roads and similar areas; transferring cargo onto and from ships; handling, moving, loading and unloading materials; performing labouring tasks to assist track maintenance workers and railway yard workers or motor transport operators; and performing labouring activities not elsewhere classified to assist trades persons.

H81 - Longshore Workers and Material Handlers

Occupations in this minor group are primarily concerned with transferring cargo onto and from ships and other vessels and around dock areas; and with handling, moving, loading and unloading materials by hand or by using a variety of material handling equipment.

H811 - Longshore Workers

Longshore workers transfer cargo throughout dock area and onto and from ships and other vessels. They are employed by marine cargo handling companies, shipping agencies and shipping lines.

• Example Titles

  • barge loader
  • boat loader
  • dock hand
  • dockerman / woman - marine cargo handling
  • dockworker
  • dockworker - marine cargo handling
  • longshore worker
  • longshore worker and tower-loader operator
  • longshoreman / woman
  • ship loader operator
  • shiploader operator
  • stevedore
  • stower
  • tanker loader
  • tanker loader - marine cargo handling
  • tankerman / woman - marine cargo handling
  • tower-loader operator - marine cargo handling
  • wharfman / woman - marine cargo handling

• Exclusion

  • Longshore workers operating cranes (See H621 Crane Operators)
  • Material handlers that load trucks and trains, and are not involved in loading and unloading ships (See H812 Material Handlers)
  • Persons that load or unload baggage or freight into or out of aircraft (See H737 Air Transport Ramp Attendants)

H812 - Material Handlers

This unit group includes workers who handle, move, load and unload materials by hand or using a variety of material handling equipment. They are employed by transportation, storage and moving companies, and by a variety of manufacturing and processing companies and retail and wholesale warehouses.

• Example Titles

  • ash handler
  • attendant, used building materials yard
  • automated storage and retrieval system operator
  • automatic pallet equipment operator
  • bandoleer packer - explosives manufacturing
  • belt conveyor attendant
  • beltman / woman
  • bin attendant
  • bin filler
  • binman / woman
  • box bander
  • box filler
  • boxcar loader
  • bucket elevator operator
  • bulk materials carrier operator
  • bulk materials loader operator
  • bulk materials unloader
  • bundler, hand
  • car loader, railway
  • carrier operator, bulk materials
  • cement loader and sacker
  • coal conveyor operator
  • coal conveyor operator - surface mining
  • coal dumper
  • coal handler
  • coal loader-unloader
  • coal wheeler
  • coal-moving equipment operator
  • conveyor belt attendant
  • conveyor belt operator (except underground mines)
  • conveyor belt patroller-controller
  • conveyor console operator
  • conveyor operator - material handling (except underground mines)
  • conveyor operator, grain
  • conveyor tender - material handling (except underground mines)
  • cribber - grain elevator
  • disposal worker - warehouse
  • dockman / woman - truck transport
  • dumper - material handling
  • dumper - surface coal mining
  • electric dolly operator
  • electric mule operator
  • electric truck operator
  • explosives handler
  • explosives packer
  • express service handler (except air transport)
  • facilities porter
  • fats and oils loader
  • feed mill loader
  • forklift operator
  • forklift truck operator
  • freight car loader
  • freight car unloader
  • freight handler (except air transport)
  • freight loader (except air transport)
  • freight unloader (except air transport)
  • furniture loader-unloader
  • furniture mover
  • glass cut-off machine unloader
  • grain conveyor operator
  • grain handler
  • grain weigher
  • hand bagger - material handling
  • hand bundler
  • hand packager
  • hand packer, sacks - material handling
  • hand sacker - material handling
  • hand truck operator
  • handler, explosives
  • handler, freight (except air transport)
  • handler, grain
  • handler, heavy materials
  • handler, light materials
  • handler, materials
  • handler, materials - manufacturing and warehousing
  • handler, recycled paper
  • heavy materials handler
  • helper, stock
  • helper, stock-keeper
  • helper, warehouse keeper
  • household goods mover
  • industrial truck operator
  • jack lift operator
  • jigger operator, supermarket
  • jitney driver - material handling
  • labourer - material handling
  • labourer - warehousing and storage
  • lift driver
  • lift jack operator
  • lift scoop operator
  • lift truck operator
  • light materials handler
  • liquids loader-unloader
  • loader operator, bulk materials
  • loader, fats and oils
  • loader, freight (except air transport)
  • loader, railway car
  • loader, ready-mix trucks
  • loader, tank trucks
  • loader, trucks
  • loader-unloader - material handling
  • loader-unloader, furniture
  • loader-unloader, liquids
  • lumber handler - building supplies
  • lumber piler - building supplies
  • lumber stocker - material handling
  • lumber unloader - material handling
  • malthouse worker
  • material handler
  • material handler - manufacturing and warehousing
  • Mobilift operator
  • munitions handler
  • operator, coal-moving equipment
  • operator, conveyor - material handling (except underground mines)
  • operator, conveyor belt (except underground mines)
  • operator, forklift
  • operator, forklift truck
  • operator, grain conveyor
  • operator, hand truck
  • operator, lift truck
  • operator, pallet lift
  • operator, pallet truck
  • operator, reach truck
  • operator, stacker - material handling
  • operator, straddle carrier
  • operator, straddle truck
  • operator, tier lift truck
  • package lift operator
  • packer - material handling
  • pallet lift operator
  • pallet loader operator
  • pallet truck operator
  • palletizer operator
  • paper wrapper - material handling
  • pick-up machine operator
  • piler - material handling
  • piler (except processing)
  • pole distributor operator
  • pole stacker operator
  • porter, facilities
  • power truck driver - material handling
  • railway car loader
  • reach truck operator
  • ready-mix truck loader
  • recycled paper handler
  • sack packer, hand - material handling
  • shingle piler - material handling
  • shipment assembler
  • skidder - fruit packing
  • stacker - material handling
  • stacker operator - material handling
  • stacking machine operator - material handling
  • stacking machine tender - material handling
  • stock helper
  • stock-keeper helper
  • stockpiler
  • storage man / woman
  • storage worker - material handling
  • straddle carrier operator
  • straddle truck operator
  • supermarket jigger operator
  • tank truck loader
  • tender, conveyor - material handling (except underground mines)
  • tender, stacking machine - material handling
  • tier lift truck operator
  • tipman / woman - surface coal mining
  • tow motor driver (except air transport)
  • truck load weigher
  • truck loader
  • unloader, glass cut-off machine
  • used building materials yard attendant
  • van loader
  • warehouse keeper helper
  • warehouse worker - material handling
  • warehouseman / woman
  • warehouseperson
  • weigher, truck loads
  • wrapper, paper - material handling
  • yard attendant, used building materials

• Exclusion

  • Persons that load or unload baggage or freight into or out of aircraft (See H737 Air Transport Ramp Attendants)
  • Workers loading or unloading ships (See H811 Longshore Workers)