National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 Version 1.3

A

Statistics Canada's Trust Centre: Learn how Statistics Canada keeps your data safe and protects your privacy.

9617 - Labourers in food and beverage processing

Labourers in food and beverage processing perform material handling, clean-up, packaging and other elemental activities related to food and beverage processing. They are employed in fruit and vegetable processing plants, dairies, flour mills, bakeries, sugar refineries, meat plants, breweries and other food and beverage processing and packaging plants.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • bottle-washing machine tender - food and beverage processing
    • brewery labourer
    • candy packer
    • dairy helper - food and beverage processing
    • food processing labourer
    • frozen food packer
    • meat packager
    • nut sorter - food and beverage processing
    • production helper - food and beverage processing
    • tobacco processing labourer

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Grain sampler - food and beverage processing (See 9465 Testers and graders, food and beverage processing)
    • Labourers in fish and seafood processing (See 9618 Labourers in fish and seafood processing)
    • Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing (See 9461 Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing)
    • Supervisors, food and beverage processing (See 9213 Supervisors, food and beverage processing)
  • Main duties

    This group performs some or all of the following duties:

    • Transport raw materials, finished products and packaging materials throughout plant and warehouse manually, or with powered equipment
    • Measure and dump ingredients into hoppers of mixing and grinding machines or mobile tank trucks
    • Feed and unload food and beverage processing machines
    • Feed flattened boxes into forming machines to construct containers
    • Remove filled containers from conveyors and manually pack goods into bags, boxes or other containers
    • Clean work areas and equipment
    • Check products and packaging for basic quality defects
    • Assist process control and machine operators in performing their duties.
  • Employment requirements

    • Some secondary school education may be required.
  • Additional information

    • There is some mobility among occupations in this unit group.
    • Labourers in food and beverage processing may progress to machine or process operating positions with experience.
Report a problem on this page

Is something not working? Is there information outdated? Can't find what you're looking for?

Please contact us and let us know how we can help you.

Privacy notice

Date modified: