National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 Version 1.1

• 7 - Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
• 74 - Other installers, repairers and servicers and material handlers
• 745 - Longshore workers and material handlers

7451 - 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.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • dockworker
  • longshore worker
  • longshoreman/woman
  • ship loader operator
  • stevedore
  • tanker loader

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • Longshore crane operators (See 7371 Crane operators)
  • Material handlers (See 7452 Material handlers)
  • Supervisors of longshore workers (See 7302 Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews)

• Main duties

  Longshore workers perform some or all of the following duties:

  • Operate industrial trucks, tractors and other mobile equipment to transfer cargo, such as containers, crated items, automobiles and pallet-mounted machinery, around dock to within range of cranes and hoists
  • Operate winches or other hoisting devices to load and unload cargo onto and from ships and other vessels
  • Operate mechanical towers to load vessels with materials such as coal and ore
  • Operate equipment to transfer bulk materials, such as grain, to hold of vessels
  • Connect hoses and operate equipment to transfer liquid materials into storage tanks on vessels
  • Perform other activities such as lashing and shoring cargo aboard ships, opening and closing hatches, cleaning holds of ships and rigging cargo.

• Employment requirements

  • Some secondary school education may be required.
  • On-the-job training is provided.

• Additional information

  • Progression to foreman/woman or supervisor of longshore workers is possible with experience.