94105 Metalworking and forging machine operators
No. NOC 94105 is not on the high-wage list.
Not on the list TEER 4
TEER 4 and 5 work does not count as skilled Canadian experience for Express Entry.
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Example job titles
- bending press operator - metal fabrication
- cold press operator - metal forging
- disk flange operator - metal fabrication
- drop hammer operator - metal forging
- electric arc cutter - metal products manufacturing
- forging press operator
- metal-forming machine set-up operator
- metalworking machine operator
- power brake operator - metal fabrication
- power press operator - metal fabrication
- punch press setter - metalworking
- roll operator - metal fabrication
- saw operator - metal fabrication
- shear setter - metal fabrication
- sheet metal roll operator - metal fabrication
Main duties
- Metalworking machine operators
- Read specifications or follow verbal instructions
- Lay out, set up and operate one or more light or heavy metalworking machines such as shears, power presses, saws, plate rolls, drills, brakes, slitters, punch presses, computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment, and other hand tools to cut, bend, roll, ream, punch and drill, weld or otherwise shape and form metal stock into parts or products
- Operate machines or equipment which weld, solder, bolt, screw or rivet metal parts together
- Check products for correct shapes, dimensions and other specifications
- Troubleshoot and perform corrective action or minor repairs
What changes on November 3, 2026
- A new Labour Market Integration factor replaces the Canadian work experience points.
- Canadian experience in a high-wage occupation adds 20, 40 or 70 points on top of work-length points.
- A job offer in a high-wage occupation gives 50, 70 or 100 points, and no LMIA is needed.
- The two routes do not add up. You get the higher one: up to 150 points (140 with a spouse).
- Invitation rounds pause for up to two weeks while IRCC recalculates every profile.
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