95103 Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing
No. NOC 95103 is not on the high-wage list.
Not on the list TEER 5
TEER 4 and 5 work does not count as skilled Canadian experience for Express Entry.
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Example job titles
- beater operator helper - pulp and paper
- chip bin attendant - wood processing
- conveyor cleaner - pulp and paper
- green wood chainman/woman - wood processing
- grinder feeder - pulp and paper
- labourer - pulp and paper
- labourer - wood processing
- lumber straightener - wood processing
- plywood dryer feeder
- sheeter helper - pulp and paper
- utility man/woman - pulp and paper
Main duties
- Feed logs onto conveyor and into hopper of grinding machine and align logs manually, using crowbar, picaroon or other tools and equipment
- Load wood chips, pulpwood, sulphur and other processing materials onto conveyors or processing tanks, remove recyclable paper and pulp from pulp and papermaking machines and transport recyclable paper and pulp to plant processing machines and equipment using forklift or other powered equipment
- Sort, pile and transport lumber, veneer sheets, panelboards and similar wood products during various stages of wood processing, manually or with powered equipment
- Remove scrap lumber and wood chips for reprocessing using forklift or other powered equipment
- Feed conveyors, saws, drying machines and other equipment to process lumber, shingles, veneer, plywood and similar wood products
- Clean wood processing machines and equipment and work areas using shovels, hoses and other tools
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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