This minor group comprises operators, drillers and blasters, including heavy equipment operators (except cranes); printing press operators; and drillers and blasters in surface mining, quarrying and construction. They are employed by construction companies, heavy equipment contractors and pipeline, logging, cargo-handling, mining and quarrying companies; drilling and blasting and drilling contractors (except for water wells, underground mining production, and oil and gas well drillers); municipal, provincial and federal public works departments and private contractors under contract with government public works departments; commercial printing companies; newspapers, magazines, and other publishing companies; and establishments in the public and private sectors that have in-house printing departments.
73400 - Heavy equipment operators
NOC : 73400
Heavy equipment operators operate heavy equipment used in the construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, airports, gas and oil pipelines, tunnels, buildings and other structures; in surface mining and quarrying activities; and in material handling work. They are employed by construction companies, heavy equipment contractors, public works departments and pipeline, logging, cargo-handling and other companies. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
73401 - Printing press operators
NOC : 73401
Printing press operators set up and operate sheet and web-fed presses to print text, illustrations and designs on a wide variety of materials such as paper, plastic, glass, leather and metal. They are employed by commercial printing companies; newspapers, magazines, and other publishing companies; and establishments in the public and private sectors that have in-house printing departments. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
73402 - Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and construction
NOC : 73402
Drillers and blasters in surface mining, quarrying and construction operate mobile drilling machines to bore blast holes in open-pit mines and quarries and to bore holes for blasting and for building foundations at construction sites. Blasters in this unit group fill blast holes with explosives and detonate explosives to dislodge coal, ore and rock or to demolish structures. They are employed by mining, quarrying and construction companies and by drilling and blasting contractors.