Labourers in food and beverage processing

NOC

95106

perform material handling, clean-up, packaging and other basic activities related to food and beverage processing.

Full NOC Description

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.

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.

Also Known As

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

Requirements

Employment Requirements

Some secondary school education may be required.

Provincial Regulation

Not Provincially Regulated

Employment by Sex

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43.7%

Female

56.3%

Male

Employment by age

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22.1%

15-24

20.5%

25-34

15.6%

35-44

18.3%

45-54

19.0%

55-64

4.6%

65+

Employment by highest level of education

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20.2%

No Certificate, Diploma or Degree

51.7%

High School, Diploma or Equivalent

4.9%

Apprenticeship or Trades Certificate or Diploma

15.6%

College or University Below Bachelor Level

7.6%

University - Bachelor Level or Above

Employment by Industry

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76.0%

Manufacturing

9.2%

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

5.0%

Retail trade

9.9%

All Other Industries

Employment by Economic Regions

The following graph shows the breakdown of all persons employed in this occupation in New Brunswick by which economic region they reside in.

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16.70%

Northeast

33.10%

Southeast

16.00%

Southwest

5.30%

Central

28.90%

Northwest

Economic Regions

The following map displays New Brunswick’s five economic regions. An economic region (ER) is a grouping of counties, created as a standard unit for analysis of regional economic activity across Canada.

Annual Average Salary by Economic Regions

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$36,000

Northeast

$40,800

Southeast

$42,000

Southwest

N/A

Central

$44,000

Northwest

Economic Regions

Hourly Median Wages by Economic Regions

The following represents the median hourly wage of all persons employed in this occupation in each of New Brunswick’s five economic regions.

Salary

The following shows the average salary of everyone who worked full-time and year-round in this occupation across each of the Atlantic Provinces and nationally.

Employment Outlook

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