NOC 94130: Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers
Official definition · Statistics Canada NOC 2021 v1.0 · statcan.gc.ca ↗
Textile fibre and yarn processing machine operators and workers operate machines to prepare textile fibres; spin, wind or twist yarn or thread; and bleach, dye or finish yarn, thread, cloth or textile products. They are employed by textile manufacturing companies. Hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers trim, scrape, clean, tan, buff and dye animal hides, pelts or skins to produce leather stock and finished furs. They are employed by leather tanning, fur dressing and leather and fur dyeing establishments.
Median Pay$22.6/hrPrevailing median rate
TEER LevelLevel 4PNP streams
Priority StreamGeneral StreamCategory draws
Official Titles369 TitlesGovernment aliases
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Official Main Duties for NOC 94130
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Canadian Labour Market & PR Pathways for NOC 94130
Under Canada's National Occupational Classification (NOC 2021 Version 1.0), Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers is categorized under TEER 4. Occupations in this tier typically require secondary school graduation or job-specific on-the-job training.
Express Entry Alignment
Classified under TEER 4, meaning this occupation does not qualify for direct Express Entry general pools. Candidates should focus on employer-driven Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP) or federal pilot pathways.
Target Category Status
Currently evaluated under standard General and CEC invitation rounds, or targeted through provincial in-demand lists such as Ontario (OINP), British Columbia (BC PNP), or Alberta (AAIP).
NOC 2016 to NOC 2021 Transition & Equivalency
Under Canada's previous NOC 2016 classification, this occupation was mapped under the following 4-digit code(s). When preparing your Express Entry profile or work reference letters, you must use the new 5-digit code NOC 94130.
Former NOC 94414-Digit Legacy
Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers
RC5 - Transfer
9441 continues as 94130 and part transferred to 95105
Former NOC 96164-Digit Legacy
Labourers in textile processing
RC3.1 - Merger
9616 and 9445 expired, part of 9616 transferred to 94130 and the remaining part of 9616 and all of 9445 merged into emerging item 95105
Job Bank Open Data (2025/2026)
Regional Wages Across Canada
Under Canadian immigration law, an employer hiring you under an LMIA must pay you at least the median wage listed below for your province.
| Province / Territory | Low Wage | Median Wage | High Wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada (National Average) | $17 | $22.6/hr | $28.5 |
| Quebec → | $19.35/hr | $22.6/hr | $32.6/hr |
| Ontario → | $17.6/hr | $22.22/hr | $29.11/hr |
| Manitoba → | $18.07/hr | $20.46/hr | $24.81/hr |
| Alberta → | $16.5/hr | $21.18/hr | $24.41/hr |
| British Columbia → | $18.98/hr | $22.05/hr | $31.17/hr |
Employment Requirements
These are the education, training, and certification standards usually required by Canadian employers for this occupation:
- Completion of secondary school may be required.
- On-the-job training is provided for several weeks, depending on the complexity of the process and the number of machines operated
Official Job Titles for NOC 94130
369 Titles ListedIf your current job title matches any of these official examples, this NOC code is likely the right choice for your Express Entry reference letter:
autoclave tender - textile manufacturingbleaching range operator - textile manufacturingcalender operator - textile manufacturingcarding machine operator - textile manufacturingdyeing range operator - textile manufacturingfabric-printing machine operatorfinishing range operator - textile manufacturingleather buffer - hide and pelt processingleather stretcher - hide and pelt processingtanner - hide and pelt processingtwisting operator - textile manufacturingyarn doubler - textile manufacturingaging machine operator - textile manufacturingaging machine tender - textile manufacturingasbestos rope makerautomatic quiller tender - textile manufacturingautomatic spooler operator - textile manufacturingautomatic warper tender - textile manufacturingautomatic yarn winderback tender - cloth printingbale breaker - textile manufacturingbale-breaker tender - textile manufacturingbatch dyer - textile manufacturingbater - hide and pelt processingbatting machine tender - textile manufacturingbeam dyer - textile manufacturingbeam setter - textile manufacturingbeam tier - textile manufacturingbeam warper - textile manufacturingbeamer - hide and pelt processingbeamer - textile manufacturingbeamhouse worker - hide and pelt processingbeating machine tender - hide and pelt processingbleacher - textile manufacturingbleaching machine operator - textile manufacturingblending machine tender - textile manufacturingboarder - textile manufacturingboarding machine tender - hide and pelt processingboarding machine tender - textile manufacturingbobbin dryer - textile manufacturingbobbin stripper - textile manufacturingbobbin winder - textile manufacturingboiler - textile manufacturingbonding machine tender - textile manufacturingbowker - textile manufacturingbreaker feeder - textile manufacturingbreaker tender - textile manufacturingbrush machine tender - textile manufacturingbrusher and shearer - textile manufacturingbrushing machine operator - hide and pelt processingbrushing operator - textile manufacturingburnisher - hide and pelt processingcalendering machine tender - textile manufacturingcan tendercarbonizer tender - textile manufacturingcard stripper - textile manufacturingcarder - textile manufacturingcarding machine feeder - textile manufacturingcarding machine tender - textile manufacturingcarpet drying machine tender - textile manufacturingcentrifugal extractor - textile manufacturingcentrifuge operator - textile manufacturingchenille tender - textile manufacturingchopping machine tenderclipping machine tendercloth bleachercloth dryercloth dyercloth finishercloth mercerizer operatorcloth neutralizercloth printercloth shade makercloth shadercloth shrinkercloth steamercloth stretcher-dryer tendercloth washer - textile manufacturingcloth-bleaching range tendercloth-doubling machine operatorcloth-dyeing range tendercloth-finishing range operatorcloth-neutralizing and cloth-rinsing machine operatorcloth-printing machine tendercloth-printing roller changercloth-processing range tendercoating and embossing unit operator - textile manufacturingcoating machine operator - textile manufacturingcoating machine tender - textile manufacturingcolour mixer - textile manufacturingcolourer tender - hide and pelt processingcolourist - textile manufacturingcombed sliver dyer - textile manufacturingcomber - textile manufacturingcombining and drawing machine tender - textile manufacturingconditioner tender - textile manufacturingcone winder - textile manufacturingcontinuous dyeing machine operator - textile manufacturingcontinuous felt dryer operator - textile manufacturingcontinuous press tender - textile manufacturingcotton ball machine tendercovering-machine tendercrabber - textile manufacturingcrabbing machine tendercrabbing machine tender - textile manufacturingcrimp settercrimping machine tender - textile manufacturingcropping machine tender - textile manufacturingcutting and printing machine set-up operator - textile manufacturingdecating machine tender - textile manufacturingdehairing machine operator - hide and pelt processingdoubling machine operator - textile manufacturingdoubling machine tender - textile manufacturingdrawing machine tender - textile fibredressed hide and pelt finisherdresser - textile manufacturingdry cans operator - textile manufacturingdryer - textile manufacturingdrying machine operator - textile manufacturingdrying machine tender - textile manufacturingdrying machine tender - textile processingdye mixerdyeing machine tender - textile manufacturingdyeing tub tender - textile manufacturingdyeing vat operator - textile manufacturingdyeing worker - textile manufacturingdyer - textile manufacturingdye-reel tender - textile manufacturingembossing calender tender - textile manufacturingextractor tender - textile manufacturingfabric dyerfelt dryer - textile manufacturingfibre classerfibre mixerfibre washerfibreglass roving winderfinisher - textile manufacturingfinishing machine operator - textile manufacturingfleecer - textile manufacturingfleecing machine operator - textile manufacturingfleecing machine tender - textile manufacturingfleshing machine tender - hide and pelt processingflocking machine tenderfolding machine tender - textile manufacturingframe spinner - textile manufacturingfuller - textile manufacturingfulling machine operator - textile manufacturingfulling mill operator - textile manufacturingfur blenderfur blower - textile manufacturingfur dresser - hide and pelt processingfur floor worker - hide and pelt processingfur mixerfur pelt dresser - hide and pelt processingfur plucker - hide and pelt processingfur-shaving machine tender - hide and pelt processingfurskin dresser - hide and pelt processinggarment steamer tendergarnett machine tender - textile manufacturinggig machine operator - textile manufacturingglass fibre dyer - textile manufacturinggraining machine operator - tanneryhand flesher - hide and pelt processinghand screen printer - textile manufacturinghand slubberheat curer - textile manufacturinghide and pelt processing workerhide and skin preparerhide fluffer - hide and pelt processinghide parer - hide and pelt processinghide processing workerhide stretcherhigh-speed machine warper - textile manufacturinghosiery boarderjigger operator - textile manufacturingkettle tender - textile manufacturingkier-boiler tender - textile manufacturinglap machine tender - textile manufacturinglapper - textile manufacturinglapper tender - textile manufacturinglap-winder tender - textile manufacturinglatex-coating machine operator - textile manufacturingleather dyer - hide and pelt processingleather measurer - hide and pelt processingleather polisher - hide and pelt processingleather sander - hide and pelt processingleather shaver - hide and pelt processingleather stainer - hide and pelt processingleather tannerlimer - hide and pelt processingline spoolerloom-winder tenderlusterer - textile manufacturingmachine flesher - hide and pelt processingmachine operator - textile fibre, yarn, hide and pelt processingmangler tender - textile manufacturingmeasuring machine tender - hide and pelt processingmercerizer - textile manufacturingmercerizer machine operator - textile manufacturingnapper - textile manufacturingnapper operator - textile manufacturingnapper tender - textile manufacturingnaps teaseller - textile manufacturingneutralizer - textile manufacturingopen-end spinner - textile manufacturingopener tender - textile manufacturingopening and blending operator - textile manufacturingpadder tender - textile manufacturingpadding machine tender - textile manufacturingpad-extractor tender - textile manufacturingpelt dresserpelt dyer - hide and pelt processingpelt processing workerpelt shearerpelt stretcher - hide and pelt processingpicker - textile manufacturingpicking machine operator - textile manufacturingpicking machine tender - textile manufacturingpickler - hide and pelt processingpile fabric finisherpile-finishing machine tender - textile manufacturingpleater - textile manufacturingpoler - textile manufacturingpolisher - textile fibreprepared hide and pelt dresserpresser-threader - textile manufacturingprinting machine operator - textile manufacturingquill winder - textile manufacturingquiller - textile manufacturingraw stock dryer - textile manufacturingraw stock dyer - textile manufacturingrebeamer - textile manufacturingredraw operator - textile manufacturingreel tender - textile manufacturingreel winder - textile manufacturingreeler - textile manufacturingreeling machine operator - textile manufacturingrespooler - textile manufacturingrewarper - textile manufacturingrewinder - textile manufacturingring frame operator - textile manufacturingring spinner - textile manufacturingrinser - textile manufacturingroller machine tender - tanneryroller printer - textile manufacturingrope coilerrotogravure press operator - textile manufacturingrover - textile manufacturingroving frame tender - textile manufacturingroving machine operator - textile manufacturingrubber and vinyl coater operator - textile manufacturingrubber-coating and vinyl-coating machine operator - textile manufacturingrug setter - textile manufacturingrug-coating machine operatorrug-yarn-setting machine operator - textile manufacturingsample printer - textile manufacturingsaturator - textile manufacturingscouring machine operatorscray machine feederscreen-printing machine operator - textile manufacturingscudder - hide and pelt processingshaving machine tender - hide and pelt processingshearing machine tender - textile manufacturingshrinking machine operator - textile manufacturingsilk-screen printing machine operator - textile manufacturingsingeing and boiling machine tender - textile manufacturingsize maker - textile manufacturingsizing machine tender - textile manufacturingskein spooler - textile manufacturingskein winder - textile manufacturingskeiner - textile manufacturingslasher - textile manufacturingslasher operator - textile manufacturingsliver lapper - textile manufacturingslubber tender - textile manufacturingspinner - textile manufacturingspinning frame tender - textile manufacturingspinning machine operator - textile manufacturingspinning machine tender - textile manufacturingsplicing machine tender - textile manufacturingsplitter - hide and pelt processingsponge-range operator - textile manufacturingspool winder - textile manufacturingspooler - textile manufacturingspooling machine tender - textile manufacturingspraying machine tender - textile manufacturingspun yarn doubler - textile manufacturingstaple cutter - textile manufacturingstaple processing machine tender - textile manufacturingsteam cabinet operator - textile manufacturingsteam sponger - textile manufacturingsteamer tender - textile manufacturingstender tenderstock mixer - textile manufacturingstrand-forming machine tender - textile manufacturingstretching machine operator - hide and pelt processingstretching machine tender - textile manufacturingstrike-off machine tender - textile manufacturingsuper-draft tendertannery vatman/womantanning solution preparertape-folding machine tendertar machine tender - textile manufacturingtension drying machine tender - textile manufacturingtenter machine tendertenterframe tendertextile colouristtextile dyertextile fleecer - textile manufacturingtextile napper - textile manufacturingtextile printertextile product bleachertextile spinnertextile washertextile wringertextile-dyeing and finishing machine operatortextile-twisting-frame operatortexturing machine tender - textile manufacturingthread doublerthread spinnerthread spoolerthread windertop dyer - textile manufacturingtumbler tender - textile manufacturingtwine dyertwine makertwine-cropping machine tendertwine-shearing machine tendertwister operator - textile manufacturingtwister tender - textile manufacturingtwisting frame operator - textile manufacturinguptwister operator - textile manufacturinguptwister tender - textile manufacturingwarp beamer - textile manufacturingwarp dresser - textile manufacturingwarp end dresser - textile manufacturingwarp end dyer - textile manufacturingwarp spinner - textile manufacturingwarp twister tender - textile manufacturingwarper - textile manufacturingwarper operator - textile manufacturingwashing machine tender - textile manufacturingwaxer - textile manufacturingweft straightener - textile manufacturingwillow operator - textile manufacturingwinder tender - textile manufacturingwinding machine operator - textile manufacturingwinding machine tender - textile manufacturingwool batcherwool blenderwool mixerwool opener and dusterwool scourerwool sorterwool washerwringer operator - textile manufacturingwringer tender - textile manufacturingyarn conditioneryarn dryeryarn dyeryarn finisheryarn mercerizeryarn soakeryarn spinneryarn spooleryarn winder tenderyarn-drying machine tenderyarn-plaiting equipment tenderyarn-texturing machine tender - textile manufacturing
Exclusions (Similar Jobs with Different Codes)
Check this list to make sure your actual job is not classified under one of these related codes:
- Master dyer - textiles (See 22100 Chemical technologists and technicians)View NOC 22100→
- Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing (See 92015 Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing)View NOC 92015→
- Textile colour technologist (See 22100 Chemical technologists and technicians)View NOC 22100→
Frequently Asked Questions for NOC 94130 (Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers)
Essential answers regarding Express Entry eligibility, LMIA prevailing wage compliance, and official reference letter rules.
NOC 94130 is in TEER 4, which is not directly eligible for standard Express Entry pools. However, you can apply through Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) semi-skilled streams or employer-sponsored work permits.
For an LMIA work permit, your employer must offer at least the median wage of $22.6/hr (or the prevailing median rate in your specific Canadian province of employment).
Under Section 75(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR), your employment reference letter must confirm you perform the actions in the lead statement and a substantial number (recommended at least 60%) of the official main duties listed above. You do not need to perform 100% of the duties.
Under Canada's previous NOC 2016 classification, Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers was categorized under NOC 9441 (Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers) and 9616 (Labourers in textile processing). In NOC 2021, it transitioned to NOC 94130 under TEER 4.
Because TEER 4 is not eligible for direct Express Entry, your best routes are employer-supported Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) semi-skilled streams (such as SINP in Saskatchewan, AAIP in Alberta, or MPNP in Manitoba) or federal pilot programs like the Agri-Food Pilot.
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NOC data: Statistics Canada NOC 2021 v1.0
··Last verified: September 2026