Chemical Product Processing and Utilities Labourers
Job description
These individuals provide handling, cleaning, and general operating routines in:
- Oil refining companies
- Natural gas processing companies
- Pipeline companies
- Petrochemical, chemical, and pharmaceutical plants
- Electricity and water treatment utilities
- Waste management services
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Hazardous chemical
- Odours
- Noise
Main tasks
- Feed, empty, and clean equipment and production machinery.
- Move, classify, and stack materials and products.
- Assist others in the operation, repair, and maintenance of chemical processing, gas distribution, water filtration, and waste treatment equipment.
- Clean production areas.
- Carry out simple manual tasks of construction, painting, etc.
Advancement and mobility
- There is much mobility between positions in this group.
- Experience and additional training lead to higher positions.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2023-2027
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Job prospects for 2023-2027
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2022
All of Québec
12,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 26.7% Female
- 73.3% Male
Not available.
- 26.7% Female
- 73.3% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$39,600
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 55, 5612% of jobs
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NAICS 239% of jobs
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NAICS 417% of jobs
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NAICS 324, 3257% of jobs
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NAICS 3325% of jobs
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Others60% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 55, 5612% of jobs
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NAICS 239% of jobs
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NAICS 417% of jobs
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NAICS 324, 3257% of jobs
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NAICS 3325% of jobs
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Others60% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Sometimes required
- A high school diploma may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
Abilities
- Near vision
- Manual dexterity
- Core strength
- Static muscle power
- Control accuracy
- Limb coordination
- Digital dexterity
- Information organization
- Awareness of issues
- Hand-arm stability
- Oral comprehension
- Endurance
- Verbal skills
- Perception speed
- Physical flexibility in extension
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Commitment
- Sense of initiative
- Respect standards and regulations
- Commitment to quality
- Tolerance to routine work
- Timeliness
Interests
- Work manually
- Exercer une activité sportive ou physique
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 95102
Labourers in chemical products processing and utilities
Job titles
- Labourer - chemical processing
- Chemical plant labourer
- Paint plant labourer
- Petroleum process operator helper
- Petroleum refinery labourer
- Helper - chemical processing
- Distillation equipment helper
- Distillation equipment helper - chemical processing
- Powerhouse helper
- Filtration helper - chemical processing
- Boilerhouse helper
- Crutcher operator helper
- Distiller helper - chemical processing
- Stationary engineer helper
- Gas fitter helper - utilities
- Sulphuric acid plant operator helper
- Refrigeration plant operator helper
- Boiler operator helper
- Substation operator helper
- Dryer tender helper - chemical processing
- Gasoline catalyst operator helper
- Varnish maker helper
- Batch dryer tender helper
- Treater helper - chemical processing
- Film spooler
- Loader - chemical processing
- Mill charger - chemical processing
- Rack loader
- Oven loader - chemical processing
- Coating machine feeder - chemical processing
- Saturating machine feeder - chemical processing
- Slug-press feeder
- Boiler water tester
- Retort unloader
- Sampler - chemical processing
- Gasket coater
- Gas utility labourer
- Transformer stockroom attendant
- Labourer - gas utility
- Shutdown labourer - chemical processing
- Wax moulder
- Still cleaner - chemical processing
- Electrode cleaner
- Electrolytic cell cleaner
- Flue cleaner - utilities
- Filter cleaner - chemical processing
- Equipment cleaner - chemical processing
- Integrator operator
- Landfill scale operator
- Bath mix solvent recoverer
- Stove-bottom worker
- Temperature regulator
- Compressed gas plant worker
- Stove-carriage worker
- Sample preparer - chemical processing
- Acetylene cylinder preparer
- Bullet lubricant compounder
- Landfill weigh scale attendant
- Waterworks labourer
- Water intake tender - utilities
- Water intake tender
- Pigment presser
- Paint pourer
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
Last update: February 14, 2024