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75100 – Longshore workers
Longshore workers transfer cargo throughout dock area and onto and from ships and other vessels. They are employed by marine cargo handling companies, shipping agencies and shipping lines.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Barge loader
- Boat loader
- Dock hand
- Dockerman/woman - marine cargo handling
- Dockworker
- Dockworker - marine cargo handling
- Longshore worker
- Longshore worker and tower-loader operator
- Longshoreman/woman
- Lumper - marine cargo handling
- Ship loader operator
- Shiploader operator
- Stevedore
- Stower
- Tanker loader
- Tanker loader - marine cargo handling
- Tankerman/woman - marine cargo handling
- Tower-loader operator - marine cargo handling
- Wharfman/woman - marine cargo handling
- Dockworker
- Longshore worker
- Longshoreman/woman
- Ship loader operator
- Stevedore
- Tanker loader
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Operate industrial trucks, tractors and other mobile equipment to transfer cargo, such as containers, crated items, automobiles and pallet-mounted machinery, around dock to within range of cranes and hoists
- Operate winches or other hoisting devices to load and unload cargo onto and from ships and other vessels
- Operate mechanical towers to load vessels with materials such as coal and ore
- Operate equipment to transfer bulk materials, such as grain, to hold of vessels
- Connect hoses and operate equipment to transfer liquid materials into storage tanks on vessels
- Perform other activities such as lashing and shoring cargo aboard ships, opening and closing hatches, cleaning holds of ships and rigging cargo.
Employment requirements
- On-the-job training is provided.
- Some secondary school education may be required.
Additional information
- Progression to foreman/woman or supervisor of longshore workers is possible with experience.
Exclusions
- Crane operators (72500)
- Longshore worker superintendent; Longshore workers foreman/woman (in 72021 Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews)
- Material handlers (75101)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 7 – Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
- TEER
- 5 – Occupations usually require short-term work demonstration and no formal education
- Major group
- 75 – Helpers and labourers and other transport drivers, operators and labourers
- Sub-major group
- 751 – Helpers and labourers
- Minor group
- 7510 – Longshore workers and material handlers
- Version
- NOC 2021 Version 1.0