Parts clerk: pay in Quebec and Greater Montreal
A parts clerk runs the replacement parts counter of a garage, a dealership, a fleet shop or a plant: finding the part number, pulling the item and charging it to the work order. Around Montreal the job often falls under the automotive services decree. This page covers the duties, the hours, the training and wages by region.
- Quebec median
- $24/h
- Range
- $20 – $36/h
- Montreal
- $25.44/h
Guichet-Emplois (Job Bank), edition 2025 · CNP 14401
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Parts clerk pay, region by region
| Region | Low | Median | High | vs Quebec | Offered in postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of Quebec | $20 | $24 | $36 | — | — |
| Montérégie | $18 | $24 | $31 | 0% | $24 (64) |
| Montréal | $20.16 | $25.44 | $35.05 | +6% | $23 (58) |
| Laval | No data of its own: Job Bank shows the Quebec figures | $21 (23) | |||
| Lanaudière | No data of its own: Job Bank shows the Quebec figures | $24 (21) | |||
| Laurentides | No data of its own: Job Bank shows the Quebec figures | $24.75 (22) | |||
The table covers NOC 14401, “Storekeepers and partspersons”. It pools the automotive parts clerk, the retail parts attendant, the medical supplies clerk and the material, tool room and ammunition storekeepers: the parts counter is not measured on its own. It excludes purchasing and inventory control clerks (14403), shippers and receivers (14400) and supervisors (12013).
Low, median and high wages published by Job Bank (NOC 14401), and pay offered in Greater Montreal job postings (6 months, February to August 2026); in brackets, the number of hourly postings — under ten, no median is shown.
Quebec median by file edition: 2023: $24.50/h · 2024: $23/h · 2025: $24/h.
What the job postings say
Of 197 postings on Job Bank in Greater Montreal (6 months, February to August 2026), 2% mention a night shift, 8% an evening shift and 3% weekends.
The parts counter follows the shop it serves. In a dealership or a garage it opens before the mechanics and closes after them, or the first repair of the day waits. Plenty of shops around Montreal stay open one evening a week and on Saturday, and the parts clerk is alone at the counter then, with nobody to ask for a number. In a fleet shop — trucking, passenger transport, municipal — vehicles come in at night and leave early, so the parts room opens at dawn or closes late, sometimes both across two shifts. In a plant, the hours follow maintenance rather than retail: no Saturday, no public counter. Settle the schedule before the interview, because a retail counter open on Saturday and a fleet parts room that opens before daylight are not the same life.
What a parts clerk does
- Receive, sort and shelve replacement parts at coded locations, checking every delivery against the purchase order
- Find the right part from a vehicle identification number, an equipment serial number, an exploded view or the supplier's electronic catalogue
- Serve mechanics at the counter and retail customers, offering either the original part or an equivalent aftermarket substitute
- Issue parts against the work order and charge them to the right vehicle, piece of equipment or department
- Place routine and emergency orders with suppliers, then track arrivals and back orders
- Handle returns: unused parts, wrong numbers, warranty parts to send back to the manufacturer, cores to recover on an exchange
- Keep inventory current in the dealership system or the shop's CMMS, and run cycle counts
- Flag parts sitting dead on the shelf and gaps between system quantity and shelf quantity
- Stage parts ahead of scheduled services, pre-sold work and manufacturer recalls
- Store oils, solvents, aerosols and batteries according to WHMIS labels and safety data sheets (SIMDUT in French)
Requirements, cards and certifications
- A secondary school diploma: Statistics Canada lists it as usually required for occupation 14401
- A competency card from the automotive sector joint committee (comité paritaire de l'automobile) or a certificate of qualification — Québec.ca lists them among the specific requirements for this job
- A class 5 driver's licence, which Québec.ca gives as often required: the clerk picks up or drops off a part when there is no driver available
- Able to read an electronic parts catalogue, an exploded view and a vehicle identification number
- Comfortable in a dealership parts system or a shop CMMS and with a barcode scanner
- Forklift training under section 256.3 of the Règlement sur la santé et la sécurité du travail, Quebec's health and safety regulation, whenever the job includes driving a lift truck; Québec.ca gives it as sometimes required or an asset
- WHMIS training (SIMDUT in French) as soon as the parts room receives or stores oils, solvents, aerosols or batteries
Training
The direct school route is the DEP en conseil et vente de pièces d'équipement motorisé, program 5347, a secondary-level vocational diploma. Inforoute FPT puts it at 1,095 hours in sector 10, Entretien d'équipement motorisé, and states its aim as supplying customers and company staff with original or substitute parts and accessories. The program covers receiving goods, inventory management, parts research and customer service. Several vocational centres offer it, including the École des métiers spécialisés de Laval (Compétences-2000). Admission asks for a secondary school diploma or a recognized equivalent, or being sixteen by 30 September with the required secondary IV credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics. The diploma is not mandatory, though: Statistics Canada lists only a secondary school diploma for occupation 14401, and many clerks learn the catalogue behind the counter. The trade is also a Red Seal trade under the name parts technician — the previous Red Seal name was partsperson — and the interprovincial exam runs 120 questions.
Career path
A parts clerk first moves up inside their own counter. The decree covering the automotive services industry of the Montreal region classes them D on assignment, then C, B and A, each step after 4,000 hours of work selling or distributing vehicle parts, accessories or tires. Next come parts manager at a dealership and outside sales representative for a distributor, where catalogue knowledge is used to sell rather than to serve. Statistics Canada keeps the supervisor of parts clerks in a separate occupation, 12013, and the purchasing and inventory control clerk in 14403: two real exits, but both change the code and therefore the table.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a parts clerk make in Quebec?
The table above gives the Quebec median and the median for each Greater Montreal region, drawn from Job Bank data. It covers occupation 14401, which pools the parts counter with the material storeroom — the note under the table spells out what that grouping contains. In a garage in the Montreal region, the D, C, B or A class set by the decree matters too.
What does a parts clerk actually do?
A parts clerk finds, issues and bills the replacement parts a shop or a customer needs. They start from a vehicle identification number, a serial number or an exploded view, check availability in the system, offer the original part or an equivalent, then charge it to the work order. Receiving deliveries, processing warranty returns and counting inventory are part of the same job.
What training do you need to be a parts clerk in Quebec?
The DEP en conseil et vente de pièces d'équipement motorisé, program 5347, is the direct route: 1,095 hours according to Inforoute FPT, in the motorized equipment maintenance sector. It is not mandatory, since Statistics Canada lists only a secondary school diploma for occupation 14401. The rest — the catalogues, the numbers, the suppliers — is learned at the employer.
Do you need a competency card to work as a parts clerk in Montreal?
Québec.ca lists a competency card from the automotive sector joint committee, or a certificate of qualification, among the specific requirements for this job. In the Montreal region the automotive services decree defines the parts clerk as an employee whose duties are essentially tied to distributing or selling vehicle parts, accessories or tires. Outside that industry — in a plant, for instance — none of it applies.
What are the D, C, B and A parts clerk classes?
They are the four steps that section 11.00 of the automotive services decree for the Montreal region assigns to a parts clerk. You are class D on assignment to the position, move to C after 4,000 hours at that level, to B after another 4,000, then to A. The hours that count are those worked selling or distributing vehicle parts, accessories or tires.
Can you become a parts clerk with no experience?
Yes, and it is common: most of the knowledge belongs to the brand, the catalogue and the employer's system, so it is taught on site. What an interview tests is care with numbers — one misread part number brings a customer back and keeps a vehicle on the hoist. Receiving, delivery or shop work is the usual way onto the counter.
What is the difference between a parts clerk and a storekeeper?
A parts clerk works by part number: identifying, ordering, substituting and handling warranty on specific replacement parts. A storekeeper works by quantity, running a room of tools, consumables and materials against minimum and maximum levels. Both titles sit inside occupation 14401, which is why a single wage table covers them.
Is an automotive parts clerk the same job as one in a plant?
The motion is the same, the framework is not. At a dealership, garage or parts store in the Montreal region the job falls under the automotive services decree, with its classes and its competency card. In a fleet shop outside the automotive sector, or at a plant parts room, no decree applies and the catalogue changes suppliers entirely.
Do you need a driver's licence to work as a parts clerk?
Often yes: Québec.ca gives a class 5 driver's licence as often required for this job. The reason is practical — when the delivery driver is out or there is none, the clerk picks the part up at the supplier or carries it to the shop next door. A posting that stays quiet about it wastes everyone's time.
Do parts clerks work evenings and Saturdays?
In retail and at dealerships, yes: the counter opens before the mechanics, closes after them, and plenty of shops around Montreal stay open one evening a week and on Saturday. In a fleet shop it is early morning or late evening instead, when the vehicles come in. In a plant the hours follow maintenance, so weekdays and days.
What is a parts clerk called in French in Quebec?
« Commis aux pièces », or « préposé aux pièces » at a retail counter. Job Bank files the group as « Magasiniers/magasinières et commis aux pièces », NOC 14401. The Red Seal trade is « technicien au service des pièces », previously partsperson in English. In bilingual dealerships around Montreal, « le comptoir des pièces » is what people say for the counter itself.
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