Skilled Occupation List - 2013

The following is a skilled occupation list of 24 categories that will enable you to qualify for Canadian immigration, if you can demonstrate at least one year of full-time, continuous, paid work experience in one of the following occupations. Reference letters must demonstrate that you have completed a substantial number of the duties listed under the occupation under which you are submitting your application.

Please note that the skilled occupation list is subject to change and a cap governs each occupational category (currently 300 applications per occupation/NOC) and a global cap of 5,000. Obtaining a skilled job offer will enable you to circumvent the cap.

• 0211 Engineering managers

• 1112 Financial and investment analysts

• 2113 Geoscientists and oceanographers

• 2131 Civil engineers

• 2132 Mechanical engineers

• 2134 Chemical engineers

• 2143 Mining engineers

• 2144 Geological engineers

• 2145 Petroleum engineers

• 2146 Aerospace engineers

• 2147 Computer engineers (except software engineers/designers)

• 2154 Land surveyors

• 2174 Computer programmers and interactive media developers

• 2243 Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics

• 2263 Inspectors in public and environmental health and occupational health and safety

• 3141 Audiologists and speech-language pathologists

• 3142 Physiotherapists

• 3143 Occupational Therapists

• 3211 Medical laboratory technologists

• 3212 Medical laboratory technicians and pathologists' assistants

• 3214 Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists

• 3215 Medical radiation technologists

• 3216 Medical sonographers

• 3217 Cardiology technicians and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists, n.e.c. (not elsewhere classified)