16 new occupations added to Canada Express Entry NOC list

Overview:

The redevelopment of Canada’s National Occupational Classification (NOC) system will lead to 16 new occupations becoming eligible for the Express Entry System.

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Main Features:

• IRCC will complete the process from NOC 2016 to NOC 2021 in November 2022
• Occupations qualify for Express Entry from Skill Level B and above
• The new additions will have an effect on Atlantic Immigration Program
• Further changes in the Express Entry System to happen

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According to the ministerial memorandum, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will complete the process of transition from NOC 2016 to NOC 2021 in November 2022.

The system will shift from the present skill level-based classification to a new Training, Education, Experience, and Responsibilities (TEER ) classification.

The occupations qualify for Express Entry from Skill Level B and above, using the NOC 2016, which it allows under the NOC 2021 and TEER 3.

Below are the occupations that will be added:

New occupations	NOC code
Payroll administrators	1432
Dental Assistants and Dental Laboratory Assistants	3223
Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates	3413
Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants	33103
Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants	4413
Sheriffs and bailiffs	4421
Correctional service officers	4422
By-law enforcement and other regulatory officers	4423
Estheticians, electrologists and related occupations	6562
Residential and commercial installers and servicers	7441
Pest controllers and fumigators	7444
Other repairers and servicers	7445
Transport truck drivers	7511
Bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators	7512
Heavy equipment operators	7521
Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors	9521

However, three other occupations that are eligible for Express Entry under NOC 2016 will become ineligible under NOC 2021. Those occupations are:

• Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport, and fitness
• Other performers
• Tailors, furriers, milliners, and dressmakers

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Atlantic Immigration Program

As a part of the NOC 2016 to NOC 2021, the available occupations under the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) will also be affected. The AIP is an employer-led program that is designed to invite new skilled immigrants to the provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, and Prince Edward Island.

It is presently available to the occupations at Skill Level C or above within NOC 2016. It will be available under the NOC 2021 to TEER 4 or above occupations.

Accordingly, the occupations mentioned below will become ineligible:

• Longshore workers
• Taxi and limousine drivers and chauffeurs
• Delivery service drivers and door-to-door distributors
• Material handlers
• Other support occupations in personal services
• Livestock laborers
• Nursery and greenhouse laborers
• Trappers and hunters
• Food and beverage servers
• Laborers in textile processing and cutting.
• Boat and cable ferry operators and related occupations

Further changes in Express Entry 

The significant changes made in the Express Entry will permit the occupation-based invitations that have been defined in amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act proposed by IRCC.

It gives power to the minister to identify a particular economic goal and welcome the candidates who would help meet the goal, depending on the factors such as education, language skills, or work experience.

This would make it possible to conduct the draws targeting specific National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes.

Philip Somogyvari, the Director-General, Strategic Policy and Planning at IRCC, recently attended a standing committee meeting on the Citizenship and Immigration to answer the questions on the proposed changes.

A particular category would be established through the ministerial instructions, similar to the regularly conducted draws through Express Entry.

Despite that, the currently present regulations only allow the draws to specifically target the immigration programs, including Federal Skilled Work Program, the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), Federal Skilled Trades Program, and the Provincial Nominee Program.

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