This is the frequently asked questions from my email Subscribers:
"What are the occupations that I should include in my years of work experience?"
What Are the Skill Levels
In the application requirements, it states that your work experience for the past ten years should be in the Skill Type 0 , Skill Level A or B of the NOC 2011 list.
Here are the definition of each skills:
- Skill Type 0 - These are from the Management Occupations and starts with a code number "0"
- Skill Level A - Occupations that usually require university educations.
- Skills Level B - These are the occupations that usually requires college education or apprenticeship training.
Don't worry, I have found an easy resource for you to verify your work experience. It is the National Occupational Classification Matrix 2011.
This will be your guide to know whether your previous occupation can be included in the years of your work experience. Click the photo...
How To Compare Your Occupation with the NOC 2011?
This time, you've probably determined the NOC Code of your occupations that was at the NOC Matrix 2011.
Now, the next thing you do is to use that NOC code and verify if the main duties or also called as the Job Description (JD) at the NOC 2011 is the same with that of your current or previous occupations.
You can click on this link, NOC Quick Search, to visit the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada website.
At the bottom-left part of the site, you can find the Quick Search box. Please see the reference photo below.
Source: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
Key in the NOC code and it will redirect to the list of the main duties of that particular code.
Example: I am an Engineer. If I had experienced working as a Librarian for a year, for the past 10 years of my working career, then I can include 1 year for my Work Experience because this job is at the Skill Level A, according to the NOC Matrix 2011.
The NOC code of Librarian is 5111. I keyed in 5111 at the Quick Search box and it showed this.
Then I need to provide the Certificate of Employment (COE), with the same main duties or JD, from my employer, as a proof of my work experience.
Since Librarians are not included in the 50 eligible occupations list, I cannot make it as my Primary eligible occupation. It will just be supplementary for my years of Work Experience.Years of Work Experience Computation?
Provided that all occupations had their corresponding COEs. You can list and compute for the number of years of work experience like this.
Primary Occupation:
NOC 2172 Data Base Analyst - 2 years (included in 50 eligible occupations list)
NOC 2234 (skill level B) Construction Estimator - 11 months (Not included in the computation)
NOC 2234 (skill level B) Assistant Estimator - 4 years
NOC 7251 (skill level B) Plumber - 2 years
NOC 5111 (skill Level A) Librarian - 1 year
NOC 9526 (skill Level C) Mechanical Assembler - 2 years (Not included in the computation)
Total Work Experience : 9 years
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