Occupation List Of Canada
The National Occupational Classification (NOC) is Canada’s national system for describing occupations.
Jobs are grouped based on the type of:
- job duties
- work a person does
For immigration purposes, the main job groups are:
- Skill Type 0 (zero): management jobs, such as:
- restaurant managers
- mine managers
- shore captains (fishing)
- Skill Level A: professional jobs that usually call for a degree from a university, such as:
- Doctors
- Dentists
- Architects
- Skill Level B: technical jobs and skilled trades that usually call for a college diploma or training as an apprentice, such as:
- chefs
- plumbers
- electricians
- Skill Level C: intermediate jobs that usually call for high school and/or job-specific training, such as:
- industrial butchers
- long-haul truck drivers
- food and beverage servers
- Skill Level D labour jobs that usually give on-the-job training, such as:
- fruit pickers
- cleaning staff
- oil field workers