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Today (Nov 16,2022) the Canadian government is switching to the 2021 version of the National Occupational Classification (NOC).
Who should care about this new TEER system-based NOC code being rolled out?
Anyone who is applying for an LMIA work permit, Provincial Nominee program skilled immigration stream, Express Entry, Federal entrepreneur work permits under C10, C11, and C12, international students on post-graduate work permits seeking to gain Canadian work experience for PR, or even international students who have not yet graduated from Saskatchewan or Atlantic post-secondary institutions who are working in or planning to work in relevant occupations for their permanent residency application.
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Every 10 years, the NOC codes undergo a major structural revision to ensure that it reflects the realities of the Canadian labour market. As such, this revision provides a new framework for how occupations are classified by Employment and Social Development Canada and Statistics Canada. The redesign of the NOC includes a move from a 4-digit NOC code format to a 5-digit NOC code format and replaces the “skill level” categorization with a new one referred to as Training, Education, Experience, and Responsibilities (TEER). The new TEER categorization contains six categories, one more category compared to the former skill level categorization, to better distinguish formal training and educational requirements across occupations, thus creating more consistency in occupational groups within the NOC. Furthermore, the new TEER categorization places technical occupations and specialized trades (requiring 2 years or more of formal education) into a different TEER than other occupations that usually require the completion of a short college or vocational program (of less than 2 years). Therefore, the vast majority of occupational groups formally associated with skill levels B and C are now reclassified according to three TEER categories (TEER 2, TEER 3, and TEER 4). Tables explaining the new TEER categories in more detail are included in this article for further reference.
The user experience will be seamless for TFW Program applicants, as the information available on Job Bank webpages will be updated to reflect the new NOC 2021. Moreover, Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) application processing will not be affected by the transition. Decision letters will display both NOC 2016 and NOC 2021 codes until the internal system is updated for 5-digit NOC 2021 inputs.
Many of you won’t be affected as existing or new applicants, but some of you will be. Every single immigration program is being updated to reflect this new TEER based system from provincial, rural, regional and all Federal programs for Canada. The Express Entry system will depend heavily on this new TEER system for 2023 and beyond to do specific draws based on occupations.
We’ll cover all the relevant info and will roll out more information as this new system is being implemented across all immigration departments across Canada.
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What are the steps that you've taken with existing clients regarding the change of the NOC codes in terms of PNPs EE, etc?
For any clients who are eligible for such programs, we are double checking the new system to identify the TEER they now would fall under. If they are still equivalent to NOC B and above (Teer 0, 1, 2, 3), they're usually not affected.
* Most jobs will stay in the TEER category that is equal to the skill level in the table below.
* Some jobs may change to a different TEER category.
* Skill level B jobs may become TEER 2 or TEER 3 jobs.
These programs will have updated eligibility requirements because of TEER:
* Express Entry
Federal Skilled Worker Program
Canadian Experience Class
Federal Skilled Trades Program
* Atlantic Immigration Program
* Provincial Nominee Program
* Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot
* out-of-status construction workers
* International Mobility Program
* Temporary Foreign Worker Program
You can search for your new TEER based NOC code by clicking this link.
And for a more in depth search of the new NOC TEER based system, by clicking this link.
With TEER, 16 occupations that weren't eligible with NOC will become eligible for express entry. And 3 occupations that were eligible with NOC will become ineligible.
The following occupations will become eligible under Express Entry starting November 16:
* Payroll administrators;
* Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants;
* Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates;
* Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants;
* Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants;
* Sheriffs and bailiffs;
* Correctional service officers;
* By-law enforcement and other regulatory officers;
* Estheticians, electrologists and related occupations;
* Residential and commercial installers and servicers;
* Pest controllers and fumigators;
* Other repairers and servicers;
* Transport truck drivers;
* Bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators;
* Heavy equipment operators; and
* Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors.
The three occupations that will become ineligible include:
* other performers;
* program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness; and
* tailors, dressmakers, furriers and milliners.
The best news is for Nurse Aides who will now be in TEER code 33102, that is eligible for Express Entry. This NOC code under the new TEER system includes Continuing care assistants, Health Care aides, Health Care assistants, Long term care aides, Nurse aides, Patient Care aides, Patient Service aides or attendants, and Personal Support aides/attendants. You can check out all the index of titles under this occupation on the Canadian NOC code website, click here.
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* Cooks: TEER level 3 = 63200
* Chief Executive Officer or Managing Director would be TEER level 0 and the code would be 00012 to 00015 (these are the occupations which can give you 200 bonus points in Express Entry)
* Information System Analyst would be TEER level 1 and the code would be 21222 (also eligible under the Global Talent Stream)
The key is to see how the IRCC will use these new TEER based NOC codes to invite specific occupations through the Express Entry system for direct PR in Canada during 2023. The minister will start implementing this occupation specific draws during the first few months in 2023. And we will have to see if the Startup Visa entrepreneur category for work permits will be affected in anyway and what NOC code from the new system will be used if it changes. Only time will tell, and as we see the major changes applied to specific programs, we will inform our audience.
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