NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION

The Canadian National Occupational Classification (NOC) is the standard for classifying all Canadian occupations and is the only designated reference for immigration authorities in reviewing applicant occupational categories. Learn more about your career code, you can go to the official page to view:
http://noc.esdc.gc.ca/English/noc/welcome.aspx?ver=16

How to judge my occupation code?

The first thing to be clear is that the applicant’s occupation code has nothing to do with the qualifications and title. The only thing that is examined is the applicant’s duties. For example, “account manager” is a very common job title, but depending on the specific responsibilities, the occupation code is very different.
The basic principles of matching responsibilities are as follows:

1. Meet the official statement of the occupation as set out in the occupational descriptions.
2. Engage in a series of main duties, including essential duties.

Most NOC descriptions only require applicants to perform some or all of the duties, and federal courts define “some” more than one, so in terms of matching responsibilities, we Suggested applicants:

1. The work content (location, nature) conforms to the basic description at the beginning of the NOC.
2. At least 2 responsibilities can be matched with the main duties. The more responsibilities are matched.
3. It is absolutely forbidden to directly copy the official description of NOC. In the case of Kamchibekov v. Canada, 2011 FC 1411, even if the description of most of the duties in the court’s recommendation letter copied the NOC official website, the refusal was reasonable and did not violate the procedural fairness.

How to quickly determine the job category with code?

The 4-digit NOC code (Code) directly reflects the classification level, specifically:
0: Management class, the occupation starting with 0 is a class 0 occupation, and the rule takes precedence over the latter with the second digit to judge the classification.
A: Professional class, the second place of the 4 occupation code is 0 or 1.
B: High-tech class, the second place of the 4 professional codes is 2 or 3.
C: (semi) low-tech class, the second place of the 4 occupation code is 4 or 5.
D: Low-tech class, the second place of the 4 occupation code is 6 or 7.

What is the classification level?

All job-based immigration programs require a classification of work. Most immigration projects, such as the Federal Fast Track, require Class 0, A, or B work. A small number of immigrant projects support applicants for C or D work, but require language to at least CLB level 4.

Common Occupation

The popular categorization criteria for positions 0, A, and B are as follows:

• Manager position (Manager) belongs to category 0 and requires a department of the management company.
• Professional positions are classified as Class A, such as: auditors, accountants, engineers, architects, physicians, pharmacists, lawyers, teachers, postdocs, librarians, artists, etc.
• The Supervisor belongs to Class B and requires a supervisor of at least 1-2 employees.
• Technical occupation belongs to category B, including chefs, bakers, welders, plumbers, etc.
• In addition, there are common things such as administrative assistant (secretary) belonging to category B, bookkeeper belonging to category B, hairdresser belonging to category C, but hairdresser belongs to category B, dentist belongs to category A, and dentist is class B, but dental assistant belongs to Class C, and so on.