NOC C Occupations may now be eligible for Express Entry

Posted 05/27/2022

In an internal memo sent to the IRCC minister last February 2022, it has been revealed that the new NOC 2021 (TEER system) may be implemented in October or November 2022. From this memo, 16 NOC Occupations may become eligible for Express Entry.

The following occupations previously in NOC C will become eligible for the Express Entry system and will come under TEER 3 of the new NOC 2021:

1. Payroll Administrators
2. Dental Assistants and dental laboratory assistants
3. Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
4. Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants
5. Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants
6. Sheriffs and bailiffs
7. Correctional service officers
8. By-lay enforcement and other regulatory officers
9. Estheticians, electrologists and related occupations
10. Residential and commercial installers and servicers
11. Pest controllers and fumigators
12. Other repairers and servicers
13. Transport truck drivers
14. Bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators
15. Heavy equipment operators
16. Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors

On the other hand, the below 12 occupations below will shift from TEER 4 (NOC C) to TEER 5 (NOC D) which will also effect applicants of Atlantic Immigration Program:

1. Pet groomers and animal care workers
2. Other support occupations in personal services
3. Longshore workers
4. Material handlers
5. Taxi and limousine drivers and chauffeurs
6. Delivery service drivers and door-to-door distributors
7. Boat and cable ferry operators and related occupations
8. Livestock labourers
9. Nursery and greenhouse labourers
10. Trappers and hunters
11. Food and beverage servers
12. Labourers in textile processing and cutting