How to select the accurate Canada NOC for your occupation?

Selecting the accurate NOC - National Occupation Classification for your Canada immigration application is highly crucial. This is especially because diverse NOC codes are eligible for diverse immigration categories. Further, for Canada Work Visa applications it is also essential to achieve the minimum IELTS score for Canada Work Permit.

Choosing the wrong NOC code enhances the risk of misrepresentation. The result is that the application of such candidates can be revoked or even refused for an erroneous choice of NOC.

How to select the accurate Canada NOC for your occupation?

National Occupation Classification in Canada

The Canadian NOC system is the national system for the categorization and description of occupations in Canada. It was updated in 2021 for inclusion of the component TEER - Training, Education, Experience, and Responsibilities. It denotes the extent to which the 4 components are required for adequately performing the job role.

Accordingly, occupations are allocated a NOC based on the required responsibilities, experience, education, and training. 0 TEER denotes that the position needs the maximum education or experience/training and 5 TEER denotes that the least is needed for the position.

The below table describes each level in TEER:

Occupation Type	TEER Number
Occupations in Management	TEER 0
Occupations that typically require a degree from a university to perform them adequately	TEER 1
Occupations that typically require apprenticeship training, a college diploma, of 2 or further years to perform them adequately, or administrative occupations	TEER 2
Occupations that typically require apprenticeship training, a college diploma, of 2 or further, or 6 months plus of on-the-job training to perform them adequately	TEER 3
Occupations that typically require a high school diploma, or on-the-job training of several weeks to perform them adequately	TEER 4
Occupations that typically require work demonstrations of short-term learning and nil formal education	TEER 5

 Choosing the right NOC

Owing to the absolute scale of the NOC, identifying the accurate code for the occupation can be challenging. However, the Canadian Government’s resources can highly simplify the task.

The chief resource is the NOC Webpage of the Government of Canada. To identify your occupation, the following steps are advised by IRCC:

• Navigate to the table’s page bottom and provide the title of your job in the field “filter items” at the table’s top

• Remember that the precise job title may not be presented and candidates might have to select the closest approximation. For example, in place of the job title ‘forensic accountant’ the candidate may be required to provide the job title ‘accountant’ to obtain results.

• The next step requires copying both the NOC Code and the TEER Number for the result in the search that is closely identical to the profession required

To make sure that the obtained NOC code is accurate, the candidate has to check the webpage of ESDC - Employment and Social Development Canada. They must then choose the tab named ‘search with NOC code’. They have to later enter the previously copied NOC code in the search tab and confirm the information offered for the profession they have searched.

The ‘key duties’ section of this page has to be noted. It must be ensured that the duties specified in the ‘key duties’ are closely corresponding with the duties for the occupation that is being searched.

The process has to be restarted from the beginning if the duties do not closely match.

If the NOC is not found in the given table

The following steps have to be followed if a candidate cannot find NOC through the above process:

• Go to the search webpage on the NOC website of ESDC

• Choose 2021 Version 1.0 NOC and look for the required NOC code or job title

The closest match from the list has to be identified and ensured that the key duties specified align with the job tasks being performed. Otherwise, a different job title that accurately corresponds to the duties will be needed and that job title and numeric code have to be noted.

The code has to be entered in the ‘filter items’ tab on the original table and the TEER level displayed in the first column has to be noted.

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