How NOC Change Affects SINP (Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program)?

Since the year 1992, occupational classification has been introduced in the Canadian Labour Market. The structure was previously known as SOC (Standard Occupational Classification). In the year 2001, the Standard Occupational Classification is being replaced with the latest National Occupational Classification (NOC). One of the basic reasons for the changes is an the introduction of the Canada Immigration program.

• There are two significant Canadian bodies, Statistics Canada & ESDC (Employment & Social Development Canada) are responsible to design and implement the old and latest Canadian occupational structure.
• Every ten years the bodies propose the Canada Government to make certain changes in the occupations.
• On the other end, every five years the bodies suggest the improvisation of the NOC content.
• Some of the premium reasons are there that signifies that why the changes and improvisation of the content required to update.
• The first changes in demographics like, as many students completed their graduation. New immigrants move to particular places.
• Secondly, as new jobs, business ideas emerge that bring new study programs, which make changes in the job market. As a result, new NOC codes need to add to the system.

Change in Saskatchewan

As per the recent change in NOC, there are some important updates came in Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). As far as the candidates’ perspectives have concerned, the License process and the excluded occupations list needs to focus on.

Here is the list of the updated NOCs and Professional Status or Licensure bodies, as well as their requirements.

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SINP Requirements Related to Professional Status or Licensure

Engineering Occupations and Professional Requirements

SINP Requirements Related to Professional Status or Licensure

Please provide a letter from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) showing that your application for registration as an Engineer-in-Training has been approved.

Or

A letter from APEGS indicating that you have been assigned Confirmatory Exams.

*Software Designers must pursue licensure through the Canadian Association of Information Technology Professionals (CIPS). Please see page 5 for additional information.

Trade Occupations and Professional Requirements

SINP Requirements Related to Professional Status or Licensure

For Express Entry applications, provide a Certificate of Qualification from the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission (SATCC).

For Occupations in Demand applications, provide a letter of approval from the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission (SATCC), stating that you have completed the trade qualifier assessment (step 1) and you are eligible to write exams in Saskatchewan.

If you hold a certificate of qualification from another Canadian province or hold a Red Seal certification, provide a copy of your certificate.

*Industrial electricians (NOC 7242) and Power system electricians (NOC 7243) are not designated trades in Saskatchewan. To work in Saskatchewan as an electrician, you must meet the certification requirements for Electricians (NOC 7241) and the scope of the construction electrician trade in Saskatchewan.

Contractor and Supervisor positions are not designated trades and cannot be assessed by the SATCC. Actual trade training and trade work experience hours in a specific trade will be assessed by the SATCC. The SINP will verify your work

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SINP Education Requirements Specific to this Occupation

You must have completed an apprenticeship program or vocational training in your chosen trades-related occupation.

Other Occupations and Professional Requirements

NOC 12200 – Accounting technicians and bookkeepers

SINP Education Requirements Specific to this Occupation

You must have completed a minimum two-year diploma program in accounting which includes specialized courses in automated accounting, taxation, financial and cost accounting, auditing, intermediate accounting, managerial accounting and accounting

NOC 21112 – Agricultural representatives, consultants, and specialists & 21200 – Architects

SINP Requirements Related to Professional Status or Licensure

Provide a copy of your valid membership with the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists (SIA). OR

Provide a copy of the documentation you received from the SIA’s Admissions and Registration Committee detailing:

• Your “Conditional approval” for membership as an articling member; OR
• Your “Approval” for membership as an articling member.

If your education is in a discipline other than agrology, the SIA will not assess your credentials. Provide your educational credential assessment (ECA) from a designated organization.

Provide your “Academic Certification” documentation from the Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB). or Documentation from the Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB) showing your acceptance into the Broadly Experienced Foreign Architect (BEFA) program including an invitation to apply to the self-assessment phase (2nd step).

NOC 21203 – Land surveyors

SINP Requirements Related to Professional Status or Licensure

Provide your Certification of Completion from the Canadian Board of Examiners for Professional Surveyors (CBEPS).

For more information, visit the Foreign Trained Land Surveyors (FTLS) website.

Requirements

Provide documentation from the Canadian Association of Information Technology Professionals (CIPS) showing your:

• Candidate Membership as an Associate Information Technology Professional (AITP); or
• Certified Membership as an Information Systems Professional (I.S.P); or
• Certified Membership as an Information Technology Certified Professional of Canada (ITCP)

For more information, visit the provincial regulator the Canadian Association of Information Technology Professionals Saskatchewan*

Software Engineers must pursue licensure through the Associate of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan. Please see page 2 for more information.

NOC 22110 – Biological Technologists and Technicians

If you have a two year diploma in agrology, provide a copy of your valid membership as an Agricultural Technologist with the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists (SIA).
or
Provide a copy of the documentation you received from the SIA’s Admissions and Registration Committee detailing:

• your “Conditional approval” for membership as an articling agricultural technologist member;
  or
• your “Approval” for membership as an articling agricultural technologist member.

If your education is in a discipline other than agrology, the SIA will not assess your credentials. Provide your educational credential assessment (ECA) from a designated organization.

NOC 22210 – Architectural technologists and technicians

SINP Education Requirements Specific to this Occupation

You must have completed a degree or minimum two year diploma program in architectural technology.

31201 – Chiropractor

SINP Requirements Related to Professional Status or Licensure

Provide a copy of your valid licensure from the Chiropractors’ Association of Saskatchewan (CAS)
or
Provide proof that you have graduated from a four-year Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) program that has been accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education Canada (CCEC) or the Councils on Chiropractic Education International (CCEI).

Note: The list of accredited programs, and information on the national chiropractic examination eligibility, can be found on the website for the Canadian Chiropractic Examining Board.

NOC 31203 – Occupational therapists

Provide a copy of your valid licensure from the Saskatchewan Society of Occupational Therapists (SSOT) or Provide a copy of the documentation you received from the Substantially Equivalent Assessment Seas (SEAS) process confirming you have fulfilled the requirements for the Professional Specific Credential Assessment (PSCA) and your eligibility to continue to the Competency Assessment.

NOC 32120 – Medical laboratory technologists

Provide a copy of your valid licensure from the Saskatchewan Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists (SSMLT) or Provide a copy of the Credential Document Review letter from the SSMLT Registrar indicating you meet initial eligibility requirements to apply to the Saskatchewan Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists (SSMLT) for a license.

NOTE: To determine eligibility for an SSMLT licence, the applicant must first obtain a Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) report from the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) for the Credential Document Review application.

NOC 32121 – Medical radiation technologists

Provide a copy of your valid licensure (restricted or full) from the Saskatchewan Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (SAMRT);

or Provide a copy of the email from the SAMRT Registrar outlining your eligibility to apply to the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT) to have your credentials assessed;

AND a copy of the letter from the CAMRT notifying you of your assessment result and access to the national certification exam.

NOC 32122 – Medical sonographers

Provide documentation from Sonography Canada showing your eligibility to challenge their qualifying examinations, or Provide your Examination Confirmation Letter (ECL) or proof of Sonography Certification from the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS). Note: ARDMS examinations can be written in various testing centres worldwide through Pearson VUE.

NOC 32102 – Paramedical occupations

Provide a copy of your valid licensure from the Saskatchewan College of Paramedics (SCoP); OR

Provide a copy of the correspondence from SCoP outlining your eligibility to apply to write the national certification exam related to your practice level.

NOC 31200 – Psychologists

Provide documentation from the Saskatchewan College of Psychologists showing your eligibility for provisional licensure.

NOC 41300 – Social workers

Provide a copy of your valid registration with the Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers (SASW) OR

If you have a Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Social Work, provide your assessment of equivalency letter from the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW).

42201 – Social and community service workers

If you have a Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Social Work, provide your assessment of equivalency letter from the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW).

If your education is in a discipline other than social work the CASW will not assess your credentials. Provide your educational credential assessment (ECA) from a designated organization.

SINP Education Requirements Specific to this Occupation

You must have completed a degree or minimum two year diploma program in social work, child and youth care, social science or psychology.

42202 – Early childhood educators and assistants

Level II or III Early Childhood Educator Certification is required for SINP eligibility. Provide copies of your assessment letter, the Early Learning and Child Care Assessment Sheet, and your Certificate of Qualification at Level II or III in Early Childhood Education from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education.

42203 – Instructors of persons with disabilities

SINP Education Requirements Specific to this Occupation

You must have completed a degree or minimum two year diploma program with a specialization in special education, rehabilitation, orientation and mobility, visual impairment, hearing impairment or intellectual disability.

63202 – Bakers

SINP Education Requirements Specific to this Occupation

You must have completed a minimum two year diploma program or a vocational training program specializing in baking and pastry arts which includes at least one year of on the job training.

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Excluded Occupation List for the SINP