Calgary Immigrating to Canada: Passing the Points System
General Occupations List
- The applicant must have at least one year experience in his/her occupation.
- Warning: The contents of this list are subject to change without advance notice.
- ETF - Education and Training Factor, the level of education/training needed to work in your occupation in Canada.
- NOC - National Occupational Classification
- Warning: The contents of this list are subject to change without advance notice.
- How to read the list.
- Example: Accountants
"1111.2" - Occupational Code
"Accountants" - Occupation (the one you intend to follow in Canada)
"3" - Occupational Factor
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Title
Occupational
FactorETF*
A1111.2
Accountants
3
15
1431.0
Accounting and Related Clerks
1
5
2161.3
Actuaries
1
15
1441.0
Administrative Clerks
3
5
1221.0
Administrative Officers
1
7
1122.2
Advertising and Marketing Consultants
3
15
2255.3
Aerial Survey Technologists and Technicians
1
15
2146.0
Aerospace Engineers
5
17
2148.1
Agricultural Engineers
5
17
2123.0
Agricultural Representatives, Consultants and Specialists
1
17
2272.1
Air Traffic Controllers
1
15
7437.0
Air Transport Ramp Attendants
1
5
2244.2
Aircraft Electrical Mechanics and Technicians
1
15
7315.2
Aircraft Inspectors
3
15
2244.1
Aircraft Instrument Mechanics and Technicians
1
15
7315.1
Aircraft Mechanics
1
15
6433.5
Airline Station Agents
1
7
2262.3
Airworthiness Inspectors
1
15
3213.0
Animal Health Technologists
5
15
5223.1
Animation Painters
1
2
5231.0
Announcers and Other Broadcasters
1
15
4169.1
Anthropologists
1
18
2211.2
Applied Chemical Technicians
1
15
2211.1
Applied Chemical Technologists
1
15
1235.3
Appraisers
1
7
2225.1
Arborists and Tree Service Technicians
1
15
4169.2
Archaeologists
1
18
2151.0
Architects
1
15
5113.0
Archivists
3
18
5131.4
Art Directors
3
15
2111.2
Astronomers
1
18
5225.0
Audio and Video Recording Technicians
5
7
3141.1
Audiologists
10
18
2244.4
Avionics Inspectors
1
15
2244.3
Avionics Mechanics and Technicians
1
15
6252.0
Bakers
1
15
1434.1
Bank Clerks
1
5
6271.2
Barbers
1
2
2221.2
Biological Technicians
1
15
2221.1
Biological Technologists
1
15
2121.1
Biologists
1
17
2148.2
Biomedical Engineers
5
17
7266.1
Blacksmiths
5
2
9491.1
Boat Assemblers
5
2
7262.0
Boilermakers
1
7
1231.0
Bookkeepers
1
7
5224.0
Broadcast Technicians
5
15
6463.2
By-Law Enforcement Officers
5
7
7272.0
Cabinetmakers
1
7
7247.2
Cable Television Maintenance Technicians
3
7
7247.1
Cable Television Service Technicians
3
7
2255.1
Cartographic Technologists and Technicians
1
15
5244.1
Carvers
1
15
6241.3
Chefs and Specialist Chefs
10
7
2134.0
Chemical Engineers
5
17
2112.0
Chemists
1
17
2231.2
Civil Engineering Technicians
1
15
2231.1
Civil Engineering Technologists
1
15
2131.0
Civil Engineers
5
17
3214.2
Clinical Perfusionists
10
15
7382.0
Commercial Divers
1
15
4212.0
Community and Social Service Workers
5
2
3131.1
Community Pharmacists and Hospital Pharmacists
1
17
2147.1
Computer Hardware Engineers
5
17
1421.0
Computer Operators
1
5
2163.0
Computer Programmers
10
15
2162.0
Computer Systems Analysts
10
15
1226.0
Conference and Event Planners
1
1
2224.0
Conservation and Fishery Officers
3
15
5212.1
Conservation and Restoration Technicians
1
7
5112.1
Conservators
3
15
2234.0
Construction Estimators
1
15
7311.0
Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics (Except Textile)
10
7
7216.0
Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades
3
15
6242.0
Cooks
10
7
5223.2
Copy Stylists
1
2
5121.3
Copywriters
3
15
1244.1
Court Recorders
5
15
5244.8
Craft Instructors
1
15
5121.1
Creative Writers
3
1
0122.2
Credit Managers
3
15
5212.2
Curatorial Assistants
1
7
3222.1
Dental Hygienists
5
15
3412.0
Dental Laboratory Bench Workers
1
2
3223.0
Dental Technicians
1
15
3221.0
Denturists
1
15
1423.1
Desktop Publishing Operator
3
7
7266.2
Die Setters
5
2
3132.0
Dietitians and Nutritionists
1
17
5131.2
Directors
3
15
5131.7
Directors of Photography
3
15
2253.2
Drafting Technicians
1
7
2253.1
Drafting Technologists
1
15
4216.2
Driver's Licence Examiners
1
1
4216.1
Driving Instructors
1
1
6681.1
Dry Cleaning and Laundry Machine Operators
1
2
return to top 4163.0
Economic Development Officers and Marketing Researchers and Consultants
1
17
4162.0
Economists and Economic Policy Researchers and Analysts
1
17
1452.3
Editorial Assistants and Publication Clerks
3
5
5122.0
Editors
3
17
4166.0
Education Policy and Researchers, Consultants and Program Officers
1
17
2241.2
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians
1
15
2241.1
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists
1
15
2133.0
Electrical and Electronics Engineers
5
17
7333.0
Electrical Mechanics
1
7
7244.0
Electrical Power Line and Cable Workers
5
15
3218.1
Electroencephalographic Technologists
10
15
3218.2
Electromyography Technologists
10
15
2242.0
Electronic Service Technicians (Household and Business Equipment)
1
7
6272.2
Embalmers
1
15
4213.0
Employment Counsellors
3
7
2148.3
Engineering Physicists and Engineering Scientists
5
17
1222.0
Executive Assistants
1
7
6241.1
Executive Chefs
10
7
5243.3
Exhibit Designers
1
15
return to top 0721.0
Facility Operation Managers
1
15
4153.0
Family, Marriage and Other Related Counsellors
5
18
5243.2
Fashion Designers
1
15
5222.0
Film and Video Camera Operators
1
15
5131.5
Film Editors
3
15
5131.1
Film, Television and Radio Producers
3
15
1112.0
Financial and Investment Analysts
3
17
1111.1
Financial Auditors
3
15
1434.3
Financial Clerks
1
5
1114.2
Financial Examiners and Inspectors
3
7
1114.3
Financial Investigators
3
7
0111.0
Financial Managers
3
15
1114.1
Financial Planners
3
7
6262.0
Firefighters
3
5
2222.1
Fish and Fish Products Inspectors
1
7
2272.2
Flight Dispatchers
1
15
2271.2
Flight Engineers (Second Officers)
1
15
5226.1
Floor Directors
1
15
2271.3
Flying Instructors
1
15
2148.4
Food Processing Engineers
5
17
2122.0
Forestry Professionals
1
17
2223.0
Forestry Technologists and Technicians
1
15
6272.1
Funeral Directors
1
15
7342.2
Furriers
1
2
return to top 5226.3
Gaffers and Lighting Technicians
1
15
4169.3
Geographers
1
18
2255.5
Geographic Information System (GIS) Technologists and Technicians
1
15
2212.2
Geological and Mineral Technicians
1
15
2212.1
Geological and Mineral Technologists
1
15
2144.0
Geological Engineers
5
17
2113.0
Geologists, Geochemists and Geophysicists
1
17
5244.2
Glass Blowers
1
15
2225.2
Golf Course Superintendents
1
7
6234.0
Grain Elevator Operators
1
7
5241.0
Graphic Designers and Illustrating Artists
1
7
5227.1
Grips
1
7
7383.1
Gunsmiths
5
7
return to top 6271.1
Hairstylists
1
2
7312.0
Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics
10
7
4169.4
Historians
1
18
4164.2
Home Economists
1
15
2225.3
Horticulturalists
1
15
4164.3
Housing Policy Analysts
1
15
return to top 6481.1
Image Consultants
1
5
4211.4
Independent Paralegals
1
7
2141.0
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineers
5
17
2252.0
Industrial Designers
1
15
7242.0
Industrial Electricians
5
15
2233.2
Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Technicians
1
15
2233.1
Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Technologists
1
15
2243.0
Industrial Instrument Technicians and Mechanics
5
15
3131.2
Industrial Pharmacists
1
17
2263.0
Inspectors in Public and Environmental Health and Occupational Health and Safety
5
7
2262.4
Inspectors, Weights and Measures
1
15
1233.1
Insurance Adjusters
3
7
1233.2
Insurance Claims Examiners
3
7
1434.2
Insurance Clerks
1
5
1234.0
Insurance Underwriters
3
7
5242.0
Interior Designers
1
15
4164.4
International Aid and Development Project Officers
1
15
5125.3
Interpreters
1
15
1114.4
Investment Underwriters
3
7
return to top 73441
Jewellers and Related Workers
1
15
51230
Journalists
3
15
52262
Key Grips
1
15
return to top 21520
Landscape Architects
1
17
22254
Landscape Designers and Landscape Architectural Technicians and Technologists
1
15
22255
Landscape Gardeners
1
7
22256
Landscapers
1
7
42111
Legal Assistants and Paralegals
1
15
12420
Legal Secretaries
5
15
52236
Lettering Artists
3
2
51110
Librarians
3
18
52110
Library and Archive Technicians and Assistants
1
15
41695
Linguists
1
18
12320
Loan Officers
3
5
73832
Locksmiths
5
7
return to top 7316.0
Machine Fitters
1
7
9487.1
Machine Operators, Electrical Apparatus Manufacturing
1
2
7231.2
Machining and Tooling Inspectors
5
15
7231.1
Machinists
1
15
7332.2
Major Appliance Repairers/Technicians
1
15
5226.5
Make-Up Artists
1
15
1122.1
Management Consultants
3
15
2148.5
Marine and Naval Engineers
5
17
2115.3
Materials Scientists
1
17
2161.1
Mathematicians
1
18
2232.2
Mechanical Engineering Technicians
1
15
2232.1
Mechanical Engineering Technologists
1
15
2132.0
Mechanical Engineers
5
17
7321.2
Mechanical Repairers, Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
1
7
3211.1
Medical Laboratory Technologists
5
15
1243.0
Medical Secretaries
5
7
3216.0
Medical Sonographers
5
15
1244.2
Medical Transcriptionists
5
15
5244.3
Metal Arts Workers
1
15
2142.0
Metallurgical and Materials Engineers
5
17
2115.1
Metallurgists
1
17
2213.0
Meteorological Technicians
1
15
2114.0
Meteorologists
1
17
2121.2
Microbiologists and Cell and Molecular Biologists
1
17
7342.3
Milliners
1
2
2143.0
Mining Engineers
5
17
5227.2
Motion Picture Projectionists
1
7
7322.0
Motor Vehicle Body Repairers
1
2
7321.1
Motor Vehicle Mechanics and Technicians
1
7
2262.1
Motor Vehicles Defects Investigators
1
15
7334.0
Motorcycle and Other Related Mechanics
1
7
5212.4
Museum Extension Officers
1
7
5212.3
Museum Guides and Interpreters
1
7
5212.5
Museum Registrars and Cataloguers
1
7
return to top 2261.0
Mondestructive Testers and Inspectors
3
5
32152
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
5
15
3143.0
Occupational Therapists
10
17
8615.0
Oil and Gas Drilling, Servicing and Related Labourers
1
2
3233.2
Operating Room Technicians
1
15
3414.1
Orthopaedic Technologists
1
7
3144.0
Other Professional Occupations in Therapy and Assessment
10
15
7445.0
Other Repairers and Servicers
1
2
7335.0
Other Small Engine and Equipment Mechanics
1
7
5226.7
Other Workers in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts
1
15
return to top 5223.3
Paste-Up Artists
1
2
4161.3
Patent Agents
1
15
3211.2
Pathologists' Assistants
5
15
5245.0
Patternmakers -- Textile, Leather and Fur Products
1
7
1223.0
Personnel and Recruitment Officers
3
15
2145.0
Petroleum Engineers
5
17
2255.2
Photogrammetric Technologists and Technicians
5
15
5221.0
Photographers
1
2
2111.1
Physicists
1
18
3142.0
Physiotherapists
10
17
2271.1
Pilots
1
15
4169.6
Political Scientists
1
18
5244.4
Potters
1
15
7352.2
Power Station Operators
1
7
7243.0
Power System Electricians
1
15
7352.1
Power Systems Operators
1
7
5212.6
Preparators
1
7
4155.1
Probation and Parole Officers
5
7
1473.0
Production Clerks
3
5
5124.0
Professional Occupations in Public Relations and Communications
1
15
5254.0
Program Leaders and Instructors in Recreation and Sport
5
5
1224.0
Property Administrators
1
5
5227.3
Props Persons and Set Dressers
1
7
3219.3
Prosthetists and Orthotists
10
15
4151.0
Psychologists
3
18
4169.7
Psychometricians
1
18
7422.0
Public Works Maintenance Equipment Operators
1
2
1225.0
Purchasing Agents and Officers
1
15
return to top 3215.3
Radiation Therapists
10
15
3215.1
Radiography Technologists
5
15
2262.2
Railway Accident Investigation Officers
1
15
7314.0
Railway Carmen/women
1
2
7361.1
Railway Locomotive Engineers
1
7
2275.1
Railway Traffic Controllers
1
7
5131.6
Record Producers
3
15
7383.3
Recreational Vehicle Repairers
1
7
7313.0
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics
1
7
2255.4
Remote Sensing Technologists and Technicians
5
15
7441.0
Residential and Commercial Installers and Servicers
1
2
3214.1
Respiratory Therapists
10
15
6233.0
Retail and Wholesale Buyers
1
15
6421.0
Retail Salespersons and Sales Clerks
3
2
return to top 7383.4
Rafe and Vault Servicers
5
7
6411.0
Rales Representatives, Wholesale Trade (Non-technical)
3
7
4143.0
Rchool and Guidance Counsellors
1
17
5227.4
Rcript Assistants
1
7
7342.4
Reamstresses
1
2
1241.0
Recretaries (Except Legal and Medical)
5
7
4216.3
Rewing Instructors
1
1
7261.0
Rheet Metal Workers
1
7
7343.2
Rhoe Repairers
1
2
7343.1
Rhoemakers
1
2
5223.4
Rign Painters
1
2
7332.1
Rmall Appliance Servicers and Repairers
1
7
4164.1
Rocial Policy Researchers
1
15
4164.5
Rocial Survey Researchers
1
15
4152.0
Rocial Workers
5
17
4169.8
Rociologists
1
18
2147.2
Roftware Engineers
5
17
2115.2
Roil Scientists
1
17
6241.2
Rous-Chefs
10
7
1121.0
Rpecialists in Human Resources
3
15
3141.2
Rpeech-Language Pathologists
10
18
5244.5
Rtained Glass Artists
1
15
7351.0
Rtationary Engineers and Auxiliary Equipment Operators
5
7
2161.2
Rtatisticians
1
18
7252.1
Rteamfitters and Pipefitters
1
7
1472.0
Rtorekeepers and Parts Clerks
3
2
5244.6
Rtringed Instrument Makers
1
15
7263.0
Rtructural Metal and Platework Fabricators and Fitters
1
15
5226.4
Rtunt Co-ordinators and Special Effects Technicians
1
15
7222.0
Rupervisors, Motor Transport and Other Ground Transit Operators
5
7
2254.2
Rurvey Technicians
1
15
7246.2
Rwitch Network Installers and Repairers
1
15
return to top 7342.1
Railors and Dressmakers
1
2
5212.8
Raxidermists
1
7
6221.0
Rechnical Sales Specialists, Wholesale Trade
1
15
5121.2
Rechnical Writers
3
17
7246.4
Relecommunications Equipment Technicians
1
15
7245.0
Relecommunications Line and Cable Workers
3
15
7246.3
Relecommunications Service Testers
1
15
7246.1
Relephone Installers and Repairers
1
15
5125.2
Rerminologists
1
18
2148.6
Rextile Engineers
5
17
7317.0
Rextile Machinery Mechanics and Repairers
1
7
5243.1
Rheatre Designers
1
15
7232.0
Rool and Die Makers
5
15
4211.3
Rrade Mark Agents
1
15
1113.2
Rraders
3
7
5125.1
Rranslators
1
18
1476.0
Rransportation Route and Crew Schedulers
3
5
6431.0
Rravel Counsellors
1
15
1114.5
Rrust Officers
3
7
return to top 7341.0
Rpholsterers
1
7
2153.0
Rrban and Land Use Planners
1
17
31140
Veterinarians
1
18
return to top 52266
Wardrobe Supervisors
1
15
73442
Watch Repairers
1
15
72650
Welders
1
15
return to top 73612
Yard Locomotive Engineers
1
7
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