Dear Future neighbour,
Did you know you could get 50 extra CRS points by getting a Certificate of Qualification in a Canadian province?
On Friday, September 8, 2023, IRCC officially updated the list of trade occupations eligible for Express Entry certificates of qualification.
The only thing needed is to get a certificate of qualification for one of the 101 occupations listed below; previous work experience in any of the occupations is not a necessity.
If you are currently residing in Canada with a valid Express Entry profile or are planning on creating one, you can enrol in one of these skilled trades programs. Once you have completed training in one of these trades, you can then write an examination to get a certificate of qualification from one of the Canadian provinces.
See below full List of 101 Occupations eligible for Express Entry Certificate of Qualification
- Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists – 22114
- Drafting technologists and technicians – 22212
- Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment) – 22311
- Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics – 22312
- Chefs – 62200
- Cooks – 63200
- Butchers – retail and wholesale – 63201
- Bakers- 63202
- Hairstylists and Barbers – 63210
- Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations – 72010
- Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations – 72011
- Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades – 72012
- Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades – 72013
- Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers – 72014
- Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades – 72020
- Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews – 72021
- Supervisors, printing and related occupations – 72022
- Supervisors, railway transport operations – 72023
- Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators – 72024
- Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations – 72025
- Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors – 72100
- Tool and die makers – 72101
- Sheet metal workers – 72102
- Boilermakers – 72103
- Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters – 72104
- Ironworkers – 72105
- Welders and related machine operators – 72106
- Electricians (except industrial and power system) – 72200
- Industrial electricians – 72201
- Power system electricians – 72202
- Electrical power line and cable workers – 72203
- Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers – 72204
- Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians – 72205
- Plumbers – 72300
- Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers – 72301
- Gas fitters – 72302
- Carpenters – 72310
- Cabinetmakers – 72311
- Bricklayers – 72320
- Insulators – 72321
- Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics – 72400
- Heavy-duty equipment mechanics – 72401
- Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics – 72402
- Railway carmen/women – 72403
- Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors – 72404
- Machine fitters – 72405
- Elevator constructors and mechanics – 72406
- Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers – 72410
- Auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians and damage repair estimators – 72411
- Oil and solid fuel heating mechanics – 72420
- Appliance servicers and repairers – 72421
- Electrical mechanics – 72422
- Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and other related mechanics – 72423
- Other small engine and small equipment repairers – 72429
- Crane operators – 72500
- Water well drillers – 72501
- Other technical trades and related occupations – 72999
- Concrete finishers – 73100
- Tilesetters – 73101
- Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers – 73102
- Roofers and shinglers – 73110
- Glaziers – 73111
- Painters and decorators (except interior decorators) – 73112
- Floor covering installers – 73113
- Residential and commercial installers and servicers – 73200
- General building maintenance workers and building superintendents – 73201
- Pest controllers and fumigators – 73202
- Other repairers and servicers – 73209
- Transport truck drivers – 73300
- Bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators – 73301
- Railway and yard locomotive engineers – 73310
- Railway conductors and brakemen/women – 73311
- Heavy equipment operators – 73400
- Printing press operators – 73401
- Drillers and blasters – surface mining, quarrying and construction – 73402
- Supervisors, logging and forestry – 82010
- Supervisors, mining and quarrying – 82020
- Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services – 82021
- Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors – 82030
- Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services – 82031
- Underground production and development miners – 83100
- Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers – 83101
- Logging machinery operators – 83110
- Fishing masters and officers – 83120
- Fishermen/women – 83121
- Supervisors, mineral and metal processing – 92010
- Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities – 92011
- Supervisors, food and beverage processing – 92012
- Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing – 92013
- Supervisors, forest products processing – 92014
- Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing – 92015
- Supervisors, motor vehicle assembling – 92020
- Supervisors, electronics and electrical products manufacturing – 92021
- Supervisors, furniture and fixtures manufacturing – 92022
- Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing – 92023
- Supervisors, other products manufacturing and assembly – 92024
- Power engineers and power systems operators – 92100
- Water and waste treatment plant operators – 92101
- Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing – 93100
- Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing – 93101
- Pulping, papermaking and coating control operators – 93102
The certificate must be issued by a province or territory’s governing body for trades.
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