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Work Experience

Your skills must appear on Canada's National Occupation Classification (NOC) list. To determine if you work experience meets the requirements to apply as a Skilled Worker, you will need to check the list below and then visit the Human Resources and Development Canada website to determine the number of points you'll be awarded.

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Steps to follow:

1. Find the title of any full-time jobs you had in the past 10 years using National Occupation Classification list.
2. Write down the 4-digit code located to the left of your job's title.
3. Go the NOC Website.
4. Type your 4-digit code into the Search box and press GO.
5. Make sure the description and "Main Duties" describe what you did at your last jobs. (Note: you do not have to meet the "Employment Requirements" listed in the description.)
6. If the initial description and list of main duties matches what you did at your last jobs, you can count this experience when you apply as a Skilled Worker.
7. Add up how many total years of full-time, paid work experience you have in the past 10 years in the occupations listed in Appendix E of the NOC. Do not include work experience in a restricted occupation.
8. Using this total number of years, determine your points from this chart:

 

National Occupation Classification List
Determining Points
Years of Experience	1	2	3	4+
Points	15	17	19	21

9. If the description does not match your work experience then you might not have the experience you need to apply as a Skilled Worker. Look through the NOC list to see if another occupation matches your experience. Check all of the jobs you had in the past 10 years to see if you have at least 1 year of work experience in a job that will qualify you as a Skilled Worker.

You do not meet the minimum requirements if:

• None of your work experience is listed in the NOC list;
• Your experience did not occur in the 10 years before you applied; OR
• Your only work experience is in a restricted occupation.

If you do not meet the minimum work experience requirements, your application as a skilled worker will be refused.

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