Occupational Classification

Minimum Educational Requirements

Accountant

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or C.P.A., C.A., C.G.A., or C.M.A.

Architect

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license

Computer Systems Analyst

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma 3/ or Post Secondary Certificate 4/and three years experience.

Disaster Relief Insurance Claims Adjuster (claims adjuster employed by an insurance company located in the territory of a party, or an independent claims adjuster)

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims; or three years experience in claims adjustment and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims.

Economist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Engineer

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.

Forester

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.

Graphic Designer

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate and three years experience.

Hotel Manager

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in hotel/restaurant management; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate in hotel/restaurant management and three years experience in hotel/restaurant management.

Industrial Designer

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.

Interior Designer

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.

Land Surveyor

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree or state/provincial/federal license.

Landscape Architect

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Lawyer (including Notary in the province of Quebec)

L.L.B., J.D., L.L.L., B.C.L., or Licenciatura degree (five years); or membership in a state/provincial bar.

Librarian

M.L.S., or B.L.S. (for which another Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree was a prerequisite).

Management Consultant

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or equivalent professional experience as established by statement or professional credential attesting to five years experience as a management consultant, or five years experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement.

Mathematician (including Statistician)

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Range Manager/Range Conservationist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Research Assistant (working in a post-secondary educational institution)

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Scientific Technician/Technologist

Possession of (a) theoretical knowledge of any of the following disciplines: agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology, or physics; and (b) the ability to solve practical problems in any of those disciplines, or the ability to apply principles of any of those disciplines to basic or applied research.

Social Worker

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Sylviculturist (including Forestry Specialist)

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Technical Publications Writer

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree, or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.

Urban Planner (including Geographer)

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Vocational Counselor

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

MEDICAL/ALLIED PROFESSIONALS

Dentist

D.D.S., D.M.D., Doctor en Odontologia or Doctor en Cirugia Dental or state/provincial license.

Dietitian

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.

Medical Laboratory Technologist (Canada)/Medical

Technologist (Mexico and the United States)

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years Experience.

Nutritionist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Occupational Therapist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.

Pharmacist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.

Physician (teaching or research only)

M.D. Doctor en Medicina; or state/provincial license.

Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.

Psychologist

State/provincial license; or Licenciatura Degree.

Recreational Therapist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Registered Nurse

Provincial license or Licenciatura Degree.

Veterinarian

D.V.M., D.M.V., or Doctor en Veterinaria; or state/provincial license.

SCIENTIST

Agriculturist (including Agronomist)

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Animal Breeder

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Animal Scientist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Apiculturist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Astronomer

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Biochemist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Biologist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Chemist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Dairy Scientist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Entomologist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Epidemiologist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Geneticist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Geochemist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Geologist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Geophysicist (including Oceanographer in Mexico and the United States)

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Horticulturist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Meteorologist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Pharmacologist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Physicist (including Oceanographer in Canada)

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Plant Breeder

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Poultry Scientist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Soil Scientist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Zoologist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree

TEACHER

College

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Seminary

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree

University

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.