While checking eligibility for Canada Permanent Residency through Express Entry, finding your job’s NOC is crucial. Many are confused with this.

NOC or National Occupational Classification is code assigned to an occupation by Canada Immigration department.

Canada Immigration department use the National Occupational Classification (NOC) system to classify jobs (occupations). Jobs are grouped based on the type of job duties and work a person does. For immigration purposes, the main job groups are as follows.

Skill Type 0 (zero): management jobs, such as: restaurant managers, mine managers

Skill Level A: professional jobs that usually call for a degree from a university,
such as: doctors dentists architects Software Engineers.

Skill Level B: technical jobs and skilled trades that usually call for a college diploma or training as an apprentice. such as: chefs, plumbers, electricians.

Skill Level C: intermediate jobs that usually call for high school and/or job-specific training. such as: industrial butchers, long-haul truck drivers, food and beverage servers

Skill Level D: labour jobs that usually give on-the-job training, such as:fruit pickers, cleaning staff, oil field workers

If you want to come to Canada as a skilled immigrant (Express Entry) your job, and the work you have done in the past, must be skill type 0, or level A or B to use Express Entry.

Now lets see how to find your NOC.

Click here to search and find your NOC and Skill level.

Please watch this video on how to find your NOC.