Everything you Need to know about the New NOC System 2022

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August 4, 2022

The Canadian Government updated the NOC system in 2016 to provide more opportunities for professionals to live and work in Canada. This isn’t new. Canada updates the occupational classification system once every ten years. You must stay abreast of the changes in the new NOC system 2022 to ensure you successfully get through the Expres Entry programs.

The New NOC System 2022 | What are the Changes?

Initially, the NOC classified occupations on the basis of five skill levels:

O- Managerial occupations
A- Professional occupations (university education mandatory)
B- Skilled trades (college education or apprentice training mandatory)
C- Semi-skilled occupations (occupational training or secondary school mandatory)
D- Semi-skilled and unskilled jobs (no formal education required. On-job training mandatory)

This classification system will change from 16th November and be replaced by the new numerical classification.

The changes in the new NOC system include:

The current skill type and level structure in the NOC system will be replaced with the TEER system
Occupation codes will consist of 5-digit codes
The eligibility criteria also change as per the new TEER structure

What are the new TEER categories included?

According to the Executive Committee of IRCC, the new NOC system will adopt the TEER structure as given below:

NOC 2016	NOC 2021
Skill type 0	TEER 0
Skill level A	TEER 1
Skill level B	TEER 2
Skill level B	TEER 3
Skill level C	TEER 4
Skill level D	TEER 5

A few jobs may change to a different category of TEER.

But, mostly, the jobs will stay in the TEER category equal to the skill level as shown above.

TEER 2 or TEER 3 categories may include the jobs eligible for Skill level B.

Here is the type of occupation for each TEER in the new NOC system.

TEER Level `	Types of Occupations
TEER 0	Management
TE ER 1	Occupations where a university degree is mandatory
TEER 2	Occupations that need a college diploma, supervisory occupations and apprenticeship training for at least 2 years
TEER 3	Occupations that need a college diploma, apprenticeship training for at less than 2 years and at on-the-job training for more than 6 months
TEER 4	Occupations that need a high school diploma or weeks of on-job-training
TEER 5	Occupations that need a short-term work demonstration

Which Programs are Affected by the New NOC System?

The new NOC system will affect the eligibility criteria of the following programs:

Express Entry (FSWP, CEC and FSTP)
Atlantic Immigration Program
Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Caregivers Program
Out-of-Status Construction Workers
Provincial Nominee Program
International Mobility Program
Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot
Agri-Food Pilot

To know more about the changes in the eligibility requirements of different programs, connect with Onkar Immigration. We will guide you through all the changes related to the new NOC system.