Ontario Welcomes 749 Trades, Health, Agriculture and Foreign Workers

Canadian province Ontario invited 749 candidates to apply for a provincial nomination who had profiles in its expression of interest (EOI) system. The invited candidates are eligible for one of the streams under the Employer Job Offer Category: Ontario Foreign Workers and In-Demand Skills.

The province organized a total of three draws through the two streams. The Foreign Workers stream was divided into 476 immigration candidates from the draw that targeted trades occupations with a minimum score of 24, and 166 were invited in a general draw with a minimum score of 41. There were 107 immigrants invited in the in-demand Skills stream draw with a minimum score of 15.

Canadian province welcomed immigration candidates in the following occupations to apply for the Ontario Foreign Workers stream. Here’s a quick breakdown of the 41 targeted occupations which are listed in order of their National Occupation Classification (NOC) codes:

• NOC 2232 – Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians
• NOC 2233 – Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians
• NOC 2242 – Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment)
• NOC 2243 – Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics
• NOC 2253 – Drafting technologists and technicians
• NOC 2282 – User support technicians
• NOC 2283 – Information systems testing technicians
• NOC 7201 – Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations
• NOC 7202 – Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations
• NOC 7203 – Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades
• NOC 7204 – Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades
• NOC 7205 – Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers
• NOC 7232 – Tool and die makers
• NOC 7233 – Sheet metal workers
• NOC 7236 – Ironworkers
• NOC 7241 – Electricians (except industrial and power system)
• NOC 7242 – Industrial electricians
• NOC 7251 – Plumbers
• NOC 7271 – Carpenters
• NOC 7281 – Bricklayers
• NOC 7282 – Concrete finishers
• NOC 7284 – Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers
• NOC 7291 – Roofers and shinglers
• NOC 7293 – Insulators
• NOC 7294 – Painters and decorators (except interior decorators)
• NOC 7301 – Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
• NOC 7302 – Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
• NOC 7303 – Supervisors, printing and related occupations
• NOC 7305 – Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators
• NOC 7311 – Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics
• NOC 7312 – Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
• NOC 7313 – Refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics
• NOC 7314 – Railway carmen/women
• NOC 7315 – Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors
• NOC 7318 – Elevator constructors and mechanics
• NOC 7321 – Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
• NOC 7333 – Electrical mechanics
• NOC 7334 – Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and other related mechanics
• NOC 7371 – Crane operators
• NOC 8255 – Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services
• NOC 9241 – Power engineers and power systems operators
• The following 22 occupations were targeted for the In-Demand skills stream draw:

Health, agricultural and select trades occupations:

• NOC 3413 – Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
• NOC 4412 – Home support workers and related occupations, excluding housekeepers
• NOC 7441 – Residential and commercial installers and servicers
• NOC 7521 – Heavy equipment operators (except crane)
• NOC 7611 – Construction trades helpers and labourers
• NOC 8431 – General farm workers
• NOC 8432 – Nursery and greenhouse workers
• NOC 8611 – Harvesting labourers
• NOC 9462 – Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers

Manufacturing (outside the Greater Toronto Area only):

• NOC 9411 – Machine operators, mineral and metal processing
• NOC 9416 – Metalworking and forging machine operators
• NOC 9417 – Machining tool operators
• NOC 9418 – Other metal products machine operators
• NOC 9421 – Chemical plant machine operators
• NOC 9422 – Plastics processing machine operators
• NOC 9437 – Woodworking machine operators
• NOC 9446 – Industrial sewing machine operators
• NOC 9461 – Process control and machine operators, food, beverage and associated products processing
• NOC 9523 – Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers
• NOC 9526 – Mechanical assemblers and inspectors
• NOC 9536 – Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators
• NOC 9537 – Other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors