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

Originally published at https://www.betterplaceimmigration.com on February 10, 2022.