Ontario PNP invites 749 workers in trades, health, and agriculture occupations

Ontario invited 749 workers to apply for a provincial nomination on February 9.

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued invitations to candidates who had profiles in its Expression of Interest (EOI) system. These candidates may be eligible for one of following streams under the Employer Job Offer category: Foreign Worker or In-Demand Skills.

Through the two streams there were three draws in total. The Foreign Worker stream was divided into 476 candidates from a draw that targeted trades occupations, and 166 who were invited in a general draw. There were 107 invited in the In-Demand Skills stream draw.

Here is a breakdown of the most recent draw from Ontario's Provincial Nominee Program (PNP):

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Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream (trades occupations) – 476 invitations, minimum score 24;
Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream (general) – 166 invitations, minimum score 41;
Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills stream – 107 invitations, minimum score 15.

List of eligible occupations

Ontario invited candidates in the following occupations to apply for the Foreign Worker stream: These 41 targeted occupations 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

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