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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