Beginning from February 27, 2008, an applicant is eligible for processing under the Federal Skilled Worker immigration program, if he had a work experience of at least one year in one of the occupations on the list. The complete list as of January 30, 2009 is provided here.

General requirements

Ministerial instructions state, that elegible are

Federal Skilled Workers with one year of continuous full-time (or equivalent part-time) paid work experience in the last ten years in one or more of the occupations listed at the following Web site: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-who-instructions.asp. 

List of occupations

The complete list including 38 occupations is provided below. Click on occupation title to read the detailed occupation description on the National Occupational Classification website (will open in new window).