General Occupations List

General Occupations List

NOC*	Title	Occupational Factor	ETF**
A
1111.2	Accountants	3	15
1431.0	Accounting and Related Clerks	1	5
2161.3	Actuaries	1	15
1441.0	Administrative Clerks	3	5
1221.0	Administrative Officers	1	7
1122.2	Advertising and Marketing Consultants	3	15
2255.3	Aerial Survey Technologists and Technicians	1	15
2146.0	Aerospace Engineers	5	17
2148.1	Agricultural Engineers	5	17
2123.0	Agricultural Representatives, Consultants and Specialists	1	17
2272.1	Air Traffic Controllers	1	15
7437.0	Air Transport Ramp Attendants	1	5
2244.2	Aircraft Electrical Mechanics and Technicians	1	15
7315.2	Aircraft Inspectors	3	15
2244.1	Aircraft Instrument Mechanics and Technicians	1	15
7315.1	Aircraft Mechanics	1	15
6433.5	Airline Station Agents	1	7
2262.3	Airworthiness Inspectors	1	15
3213.0	Animal Health Technologists	5	15
5223.1	Animation Painters	1	2
5231.0	Announcers and Other Broadcasters	1	15
4169.1	Anthropologists	1	18
2211.2	Applied Chemical Technicians	1	15
2211.1	Applied Chemical Technologists	1	15
1235.3	Appraisers	1	7
2225.1	Arborists and Tree Service Technicians	1	15
4169.2	Archaeologists	1	18
2151.0	Architects	1	15
5113.0	Archivists	3	18
5131.4	Art Directors	3	15
2111.2	Astronomers	1	18
5225.0	Audio and Video Recording Technicians	5	7
3141.1	Audiologists	10	18
2244.4	Avionics Inspectors	1	15
2244.3	Avionics Mechanics and Technicians	1	15
B
6252.0	Bakers	1	15
1434.1	Bank Clerks	1	5
6271.2	Barbers	1	2
2221.2	Biological Technicians	1	15
2221.1	Biological Technologists	1	15
2121.1	Biologists	1	17
2148.2	Biomedical Engineers	5	17
7266.1	Blacksmiths	5	2
9491.1	Boat Assemblers	5	2
7262.0	Boilermakers	1	7
1231.0	Bookkeepers	1	7
5224.0	Broadcast Technicians	5	15
6463.2	By-Law Enforcement Officers	5	7
C
7272.0	Cabinetmakers	1	7
7247.2	Cable Television Maintenance Technicians	3	7
7247.1	Cable Television Service Technicians	3	7
2255.1	Cartographic Technologists and Technicians	1	15
5244.1	Carvers	1	15
6241.3	Chefs and Specialist Chefs	10	7
2134.0	Chemical Engineers	5	17
2112.0	Chemists	1	17
2231.2	Civil Engineering Technicians	1	15
2231.1	Civil Engineering Technologists	1	15
2131.0	Civil Engineers	5	17
3214.2	Clinical Perfusionists	10	15
7382.0	Commercial Divers	1	15
4212.0	Community and Social Service Workers	5	2
3131.1	Community Pharmacists and Hospital Pharmacists	1	17
2147.1	Computer Hardware Engineers	5	17
1421.0	Computer Operators	1	5
2163.0	Computer Programmers	10	15
2162.0	Computer Systems Analysts	10	15
1226.0	Conference and Event Planners	1	1
2224.0	Conservation and Fishery Officers	3	15
5212.1	Conservation and Restoration Technicians	1	7
5112.1	Conservators	3	15
2234.0	Construction Estimators	1	15
7311.0	Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics (Except Textile)	10	7
7216.0	Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades	3	15
6242.0	Cooks	10	7
5223.2	Copy Stylists	1	2
5121.3	Copywriters	3	15
1244.1	Court Recorders	5	15
5244.8	Craft Instructors	1	15
5121.1	Creative Writers	3	1
0122.2	Credit Managers	3	15
5212.2	Curatorial Assistants	1	7
D
3222.1	Dental Hygienists	5	15
3412.0	Dental Laboratory Bench Workers	1	2
3223.0	Dental Technicians	1	15
3221.0	Denturists	1	15
1423.1	Desktop Publishing Operator	3	7
7266.2	Die Setters	5	2
3132.0	Dietitians and Nutritionists	1	17
5131.2	Directors	3	15
5131.7	Directors of Photography	3	15
2253.2	Drafting Technicians	1	7
2253.1	Drafting Technologists	1	15
4216.2	Driver's Licence Examiners	1	1
4216.1	Driving Instructors	1	1
6681.1	Dry Cleaning and Laundry Machine Operators	1	2

NOC*	Title	Occupational Factor	ETF**
E
4163.0	Economic Development Officers and Marketing Researchers and Consultants	1	17
4162.0	Economists and Economic Policy Researchers and Analysts	1	17
1452.3	Editorial Assistants and Publication Clerks	3	5
5122.0	Editors	3	17
4166.0	Education Policy and Researchers, Consultants and Program Officers	1	17
2241.2	Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians	1	15
2241.1	Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists	1	15
2133.0	Electrical and Electronics Engineers	5	17
7333.0	Electrical Mechanics	1	7
7244.0	Electrical Power Line and Cable Workers	5	15
3218.1	Electroencephalographic Technologists	10	15
3218.2	Electromyography Technologists	10	15
2242.0	Electronic Service Technicians (Household and Business Equipment)	1	7
6272.2	Embalmers	1	15
4213.0	Employment Counsellors	3	7
2148.3	Engineering Physicists and Engineering Scientists	5	17
1222.0	Executive Assistants	1	7
6241.1	Executive Chefs	10	7
5243.3	Exhibit Designers	1	15
F
0721.0	Facility Operation Managers	1	15
4153.0	Family, Marriage and Other Related Counsellors	5	18
5243.2	Fashion Designers	1	15
5222.0	Film and Video Camera Operators	1	15
5131.5	Film Editors	3	15
5131.1	Film, Television and Radio Producers	3	15
1112.0	Financial and Investment Analysts	3	17
1111.1	Financial Auditors	3	15
1434.3	Financial Clerks	1	5
1114.2	Financial Examiners and Inspectors	3	7
1114.3	Financial Investigators	3	7
0111.0	Financial Managers	3	15
1114.1	Financial Planners	3	7
6262.0	Firefighters	3	5
2222.1	Fish and Fish Products Inspectors	1	7
2272.2	Flight Dispatchers	1	15
2271.2	Flight Engineers (Second Officers)	1	15
5226.1	Floor Directors	1	15
2271.3	Flying Instructors	1	15
2148.4	Food Processing Engineers	5	17
2122.0	Forestry Professionals	1	17
2223.0	Forestry Technologists and Technicians	1	15
6272.1	Funeral Directors	1	15
7342.2	Furriers	1	2
G
5226.3	Gaffers and Lighting Technicians	1	15
4169.3	Geographers	1	18
2255.5	Geographic Information System (GIS) Technologists and Technicians	1	15
2212.2	Geological and Mineral Technicians	1	15
2212.1	Geological and Mineral Technologists	1	15
2144.0	Geological Engineers	5	17
2113.0	Geologists, Geochemists and Geophysicists	1	17
5244.2	Glass Blowers	1	15
2225.2	Golf Course Superintendents	1	7
6234.0	Grain Elevator Operators	1	7
5241.0	Graphic Designers and Illustrating Artists	1	7
5227.1	Grips	1	7
7383.1	Gunsmiths	5	7
H
6271.1	Hairstylists	1	2
7312.0	Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics	10	7
4169.4	Historians	1	18
4164.2	Home Economists	1	15
2225.3	Horticulturalists	1	15
4164.3	Housing Policy Analysts	1	15

NOC*	Title	Occupational Factor	ETF**
I
6481.1	Image Consultants	1	5
4211.4	Independent Paralegals	1	7
2141.0	Industrial and Manufacturing Engineers	5	17
2252.0	Industrial Designers	1	15
7242.0	Industrial Electricians	5	15
2233.2	Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Technicians	1	15
2233.1	Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Technologists	1	15
2243.0	Industrial Instrument Technicians and Mechanics	5	15
3131.2	Industrial Pharmacists	1	17
2263.0	Inspectors in Public and Environmental Health and Occupational Health and Safety	5	7
2262.4	Inspectors, Weights and Measures	1	15
1233.1	Insurance Adjusters	3	7
1233.2	Insurance Claims Examiners	3	7
1434.2	Insurance Clerks	1	5
1234.0	Insurance Underwriters	3	7
5242.0	Interior Designers	1	15
4164.4	International Aid and Development Project Officers	1	15
5125.3	Interpreters	1	15
1114.4	Investment Underwriters	3	7
J
7344.1	Jewellers and Related Workers	1	15
5123.0	Journalists	3	15
K
5226.2	Key Grips	1	15
L
2152.0	Landscape Architects	1	17
2225.4	Landscape Designers and Landscape Architectural Technicians and Technologists	1	15
2225.5	Landscape Gardeners	1	7
2225.6	Landscapers	1	7
4211.1	Legal Assistants and Paralegals	1	15
1242.0	Legal Secretaries	5	15
5223.6	Lettering Artists	3	2
5111.0	Librarians	3	18
5211.0	Library and Archive Technicians and Assistants	1	15
4169.5	Linguists	1	18
1232.0	Loan Officers	3	5
7383.2	Locksmiths	5	7

NOC*	Title	Occupational Factor	ETF**
M
7316.0	Machine Fitters	1	7
9487.1	Machine Operators, Electrical Apparatus Manufacturing	1	2
7231.2	Machining and Tooling Inspectors	5	15
7231.1	Machinists	1	15
7332.2	Major Appliance Repairers/Technicians	1	15
5226.5	Make-Up Artists	1	15
1122.1	Management Consultants	3	15
2148.5	Marine and Naval Engineers	5	17
2115.3	Materials Scientists	1	17
2161.1	Mathematicians	1	18
2232.2	Mechanical Engineering Technicians	1	15
2232.1	Mechanical Engineering Technologists	1	15
2132.0	Mechanical Engineers	5	17
7321.2	Mechanical Repairers, Motor Vehicle Manufacturing	1	7
3211.1	Medical Laboratory Technologists	5	15
1243.0	Medical Secretaries	5	7
3216.0	Medical Sonographers	5	15
1244.2	Medical Transcriptionists	5	15
5244.3	Metal Arts Workers	1	15
2142.0	Metallurgical and Materials Engineers	5	17
2115.1	Metallurgists	1	17
2213.0	Meteorological Technicians	1	15
2114.0	Meteorologists	1	17
2121.2	Microbiologists and Cell and Molecular Biologists	1	17
7342.3	Milliners	1	2
2143.0	Mining Engineers	5	17
5227.2	Motion Picture Projectionists	1	7
7322.0	Motor Vehicle Body Repairers	1	2
7321.1	Motor Vehicle Mechanics and Technicians	1	7
2262.1	Motor Vehicles Defects Investigators	1	15
7334.0	Motorcycle and Other Related Mechanics	1	7
5212.4	Museum Extension Officers	1	7
5212.3	Museum Guides and Interpreters	1	7
5212.5	Museum Registrars and Cataloguers	1	7
N
2261.0	Nondestructive Testers and Inspectors	3	5
3215.2	Nuclear Medicine Technologists	5	15
O
3143.0	Occupational Therapists	10	17
8615.0	Oil and Gas Drilling, Servicing and Related Labourers	1	2
3233.2	Operating Room Technicians	1	15
3414.1	Orthopaedic Technologists	1	7
3144.0	Other Professional Occupations in Therapy and Assessment	10	15
7445.0	Other Repairers and Servicers	1	2
7335.0	Other Small Engine and Equipment Mechanics	1	7
5226.7	Other Workers in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts	1	15
P
5223.3	Paste-Up Artists	1	2
4161.3	Patent Agents	1	15
3211.2	Pathologists' Assistants	5	15
5245.0	Patternmakers -- Textile, Leather and Fur Products	1	7
1223.0	Personnel and Recruitment Officers	3	15
2145.0	Petroleum Engineers	5	17
2255.2	Photogrammetric Technologists and Technicians	5	15
5221.0	Photographers	1	2
2111.1	Physicists	1	18
3142.0	Physiotherapists	10	17
2271.1	Pilots	1	15
4169.6	Political Scientists	1	18
5244.4	Potters	1	15
7352.2	Power Station Operators	1	7
7243.0	Power System Electricians	1	15
7352.1	Power Systems Operators	1	7
5212.6	Preparators	1	7
4155.1	Probation and Parole Officers	5	7
1473.0	Production Clerks	3	5
5124.0	Professional Occupations in Public Relations and Communications	1	15
5254.0	Program Leaders and Instructors in Recreation and Sport	5	5
1224.0	Property Administrators	1	5
5227.3	Props Persons and Set Dressers	1	7
3219.3	Prosthetists and Orthotists	10	15
4151.0	Psychologists	3	18
4169.7	Psychometricians	1	18
7422.0	Public Works Maintenance Equipment Operators	1	2
1225.0	Purchasing Agents and Officers	1	15

NOC*	Title	Occupational Factor	ETF**
Q
R
3215.3	Radiation Therapists	10	15
3215.1	Radiography Technologists	5	15
2262.2	Railway Accident Investigation Officers	1	15
7314.0	Railway Carmen/women	1	2
7361.1	Railway Locomotive Engineers	1	7
2275.1	Railway Traffic Controllers	1	7
5131.6	Record Producers	3	15
7383.3	Recreational Vehicle Repairers	1	7
7313.0	Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics	1	7
2255.4	Remote Sensing Technologists and Technicians	5	15
7441.0	Residential and Commercial Installers and Servicers	1	2
3214.1	Respiratory Therapists	10	15
6233.0	Retail and Wholesale Buyers	1	15
6421.0	Retail Salespersons and Sales Clerks	3	2
S
7383.4	Safe and Vault Servicers	5	7
6411.0	Sales Representatives, Wholesale Trade (Non-technical)	3	7
4143.0	School and Guidance Counsellors	1	17
5227.4	Script Assistants	1	7
7342.4	Seamstresses	1	2
1241.0	Secretaries (Except Legal and Medical)	5	7
4216.3	Sewing Instructors	1	1
7261.0	Sheet Metal Workers	1	7
7343.2	Shoe Repairers	1	2
7343.1	Shoemakers	1	2
5223.4	Sign Painters	1	2
7332.1	Small Appliance Servicers and Repairers	1	7
4164.1	Social Policy Researchers	1	15
4164.5	Social Survey Researchers	1	15
4152.0	Social Workers	5	17
4169.8	Sociologists	1	18
2147.2	Software Engineers	5	17
2115.2	Soil Scientists	1	17
6241.2	Sous-Chefs	10	7
1121.0	Specialists in Human Resources	3	15
3141.2	Speech-Language Pathologists	10	18
5244.5	Stained Glass Artists	1	15
7351.0	Stationary Engineers and Auxiliary Equipment Operators	5	7
2161.2	Statisticians	1	18
7252.1	Steamfitters and Pipefitters	1	7
1472.0	Storekeepers and Parts Clerks	3	2
5244.6	Stringed Instrument Makers	1	15
7263.0	Structural Metal and Platework Fabricators and Fitters	1	15
5226.4	Stunt Co-ordinators and Special Effects Technicians	1	15
7222.0	Supervisors, Motor Transport and Other Ground Transit Operators	5	7
2254.2	Survey Technicians	1	15
7246.2	Switch Network Installers and Repairers	1	15
T
7342.1	Tailors and Dressmakers	1	2
5212.8	Taxidermists	1	7
6221.0	Technical Sales Specialists, Wholesale Trade	1	15
5121.2	Technical Writers	3	17
7246.4	Telecommunications Equipment Technicians	1	15
7245.0	Telecommunications Line and Cable Workers	3	15
7246.3	Telecommunications Service Testers	1	15
7246.1	Telephone Installers and Repairers	1	15
5125.2	Terminologists	1	18
2148.6	Textile Engineers	5	17
7317.0	Textile Machinery Mechanics and Repairers	1	7
5243.1	Theatre Designers	1	15
7232.0	Tool and Die Makers	5	15
4211.3	Trade Mark Agents	1	15
1113.2	Traders	3	7
5125.1	Translators	1	18
1476.0	Transportation Route and Crew Schedulers	3	5
6431.0	Travel Counsellors	1	15
1114.5	Trust Officers	3	7

NOC*	Title	Occupational Factor	ETF**
U
7341.0	Upholsterers	1	7
2153.0	Urban and Land Use Planners	1	17
V
3114.0	Veterinarians	1	18
W
5226.6	Wardrobe Supervisors	1	15
7344.2	Watch Repairers	1	15
7265.0	Welders	1	15
X
Y
7361.2	Yard Locomotive Engineers	1	7
Z

* NOC = National Occupational Classification
** ETF = Educational and Training Factor

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