Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program Employer Job Offer Category Adding 13 New Occupations

January 16, 2020 – The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) Employer Job Offer category has three streams: Foreign Worker, International Student and In-Demand Skills. As the province is currently facing a labour shortage in the manufacturing sector, it will be adding 13 new occupations to the Employer Job Offer category.

To be eligible for these new National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes, the candidates job offer must be outside the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Also, these NOC codes will be added to the In-Demand Stream that currently has 10 NOC codes.

On a regular basis OINP has draws and sends out Notification of Interest (NOIs) to candidates who are in the Express Entry system.

The total number of NOIs issued in 2019

• Human Capital Priorities Stream - 6958

• French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream - 549

• Skilled Trades Stream – 1399

To qualify under Ontario’s Express Entry streams candidates must receive a notification of interest from Ontario and have an up-to-date profile with the most current work experience, language tests and education in the federal government’s Express Entry system.

New NOC Codes - Employer Job Offer Category (Will be added to the In-Demand Stream)

1. 9537 Other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors

2. 9417 Machining tool operators

3. 9536 Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators

4. 9422 Plastics processing machine operators

5. 9446 Industrial sewing machine operators

6. 9416 Metalworking and forging machine operators

7. 9411 Machine operators, mineral and metal processing

8. 9421 Chemical plant machine operators

9. 9523 Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers

10. 9461 Process control and machine operators, food, beverage and associated products processing

11. 9437 Woodworking machine operators

12. 9418 Other metal products machine operators

13. 9526 Mechanical assemblers and inspectors

Present In-Demand Skilled Stream

• 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 7511 Transport truck drivers

• NOC 7521 Heavy equipment operators (except crane)

• NOC 8431 General farmworkers

• NOC 8432 Nursery and greenhouse workers

• NOC 8611 Harvesting labourers

• NOC 7611 Construction trades helpers and labourers

• NOC 9462 Industrial butchers, meat cutters, poultry preparers, related workers