Ontario PNP Draw: 749 Skilled Workers Invited

Candidates who may be qualified for Ontario's Foreign Worker and In-Demand Skills programmes have been encouraged to apply for a provincial nomination. On February 9, the province of Ontario invited 749 workers to apply for a provincial nomination. Candidates having profiles in the Expression of Interest (EOI) system of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) were encouraged to apply. These individuals may be qualified for one of the following Employer Job Offer streams: In-Demand Skills or Foreign Workers.

There were three draws in total between the two streams. The Foreign Worker stream was separated into 476 applicants from a focused trades professions draw and 166 from a general draw. In the In-Demand Skills stream draw, 107 people were invited. In the most recent Ontario Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) draw, a total of 476 individuals with a minimum score of 24 were invited under the Foreign Worker Stream (trades occupations) which is a sub-category of the Employer Job Offer Category. Also, under the same Foreign Worker Stream (general), 166 individuals with a minimum score requirement of 41 were invited. Apart from it, 107 candidates with a minimum score of 15 were invited from the In-Demand Skills stream.

Candidates in the following occupations were encouraged to apply for the Foreign Worker stream in Ontario: These 41 targeted vocations are presented in alphabetical order by National Occupation Classification (NOC) code:

• Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians - NOC 2232
• Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians - NOC 2233
• Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment) - NOC 2242
• Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics - NOC 2243
• Drafting technologists and technicians - NOC 2253
• User support technicians - NOC 2282
• Information systems testing technicians - NOC 2283
• Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations - NOC 7201
• Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations - NOC 7202
• Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades - NOC 7203
• Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades - NOC 7204
• Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers - NOC 7205
• Tool and die makers - NOC 7232
• Sheet metal workers - NOC 7233
• Ironworkers - NOC 7236
• Electricians (except industrial and power system) - NOC 7241
• Industrial electricians - NOC 7242
• Plumbers - NOC 7251
• Carpenters - NOC 7271
• Bricklayers - NOC 7281
• Concrete finishers - NOC 7282
• Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers - NOC 7284
• Roofers and shinglers - NOC 7291
• Insulators - NOC 7293
• Painters and decorators (except interior decorators) - NOC 7294
• Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades - NOC 7301
• Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews - NOC 7302
• Supervisors, printing and related occupations - NOC 7303
• Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators - NOC 7305
• Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics - NOC 7311
• Heavy-duty equipment mechanics - NOC 7312
• Refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics - NOC 7313
• Railway carmen/women - NOC 7314
• Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors - NOC 7315
• Elevator constructors and mechanics - NOC 7318
• Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers - NOC 7321
• Electrical mechanics - NOC 7333
• Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and other related mechanics - NOC 7334
• Crane operators - NOC 7371
• Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services - NOC 8255
• Power engineers and power systems operators - NOC 9241

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The following 22 occupations were targeted for the In-Demand skills stream draw:

• Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates - NOC 3413
• Home support workers and related occupations, excluding housekeepers - NOC 4412
• Residential and commercial installers and servicers - NOC 7441
• Heavy equipment operators (except crane) - NOC 7521
• Construction trades helpers and labourers - NOC 7611
• General farm workers - NOC 8431
• Nursery and greenhouse workers - NOC 8432
• Harvesting labourers - NOC 8611
• Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers - NOC 9462
• Machine operators, mineral and metal processing - NOC 9411
• Metalworking and forging machine operators - NOC 9416
• Machining tool operators - NOC 9417
• Other metal products machine operators - NOC 9418
• Chemical plant machine operators - NOC 9421
• Plastics processing machine operators - NOC 9422
• Woodworking machine operators - NOC 9437
• Industrial sewing machine operators - NOC 9446
• Process control and machine operators, food, beverage and associated products processing - NOC 9461
• Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers - NOC 9523
• Mechanical assemblers and inspectors - NOC 9526
• Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators - NOC 9536
• Other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors - NOC 9537

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