Canadian skilled work experience
You must
• have at least 1 year of skilled work experience in Canada (or an equal amount of part-time work experience) in the 3 years before you apply
• have gained your work experience by working in Canada while authorized to work under temporary resident status
• show that you performed the duties listed in the lead statement of the occupational description in the National Occupational Classification (NOC), including
◦ all the essential duties
◦ most of the main duties
Skilled work experience means that you’ve worked in 1 or more of these NOC training, education, experience and responsibilities (TEER) categories
• TEER 0
• TEER 1
• TEER 2
• TEER 3
Your skilled work experience must be paid work, including paid wages or earned commission. We don’t count volunteer work or unpaid internships.
