Profession

Minimum Educational Requirements and Alternative Credentials

Accountant

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree / C.P.A., C.A., C.G.A., C.M.A.N.

A business person seeking temporary employment may also perform training functions relating to the profession, including conducting seminars.

Architect

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.

The terms “state/provincial license” and “state/provincial/federal license” mean any document issued by a state, provincial, or federal government, as the case may be, or under its authority, but not a local government, that permits a person to engage in a regulated activity or profession.

Computer Systems Analyst

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post Secondary Certificate and three years experience.

(a) “Post Secondary Diploma” means a credential issued, on completion of two or more years of post secondary education, by an accredited academic institution in Canada or the United States.

(b) “Post Secondary Certificate” means a certificate issued, on completion of two or more years of post secondary education at an academic institution, by the federal government of Mexico or a state government in Mexico, an academic institution recognized by the federal government or a state government, or an academic institution created by federal or state law.

Disaster Relief Insurance Claims Adjuster

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims; or three years experience in claims adjustment and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims.

Economist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Engineer

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.

Forester

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.

Graphic Designer

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma and three years experience.

Hotel Manager

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in hotel/restaurant management; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate in hotel/restaurant management and three years experience in hotel/restaurant management.

Industrial Designer

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.

Interior Designer

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.

Land Surveyor

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree or state/provincial/federal license.

Landscape Architect

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Lawyer

L.L.B., J.D., L.L.L., B.C.L., or Licenciatura degree (five years); or membership in a state/provincial bar.

Librarian

M.L.S., or B.L.S. (for which another Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree was prerequisite).

Management Consultant

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or equivalent professional experience as established by statement or professional credential attesting to five years experience as a management consultant, or five years experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement.

Mathematician

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Range Manager / Range Conservationist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Research Assistant (working in a post-secondary educational institution)

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Scientific Technician / Technologist

Possession of (a) theoretical knowledge of any of the following disciplines: agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology, or physics; and (b) the ability to solve practical problems in any of those disciplines, or the ability to apply principles of any of those disciplines to basic or applied research.

A business person in this category must be seeking temporary entry for work in direct support of professionals in agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology or physics.

Social Worker

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Sylviculturist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Technical Publications Writer

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree, or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.

Urban Planner

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Vocational Counselor

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Medical/Allied Professionals

Dentist

D.D.S., D.M.D., Doctor en Odontologia or Doctor en Cirugia Dental or state/provincial license.

Dietician

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.

Medical Laboratory Technologist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma / Post Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.

A business person in this category must be seeking temporary entry to perform in a laboratory chemical, biological, hematological, immunologic, microscopic or bacteriological tests and analyses for diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of diseases.

Nutritionist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Occupational Therapist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state provincial license.

Pharmacist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state provincial license.

Physician (teaching on research only)

M.D., Doctor en Medicina; or state/provincial license.

Physiotherapist / Physical Therapist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.

Psychologist

State/provincial license; or Licenciatura degree.

Recreational Therapist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Registered Nurse

State/provincial license or Licenciatura degree.

Veterinarian

D.V.M., D.M.V., or Doctor en Veterinaria; or state/provincial license.

Scientist

Agriculturist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Animal Breeder

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Animal Scientist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Apiculturist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Astronomer

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Biochemist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Biologist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Chemist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Dairy Scientist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Epidemiologist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Geneticist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Geochemist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Geologist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Geophysicist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Horticulturist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Meteorologist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Pharmacologist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Physicist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Plant Breeder

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Poultry Scientist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Soil Scientist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Zoologist

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Teacher

College

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Seminary

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

University

Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.