Canada working with the EU on labour mobility and foreign credential recognition

Wednesday, 01 April 2009

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) Minister Diane Finley has signed three new agreements with her counterparts in the European Union to improve labour mobility between Canada and the EU. The goals of these agreements are to improve foreign credential recognition, facilitate international labour mobility, and strengthen the Canada-EU partnership.

Two of today's announced agreements focus on engineers and environmental professionals, seeking to align practices in the engineering field and to develop mutual certification frameworks for environmental workers in Canada and the EU. The third will help organize two roundtable discussions on foreign credential recognition and labour mobility, one in Europe this year and the other in Canada in 2010.

"The Government of Canada, through HRSDC, is again demonstrating leadership by investigating mechanisms to allow the Canadian environment sector to reach its full economic and employment potential in the global economy by funding a scoping project to document reciprocal mobility of competent workers between Canada and the European Union," said Grant Trump, of the Environmental Career Organization of Canada.

Source: canadavisa.com

The 38 occupations in demand in Canada

With the new changes on the immigration laws after 2008, there are now a new list of the 38 most demanded occupations in Canada, here’s the list:

* 0111: Financial Managers
* 0213: Computer and Information Systems Managers
* 0311: Managers in Health Care
* 0631: Restaurant and Food Service Managers
* 0632: Accommodation Service Managers
* 0711: Construction Managers
* 1111: Financial Auditors and Accountants
* 2113: Geologists, Geochemists and Geophysicists
* 2143: Mining Engineers
* 2144: Geological Engineers
* 2145: Petroleum Engineers
* 3111: Specialist Physicians
* 3112: General Practitioners and Family Physicians
* 3141: Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists
* 3143: Occupational Therapists
* 3142: Physiotherapists
* 3151: Head Nurses and Supervisors
* 3152: Registered Nurses
* 3215: Medical Radiation Technologists
* 3233: Licensed Practical Nurses
* 4121: University Professors
* 4131: College and Other Vocational Instructors
* 6241: Chefs
* 6242: Cooks
* 7213: Contractors and Supervisors, Pipefitting Trades
* 7215: Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades
* 7217: Contractors and Supervisors, Heavy Construction Equipment Crews
* 7241: Electricians (Except Industrial and Power System)
* 7242: Industrial Electricians
* 7251: Plumbers
* 7252: Steamfitters, Pipe fitters and Sprinkler System Installers
* 7265: Welders and Related Machine Operators
* 7312: Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics
* 7371: Crane Operators
* 7372: Drillers and Blasters – Surface Mining, Quarrying and Construction
* 8221: Supervisors, Mining and Quarrying
* 8222: Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service
* 9212: Supervisors, Petroleum, Gas and Chemical Processing and Utilities