Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP)– Skilled Trades and Priority Occupations Update (October 2024)

On October 8, 2024, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) introduced significant updates to the Employer Job Offer Foreign Worker stream. This update is aimed at skilled trades and other priority occupations, allowing eligible candidates to receive invitations for permanent residency.

The key requirement is that applicants must have received a valid job offer in one of the specified National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes and meet the minimum score criteria. For skilled trades, the minimum required score is 48, while for other priority occupations, the score requirement is 52.

Skilled Trades Eligible NOC Codes

Candidates in skilled trades need a valid job offer and must have achieved a score of 48 or higher. Here are the eligible NOC codes for this category:

1. NOC 22212 - Drafting technologists and technicians
2. NOC 22301 - Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians
3. NOC 22302 - Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians
4. NOC 22311 - Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment)
5. NOC 22312 - Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics
6. NOC 70010 - Construction managers
7. NOC 70011 - Home building and renovation managers
8. NOC 70012 - Facility operation and maintenance managers
9. NOC 72010 - Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations
10. NOC 72011 - Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades, and telecommunications occupations
11. NOC 72012 - Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades
12. NOC 72013 - Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades
13. NOC 72014 - Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers, and services
14. NOC 72020 - Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
15. NOC 72021 - Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
16. NOC 72022 - Supervisors, printing, and related occupations
17. NOC 72024 - Supervisors, motor transport, and other ground transit operators
18. NOC 72100 - Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors
19. NOC 72101 - Tool and die makers
20. NOC 72102 - Sheet metal workers
21. NOC 72103 - Boilermakers
22. NOC 72104 - Structural metal and plate work fabricators and fitters
23. NOC 72105 - Ironworkers
24. NOC 72106 - Welders and related machine operators
25. NOC 72200 - Electricians (except industrial and power system)
26. NOC 72201 - Industrial electricians
27. NOC 72203 - Electrical power line and cable workers
28. NOC 72204 - Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers
29. NOC 72205 - Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians
30. NOC 72300 - Plumbers
31. NOC 72301 - Steamfitters, pipefitters, and sprinkler system installers
32. NOC 72302 - Gas fitters
33. NOC 72310 – Carpenters
34. NOC 72311 - Cabinetmakers
35. NOC 72320 - Bricklayers
36. NOC 72321 - Insulators
37. NOC 72400 - Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics
38. NOC 72401 - Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
39. NOC 72402 - Heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning mechanics
40. NOC 72403 - Railway carmen/women
41. NOC 72404 - Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors
42. NOC 72406 - Elevator constructors and mechanics
43. NOC 72410 - Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics, and mechanical repairers
44. NOC 72422 - Electrical Mechanics
45. NOC 72423 - Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, and other related mechanics
46. NOC 72500 - Crane operators
47. NOC 73100 - Concrete finishers
48. NOC 73101 - Tilesetters
49. NOC 73102 - Plasterers, drywall installers, and finishers and lathers
50. NOC 73110 - Roofers and shinglers
51. NOC 73111 - Glaziers
52. NOC 73112 - Painters and decorators (except interior decorators)
53. NOC 73113 - Floor covering installers
54. NOC 73200 - Residential and commercial installers and servicers
55. NOC 73201 - General building maintenance workers and building superintendents
56. NOC 73202 - Pest controllers and fumigators
57. NOC 73209 - Other repairers and servicers
58. NOC 73400 - Heavy equipment operators
59. NOC 73402 - Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and construction
60. NOC 82031 - Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance, and horticulture services
61. NOC 92100 - Power engineers and power systems operators

Other Priority Occupations

Candidates for priority occupations need a minimum score of 52 to qualify. Key occupations under this category include:

1. NOC 00015 – Senior managers - construction, transportation, production, and utilities
2. NOC 12200 - Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
3. NOC 13101 - Property administrators
4. NOC 13102 - Payroll administrators
5. NOC 10010 - Financial managers
6. NOC 10011 - Human resources managers
7. NOC 10022 - Advertising, marketing, and public relations managers
8. NOC 11100 - Financial auditors and accountants
9. NOC 11200 - Human resources professionals
10. NOC 11202 - Professional occupations in advertising, marketing, and public relations
11. NOC 12100 - Executive assistants
12. NOC 12102 - Procurement and purchasing agents and officers
13. NOC 21300 - Civil engineers
14. NOC 21301 - Mechanical engineers
15. NOC 21310 - Electrical and electronics engineers
16. NOC 22212 - Drafting technologists and technicians
17. NOC 22233 - Construction inspectors
18. NOC 22303 - Construction estimators
19. NOC 22310 - Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians
20. NOC 22311 - Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment)
21. NOC 52121 - Interior designers and interior decorators
22. NOC 60010 - Corporate sales managers
23. NOC 10012 - Purchasing managers
24. NOC 10020 - Insurance, real estate, and financial brokerage managers
25. NOC 10021 - Banking, credit, and other investment managers
26. NOC 10029 - Other business services managers
27. NOC 11101 - Financial and investment analysts
28. NOC 11103 - Securities agents, investment dealers and brokers
29. NOC 11201 - Professional occupations in business management consulting
30. NOC 12010 - Supervisors, general office, and administrative support workers
31. NOC 12011 - Supervisors, finance, and insurance office workers
32. NOC 12012 - Supervisors, library, correspondence, and related information workers
33. NOC 12101 - Human resources and recruitment officers
34. NOC 12103 - Conference and event planners
35. NOC 12110 - Court reporters, medical transcriptionists, and related occupations
36. NOC 12111 - Health information management occupations
37. NOC 12112 - Records management technicians
38. NOC 12113 - Statistical officers and related research support occupations
39. NOC 12201 - Insurance adjusters and claims examiners
40. NOC 12202 - Insurance underwriters
41. NOC 12203 - Assessors, evaluators, and appraisers
42. NOC 13111 - Legal administrative assistants
43. NOC 13112 - Medical administrative assistants
44. NOC 13200 - Customs, ship and other brokers
45. NOC 20010 - Engineering managers
46. NOC 20011 - Architecture and science managers
47. NOC 21102 - Geoscientists and oceanographers
48. NOC 21111 - Forestry professionals
49. NOC 21200 - Architects
50. NOC 21201 - Landscape architects
51. NOC 21202 - Urban and land use planners
52. NOC 21203 - Land surveyors
53. NOC 21210 - Mathematicians, statisticians, and actuaries
54. NOC 21320 - Chemical engineers
55. NOC 21321 - Industrial and manufacturing engineers
56. NOC 21322 - Metallurgical and materials engineers
57. NOC 21330 - Mining engineers
58. NOC 21331 - Geological engineers
59. NOC 21332 - Petroleum engineers
60. NOC 21390 - Aerospace engineers
61. NOC 21399 - Other professional engineers, n.e.c.
62. NOC 22101 - Geological and mineral technologists and technicians
63. NOC 22112 - Forestry technologists and technicians
64. NOC 22114 - Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists
65. NOC 22210 - Architectural technologists and technicians
66. NOC 22211 - Industrial designers
67. NOC 22213 - Land survey technologists and technicians
68. NOC 22214 - Technical occupations in geomatics and meteorology
69. NOC 22230 - Non-destructive testers and inspectors
70. NOC 22231 - Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers
71. NOC 22300 - Civil engineering technologists and technicians
72. NOC 22302 - Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians
73. NOC 22312 - Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics
74. NOC 22313 - Aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians, and inspectors
75. NOC 40010 - Government managers - health and social policy development and program administration
76. NOC 40011 - Government managers - economic analysis, policy development, and program administration
77. NOC 40012 - Government managers - education policy development and program administration
78. NOC 40019 - Other managers in public administration
79. NOC 40020 - Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training
80. NOC 40021 - School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education
81. NOC 40030 - Managers in social, community, and correctional services
82. NOC 41200 - University professors and lecturers
83. NOC 41300 - Social workers
84. NOC 41302 - Ecclesiastical occupations
85. NOC 41401 - Economists and economic policy researchers and analysts
86. NOC 42201 - Social and community service workers
87. NOC 42202 - Early childhood educators and assistants
88. NOC 42203 - Instructors of persons with disabilities
89. NOC 43200 - Sheriffs and bailiffs
90. NOC 43201 - Correctional service officers
91. NOC 43202 - By-law enforcement and other regulatory officers
92. NOC 51120 - Producers, directors, choreographers, and related occupations
93. NOC 52119 - Other technical and coordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting, and the performing arts
94. NOC 52120 – Graphic designers and illustrators
95. NOC 80010 - Managers in natural resources production and fishing
96. NOC 80020 - Managers in agriculture
97. NOC 80021 - Managers in horticulture
98. NOC 80022 - Managers in aquaculture
99. NOC 82020 - Supervisors, mining and quarrying
100. NOC 82021 - Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services
101. NOC 82031 - Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance, and horticulture services
102. NOC 83100 - Underground production and development miners
103. NOC 83101 - Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers, and related workers
104. NOC 83110 - Logging machinery operators

You may apply to this stream if you receive an invitation to apply on October 8, 2024.