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Can I count both skilled and lower-skilled experience toward the work experience required?

No. You can only count work experience in one or more of these National Occupational Classification (NOC) categories:

• Skill Type 0 (managerial occupations),
• Skill Level A (professional occupations) or
• Skill Level B (technical occupations and skilled trades).

You cannot count work experience in these National Occupational Classification (NOC) categories:

• Skill Level C or
• Skill Level D.

National Occupational Classification (NOC) Skill Levels C and D occupations include semi- and low-skilled workers in the trades, primary and manufacturing industries, sales and services, as well as certain clerical and assistant categories.

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