NOC stands for National Occupational Classification. It is a data list/ scheme used for explaining the work done by Canadians in the labour market. This list can be used for several purposes like assembling statistics, management of information databases, studying labour market trends and pulling out practical career planning information. It is very helpful for labour market analysts, statisticians, employers, career counsellors and individual job seekers. Two departments worked together in order to make this revised and beneficial National Occupational Classification. The departments are Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and Statistics Canada.
Canada Federal Skilled NOC Major, Minor and Unit Group Structure can be of real help for both the decision makers of visa applications and the applicants themselves. This provides some very important information which helps to evaluate things like occupational forecasting, labour supply and demand analysis, employment equity and much more. This list classifies occupations on the basis of duties and responsibilities a particular profession requires. Other features like the resources used, the manufacturing processes and the tools used, the level of responsibility and intricacy of work, as well as the products manufactured or designed and services provided, have been considered while involving jobs into occupations and occupations into groups.
Jobs of similar category are collected in a group. This group is known as occupation. Canadian NOC 2013 is a four-tiered arrangement of professional groups with sequential stages of disaggregation. As mentioned above it is for tiered structure. The list is classified into following:-
- broad occupational categories,
- major group,
- minor group and
- Unit groups.
There are total 10 broad occupational categories, 40 major groups and 140 minor groups. Broad occupational category is represented by single digit code number. It is made up of one or multiple major groups. Major group is made up of one or multiple minor groups. Major group are represented by two digit code the first digit belongs to its broad occupational category and second digit to represent its identity with in the groups of major groups.
In the same way minor groups are made of multiple unit groups. Minor groups have three digit codes. First digit represents broad occupation, second digit is for major group and third digit is for minor group itself. Same procedure continues till Unit groups.
This codification makes it simple to identify the particular kind of job and thus it is helpful for all which includes applicants willing to apply under the category of Federal Skilled Worker program.
