Appendix 1603.D.1 — Professional
PROFESSION 1 | MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS AND ALTERNATIVE CREDENTIALS |
General | |
Accountant | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or C.P.A., C.A., C.G.A. or C.M.A. |
Architect | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license 2 |
Computer Systems Analyst | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or PostSecondary Diploma 3 or PostSecondary Certificate 4, and three years experience |
Disaster Relief Insurance Claims Adjuster (claims Adjuster employed by an insurance company located in the territory of a Party, or an independent 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 PostSecondary Diploma or PostSecondary Certificate, and three years experience |
Hotel Manager | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in hotel/restaurant management; or PostSecondary Diploma or PostSecondary Certificate in hotel/restaurant management, and three years experience in hotel/restaurant management |
Industrial Designer | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or PostSecondary Diploma or PostSecondary Certificate, and three years experience |
Interior Designer | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or PostSecondary Diploma or PostSecondary Certificate, and three years experience |
Land Surveyor | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial/federal license |
Landscape Architect | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Lawyer (including Notary in the Province of Quebec) | LL.B., J.D., LL.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 a 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 (including Statistician) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Range Manager/Range Conservationalist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Research Assistant (working in a post-secondary educational institution) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Scientific Technician/Technologist 5 | 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 |
Social Worker | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Sylviculturist (including Forestry Specialist) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Technical Publications Writer | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or PostSecondary Diploma or PostSecondary Certificate, and three years experience |
Urban Planner (including Geographer) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Vocational Counsellor | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Medical/Allied Professional | |
Dentist | D.D.S., D.M.D., Doctor en Odontologia or Doctor en Cirugia Dental; or state/provincial license |
Dietitian | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license |
Medical Laboratory Technologist (Canada)/Medical Technologist (Mexico and the United States) 6 | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience |
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 or research only) | M.D. or 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 (including Agronomist) | 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 |
Entomologist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Epidemiologist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Geneticist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Geologist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Geochemist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Geophysicist (including Oceanographer in Mexico and the United States) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Horticulturist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Meteorologist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Pharmacologist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Physicist (including Oceanographer in Canada) | 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 |
Notes:
1 A business person seeking temporary entry under this Appendix may also perform training functions relating to the profession, including conducting seminars.
2 “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 by a local government, that permits a person to engage in a regulated activity or profession.
3 “Post-Secondary Diploma” means a credential issued, on completion of two or more years of postsecondary education, by an accredited academic institution in Canada or the United States.
4 “Post-Secondary Certificate” means a certificate issued, on completion of two or more years of postsecondary 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.
5 A business person in this category must be seeking temporary entry to work in direct support of professionals in agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology or physics.
6 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 disease.