Demand Skills Stream

Job offer requirements

To qualify under the Employer Job Offer: In Demand Skills stream, you must have a job offer in Ontario from an employer that meets the following requirements.

Please refer to section 4 of Ontario Regulation 422/17 and the Employer Guide for more details
on each requirement.

Important: In order for your application to be approved, the job offer must be effective the date that you are nominated by the OINP, if you are already working for the employer in the approved employment position; or if you are not, on the date you obtain a work permit and begin working in the approved employment position. This means that your employer must adhere to the terms and conditions in the job offer and begin paying you the approved wage once you are nominated and begin working.

Full-time and permanent

The job offer must be for a full-time and permanent position.

Full-time means the job must be a minimum of 1,560 hours a year and a minimum of 30 hours of paid work per week. Permanent means the job must have no end date (also known as an indeterminate duration). Job offers that are seasonal and/or contract based are ineligible.

Eligible occupation

The position offered can be in any location in Ontario (inside and outside the Greater Toronto Area) and must be in one of the following occupations in National Occupational Classification (NOC) TEER category 4 or 5:

• NOC 44101 – Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations
• NOC 65202 – Meat cutters and fishmongers – retail and wholesale
• NOC 75110 – Construction trades helpers and labourers
• NOC 75119 – Other trades helpers and labourers
• NOC 84120 – Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators
• NOC 85100 – Livestock labourers
• NOC 85101 – Harvesting labourers
• NOC 85103 – Nursery and greenhouse labourers
• NOC 94141 – Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers

The position offered must be outside the Greater Toronto Area  (City of Toronto, Durham, Halton, York and Peel regions) and must be in one of the following occupations in National Occupational Classification (NOC) TEER category 4 or 5:

• NOC 14400 – Shippers and Receivers
• NOC 14402 – Production logistics workers
• NOC 65320 – Dry cleaning, laundry and related occupations
• NOC 74200 – Railway yard and track maintenance workers
• NOC 74203 – Automotive and heavy truck and equipment parts installers and servicers
• NOC 74204 – Utility maintenance workers
• NOC 74205 – Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers
• NOC 75101 – Material handlers
• NOC 75211 – Railway and motor transport labourers
• NOC 75212 – Public works and maintenance labourers
• NOC 85102 – Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers
• NOC 94100 – Machine operators, mineral and metal processing
• NOC 94101 – Foundry workers
• NOC 94102 – Glass forming and finishing machine operators and glass cutters
• NOC 94103 – Concrete, clay and stone forming operators
• NOC 94104 – Inspectors and testers, mineral and metal processing
• NOC 94105 – Metalworking and forging machine operators
• NOC 94106 – Machining tool operators
• NOC 94107 – Machine operators of other metal products
• NOC 94110 – Chemical plant machine operators
• NOC 94111 – Plastics processing machine operators
• NOC 94112 – Rubber processing machine operators and related workers
• NOC 94120 – Sawmill machine operators
• NOC 94121 – Pulp mill, papermaking and finishing machine operators
• NOC 94123 – Lumber graders and other wood processing inspectors and graders
• NOC 94124 – Woodworking machine operators
• NOC 94132 – Industrial sewing machine operators
• NOC 94140 – Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing
• NOC 94142 – Fish and seafood plant workers
• NOC 94143 – Testers and graders, food and beverage processing
• NOC 94200 – Motor vehicle assemblers, inspectors and testers
• NOC 94201 – Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers
• NOC 94202 – Assemblers and inspectors, electrical appliance, apparatus and equipment
  manufacturing
• NOC 94203 – Assemblers, fabricators and inspectors, industrial electrical motors and
  transformers
• NOC 94204 – Mechanical assemblers and inspectors
• NOC 94205 – Machine operators and inspectors, electrical apparatus manufacturing
• NOC 94211 – Assemblers and inspectors of other wood products
• NOC 94212 – Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors
• NOC 94213 – Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators
• NOC 94219 – Other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors
• NOC 95100 – Labourers in mineral and metal processing
• NOC 95101 – Labourers in metal fabrication
• NOC 95102 – Labourers in chemical products processing and utilities
• NOC 95103 – Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing
• NOC 95104 – Labourers in rubber and plastic products manufacturing
• NOC 95106 – Labourers in food and beverage processing
• NOC 95107 – Labourers in fish and seafood processing

Note: Please visit OINP website for updated information and streams under OINP