hello everyone my name is Marilene Quintana i'm a regulated Canadian
immigration consultant and director of operations at
evs immigration and in this video we are going to talk about the federal skilled
trade worker program which is one of the programs that
selects people into express entry with the lowest score
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comment the federal skill trade worker program
is also managed by express entry system which means you
will need to create a profile based on your eligibility and you may be
selected to apply for immigration even when you are overseas the express
entry system usually invites candidates every two weeks however for the federal
skilled trade worker we notice that they only do specific
draws maybe twice a year but the good news is that
their selection points are very very low when compared to the
other problems for example for you to be selected into
the federal skilled worker program you need to be at least above 450 points
but for the federal skilled trade worker you will have a chance to be selected
if you have above 350 points so 100 points lower than for the other
usual programs a federal skill trade worker program
only select candidates in very specific occupations
you are required to have at least two years of experience
in the past five years in one of the following occupations
occupations related to industrial construction or electrical trades which
classification usually starts with the number 72
occupation related to maintenance and operation of equipment which usually
requires with the classification 7-3 supervisors and
technical jobs related to agricultural fields which classification
starts with code 82 supervisors that work in
manufacturing facilities which not code starts with 92 and also
chefs and cooks and butchers and bakers which classification code starts with
6-3 the code that i'm talking about is the
NOC of your occupation according to the national occupation
classification database in canada and if you don't know what i'm
going to talk about we have a video explaining
what knock is you can just click here on this link
to watch this video besides the work experience that's required in these
very specific occupations you are also required to present proficiency level in
english or french but the requirement is
actually very low you are required to have low
intermediate level for the four abilities speaking writing
reading and listening the government of canada assess
your english proficiency level through a measurement unit
called canadian language benchmark level or
clb for you to qualify for the federal school
trade worker program you need to have cell before
for reading and writing and there'll be five for listening and speaking it is
important to remember the eligibility criteria is one thing but in order for
you to improve your chances to be invited to apply
the more points you have the merrier so if you can qualify and have higher score
you can improve your chances of being selected to apply for immigration
another good point about this program is that they don't have a formal
requirement for education so you are not required to present any
proof of education however you can earn additional points
if you are able to present any diploma or degree you can receive points
starting from proving that you have at least high
school level the same way the more the merrier so
if you have any education level please make sure to add that to your
application because this will increase your chances of success
the next requirement to qualify for the federal skilled trade worker program
is to either have an arranged employment with an employer
in canada or to have the certificate of qualification
issued by a province in canada i will talk about these two
eligibility criteria separated first about the arranged employment
you needed to present what we call an lmia
a labor market impact assessment which means
it's not enough that you have an employer that is
interested in hiring you in one of these positions
it is also important that this employer sponsor you
and obtain a letter from the government of canada
which is called labor market impact assessment or
lmia that confirmed that they have tried to select canadians
or permanent residents of canada for that specific position
and they were unable to find a suitable canadian to work on that specific
patient so your employer must be willing to do that process
and only upon approval from the government of canada
is that you can count points through the eligibility for the federal skill trade
worker program in that criteria the other alternative as i mentioned is
to have a certificate of qualification issued by the province every province of
canada is going to have a regulator that determines the criteria
to assess and what are the problems that are
qualified for you to study in order to obtain the certificate if
you come to study in canada for one of those occasions some programs
will allow you to have the certificate upon graduation and others you have to
do the test and then obtain the certificate of
qualification upon passing the exam in most cases you can
also challenge the certification which means
putting together your previous education and previous
experience in that occupation and having authorization from the
regulator of that occupation in canada in that specific province for
you to just do the exam even though you didn't
study in canada this is called challenging the
certificate if you feel comfortable with your experience and knowledge in
that specific traits and if you wanted to challenge the
certification that's definitely a very good opportunity for you to do
because if you have the certificate you are going to earn
additional points and you are going to be eligible to apply to the fed rescue
trade worker program also if you feel comfortable in study by
yourself that can be also a very good opportunity for you
in most cases we do recommend for you to come to study in canada because
according to the country that you are from the way of
working in that specific occupations or even the metrics that are used for you
to calculate for example the measurements
for your work may vary because these standards may vary according to the
country that you are from so it may be interesting for you to also
consider studying even a short program to make you better prepared to challenge
the exam another very good opportunity that we have to consider
is that if you are a mechanical engineer or electrical engineer for example but
you work in the capacity as a mechanic or in the capacity of
electrician for example it can be a very good option for you to
try to find a job offer in these specific
occupations because there is indeed a shortage in
these occupations and can be an opportunity for you not
only to obtain a job offer but also to qualify
to immigrate to canada through the federal secu trade worker program
if you wanted to discuss your strategy with us
and have options on how to qualify to this program
please contact us today and then make sure that you book a consultation so we
can discuss together your chances your points and what you
need to do to qualify under this problem that's all for today
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