Canada has more than 265,000 international students. In Canada, engineering is a candidate-driven field. Despite setbacks over the last couple years, experts predict a stronger 2017. As a whole, Engineers are in steady demand. Each year, thousands of engineers with international qualifications immigrate to Canada. They work in different fields such as Civil engineering, Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing engineering. Work permit license is required to work as an engineer in Canada. Canadian immigration assesses the qualifications of Immigrants who have had international training with assessment times averaging eight weeks through it’s the Engineering International-Education Assessment Program.
The National Occupational classification (NOC) provides descriptions of various jobs, statistics of occupations and labour market information. Few of the occupations classified in the NOC are Civil engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical and electronic engineers, chemical engineers aerospace engineers etc.,
Credentials Assessment:
The first and foremost thing that we need to do is find out whether there are any requirements in Canada for engineers or not. We will have to get in touch with the regulatory body of any province or territory that we want to settle, after we get the Visa. All the documents that are required and the fees that have to be paid will be informed by the Canadian immigration. The above steps are being taken care of before even our arrival in Canada.
All the educational documentation should be certified by the English or French translation and that depends on which province we choose. The authorities will review and does a thorough background check on all the documents submitted. An examination will also be conducted which will be based on our claim discipline or specialty. All the educational credentials will be reviewed by credential assessment agencies like WES (World education services) and many others.
An engineer will be required to be a bearer of engineering license to work in Canada.
Locations which are best suited for Engineers:
The demand for Engineering occupations in Canada varies from one province to the other. The opportunities for mining engineers are more offered in Northern Ontario, the province of Alberta offers for employment especially in construction, mining and energy sectors. At the start itself we will have to broaden our geographical knowledge and thorough research should be done on what province offers for engineering as an occupation.
In Canada engineers can be self employed or can be professional engineers who can be employed at various construction companies, manufacturing companies ,public power generation and utilities companies and consulting engineer firms.
There is plenty of demand for engineers in Canada. One can permanently shift to Canada using PR Visa (Permanent Resident) and can find job through various consultancies. If you already have a job in place then the immigration process becomes simpler. An immigrant can be recruited through Express entry if any of the provinces nominates called Provincial Nominee program (PNP).
An Express entry is a form where the applicant has to give information like his skills, education, language ability, work experience .An Express entry should be completed within 60 days. If an immigrant meets the requirements in the Express entry then his application will be sent to pool of candidates for selection. The Canadian selects candidates from the pool according to highest point’s criteria.
As per research, Canada has shortfall of engineers with proper experience in place. By 2020, 95000 engineers will be retired and Canada doesn’t have enough manpower to replace hence there is much demand for engineers from the entire world. One more thing is you can migrate to Canada without a job offer in hand in some cases.
In conclusion, this is the best time to grab an opportunity and live your dream.
If you are an IT or Engineering related applicant, then you have a chance to avail this opportunity. Take the immigration experts assistance to make the hassle free visa processing.
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