Education Level Search
Ever wondered what kind of occupations you can consider with the education you have now, or the occupations you could have if you went back to school? There are 6 different education levels described below. Scroll down, read the descriptions for each one, then click on the links to see the occupations associated with that level.
Bachelor or Masters University Programs: NOC Level 1
Occupations usually requiring a university education at the bachelor's or master's or doctorate level.
Community College/CEGEP Programs: NOC Level 2
Occupations usually require college education or apprenticeship training. Two to three years of post-secondary education at a community college, institute of technology or CEGEP; or Two to four years of apprenticeship training; or Three to four years of secondary school and more than two years of on-the-job training, specialized training courses or specific work experience.
Occupations with supervisory responsibilities and occupations with significant health and safety responsibilities, such as firefighters, police officers and registered nursing assistants are all assigned the skill level 2.
Community College/CEGEP Programs: NOC Level 3
Occupations usually requiring a community college/CEGEP or trade education, or apprenticeship training. Two to three years of post-secondary education at a community college, institute of technology or CEGEP; or Two to four years of apprenticeship training; or Three to four years of secondary school and more than two years of on-the-job training, specialized training courses or specific work experience.
Community College/CEGEP Programs: NOC Level 4
Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training. One to four years of secondary school education; Up to two years of on-the-job training, specialized training courses or specific work experience.
Trade/Vocational Programs: NOC Level 5
Occupations usually requiring a high school diploma and/or job-specific training. One to four years of secondary school education; Up to two years of on-the-job training, specialized training courses or specific work experience.
Trade/Vocational Programs: NOC Level 6
Occupations usually requiring on-the-job training. Up to two years of secondary school and short work demonstration or on-the-job training.
| Level: 2 |
| 1221 |
Administrative Officers |
| 2222 |
Agricultural and Fish Products Inspectors |
| 8252 |
Agricultural and Related Service Contractors and Managers |
| 2271 |
Air Pilots, Flight Engineers and Flying Instructors |
| 2272 |
Air Traffic Control and Related Occupations |
| 2244 |
Aircraft Instrument, Electrical and Avionics Mechanics, Technicians and Inspectors |
| 3234 |
Ambulance Attendants and Other Paramedical Occupations |
| 5231 |
Announcers and Other Broadcasters |
| 8257 |
Aquaculture Operators and Managers |
| 2251 |
Architectural Technologists and Technicians |
| 0212 |
Architecture and Science Managers |
| 5244 |
Artisans and Craftspersons |
| 1235 |
Assessors, Valuators and Appraisers |
| 5251 |
Athletes |
| 5225 |
Audio and Video Recording Technicians |
| 6252 |
Bakers |
| 2221 |
Biological Technologists and Technicians |
| 7266 |
Blacksmiths and Die Setters |
| 7262 |
Boilermakers |
| 1231 |
Bookkeepers |
| 7281 |
Bricklayers |
| 5224 |
Broadcast Technicians |
| 6251 |
Butchers and Meat Cutters - Retail and Wholesale |
| 7272 |
Cabinetmakers |
| 7247 |
Cable Television Service and Maintenance Technicians |
| 3217 |
Cardiology Technologists |
| 7271 |
Carpenters |
| 9231 |
Central Control and Process Operators, Mineral and Metal Processing |
| 6241 |
Chefs |
| 2211 |
Chemical Technologists and Technicians |
| 2231 |
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
| 6215 |
Cleaning Supervisors |
| 5252 |
Coaches |
| 4212 |
Community and Social Service Workers |
| 0213 |
Computer and Information Systems Managers |
| 2281 |
Computer and Network Operators and Web Technicians |
| 7282 |
Concrete Finishers |
| 1226 |
Conference and Event Planners |
| 2224 |
Conservation and Fishery Officers |
| 2234 |
Construction Estimators |
| 2264 |
Construction Inspectors |
| 7215 |
Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades |
| 7212 |
Contractors and Supervisors, Electrical Trades and Telecommunications Occupations |
| 7217 |
Contractors and Supervisors, Heavy Construction Equipment Crews |
| 7216 |
Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades |
| 7214 |
Contractors and Supervisors, Metal Forming, Shaping and Erecting Trades |
| 7219 |
Contractors and Supervisors, Other Construction Trades, Installers, Repairers and Servicers |
| 7213 |
Contractors and Supervisors, Pipefitting Trades |
| 6242 |
Cooks |
| 1227 |
Court Officers and Justices of the Peace |
| 1244 |
Court Recorders and Medical Transcriptionists |
| 1236 |
Customs, Ship and Other Brokers |
| 2273 |
Deck Officers, Water Transport |
| 3222 |
Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists |
| 3223 |
Dental Technologists, Technicians and Laboratory Bench Workers |
| 3221 |
Denturists |
| 2253 |
Drafting Technologists and Technicians |
| 6214 |
Dry Cleaning and Laundry Supervisors |
| 4214 |
Early Childhood Educators and Assistants |
| 7244 |
Electrical Power Line and Cable Workers |
| 2241 |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
| 7241 |
Electricians (Except Industrial and Power System) |
| 3218 |
Electroencephalographic and Other Diagnostic Technologists, n.e.c. |
| 2242 |
Electronic Service Technicians (Household and Business Equipment) |
| 4213 |
Employment Counsellors |
| 2274 |
Engineer Officers, Water Transport |
| 2262 |
Engineering Inspectors and Regulatory Officers |
| 0211 |
Engineering Managers |
| 1222 |
Executive Assistants |
| 6213 |
Executive Housekeepers |
| 8253 |
Farm Supervisors and Specialized Livestock Workers |
| 8251 |
Farmers and Farm Managers |
| 5222 |
Film and Video Camera Operators |
| 6262 |
Firefighters |
| 8261 |
Fishing Masters and Officers |
| 8262 |
Fishing Vessel Skippers and Fishermen/women |
| 7295 |
Floor Covering Installers |
| 6212 |
Food Service Supervisors |
| 2223 |
Forestry Technologists and Technicians |
| 6272 |
Funeral Directors and Embalmers |
| 7253 |
Gas Fitters |
| 2212 |
Geological and Mineral Technologists and Technicians |
| 7292 |
Glaziers |
| 6234 |
Grain Elevator Operators |
| 5223 |
Graphic Arts Technicians |
| 5241 |
Graphic Designers and Illustrators |
| 6271 |
Hairstylists and Barbers |
| 1228 |
Immigration, Employment Insurance and Revenue Officers |
| 2252 |
Industrial Designers |
| 7242 |
Industrial Electricians |
| 2233 |
Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Technologists and Technicians |
| 2243 |
Industrial Instrument Technicians and Mechanics |
| 2263 |
Inspectors in Public and Environmental Health and Occupational Health and Safety |
| 4215 |
Instructors and Teachers of Persons with Disabilities |
| 7293 |
Insulators |
| 1233 |
Insurance Adjusters and Claims Examiners |
| 6231 |
Insurance Agents and Brokers |
| 1234 |
Insurance Underwriters |
| 5242 |
Interior Designers |
| 7264 |
Ironworkers |
| 2254 |
Land Survey Technologists and Technicians |
| 2225 |
Landscape and Horticultural Technicians and Specialists |
| 8255 |
Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Contractors and Managers |
| 1242 |
Legal Secretaries |
| 5211 |
Library and Archive Technicians and Assistants |
| 3233 |
Licensed Practical Nurses |
| 1232 |
Loan Officers |
| 8241 |
Logging Machinery Operators |
| 7231 |
Machinists and Machining and Tooling Inspectors |
| 2255 |
Mapping and Related Technologists and Technicians |
| 2232 |
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
| 3212 |
Medical Laboratory Technicians |
| 3211 |
Medical Laboratory Technologists and Pathologists' Assistants |
| 3215 |
Medical Radiation Technologists |
| 1243 |
Medical Secretaries |
| 3216 |
Medical Sonographers |
| 2213 |
Meteorological Technicians |
| 3232 |
Midwives and Practitioners of Natural Healing |
| 2261 |
Nondestructive Testers and Inspectors |
| 8254 |
Nursery and Greenhouse Operators and Managers |
| 8232 |
Oil and Gas Well Drillers, Servicers, Testers and Related Workers |
| 3231 |
Opticians |
| 4216 |
Other Instructors |
| 3219 |
Other Medical Technologists and Technicians (Except Dental Health) |
| 5232 |
Other Performers |
| 4217 |
Other Religious Occupations |
| 6216 |
Other Service Supervisors |
| 3235 |
Other Technical Occupations in Therapy and Assessment |
| 5226 |
Other Technical and Coordinating Occupations in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts |
| 7294 |
Painters and Decorators |
| 9234 |
Papermaking and Coating Control Operators |
| 4211 |
Paralegal and Related Occupations |
| 5245 |
Patternmakers - Textile, Leather and Fur Products |
| 1223 |
Personnel and Recruitment Officers |
| 9232 |
Petroleum, Gas and Chemical Process Operators |
| 5221 |
Photographers |
| 7284 |
Plasterers, Drywall Installers and Finishers and Lathers |
| 7251 |
Plumbers |
| 6261 |
Police Officers (Except Commissioned) |
| 7243 |
Power System Electricians |
| 5254 |
Program Leaders and Instructors in Recreation and Sport |
| 1224 |
Property Administrators |
| 9233 |
Pulping Control Operators |
| 1225 |
Purchasing Agents and Officers |
| 2275 |
Railway Traffic Controllers and Marine Traffic Regulators |
| 6232 |
Real Estate Agents and Salespersons |
| 3214 |
Respiratory Therapists, Clinical Perfusionists and Cardio-Pulmonary Technologists |
| 6211 |
Retail Trade Supervisors |
| 6233 |
Retail and Wholesale Buyers |
| 7291 |
Roofers and Shinglers |
| 1241 |
Secretaries (Except Legal and Medical) |
| 7261 |
Sheet Metal Workers |
| 5253 |
Sports Officials and Referees |
| 7252 |
Steamfitters, Pipefitters and Sprinkler System Installers |
| 7263 |
Structural Metal and Platework Fabricators and Fitters |
| 9223 |
Supervisors, Electrical Products Manufacturing |
| 9222 |
Supervisors, Electronics Manufacturing |
| 9225 |
Supervisors, Fabric, Fur and Leather Products Manufacturing |
| 1212 |
Supervisors, Finance and Insurance Clerks |
| 9213 |
Supervisors, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing |
| 9215 |
Supervisors, Forest Products Processing |
| 9224 |
Supervisors, Furniture and Fixtures Manufacturing |
| 1211 |
Supervisors, General Office and Administrative Support Clerks |
| 8256 |
Supervisors, Landscape and Horticulture |
| 1213 |
Supervisors, Library, Correspondence and Related Information Clerks |
| 8211 |
Supervisors, Logging and Forestry |
| 7211 |
Supervisors, Machinists and Related Occupations |
| 1214 |
Supervisors, Mail and Message Distribution Occupations |
| 9211 |
Supervisors, Mineral and Metal Processing |
| 8221 |
Supervisors, Mining and Quarrying |
| 7222 |
Supervisors, Motor Transport and Other Ground Transit Operators |
| 9221 |
Supervisors, Motor Vehicle Assembling |
| 8222 |
Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service |
| 9226 |
Supervisors, Other Mechanical and Metal Products Manufacturing |
| 9227 |
Supervisors, Other Products Manufacturing and Assembly |
| 9212 |
Supervisors, Petroleum, Gas and Chemical Processing and Utilities |
| 9214 |
Supervisors, Plastic and Rubber Products Manufacturing |
| 7218 |
Supervisors, Printing and Related Occupations |
| 7221 |
Supervisors, Railway Transport Operations |
| 1215 |
Supervisors, Recording, Distributing and Scheduling Occupations |
| 9216 |
Supervisors, Textile Processing |
| 5227 |
Support Occupations in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts |
| 2283 |
Systems Testing Technicians |
| 5212 |
Technical Occupations Related to Museums and Art Galleries |
| 6221 |
Technical Sales Specialists - Wholesale Trade |
| 7246 |
Telecommunications Installation and Repair Workers |
| 7245 |
Telecommunications Line and Cable Workers |
| 5243 |
Theatre, Fashion, Exhibit and Other Creative Designers |
| 7283 |
Tilesetters |
| 7232 |
Tool and Die Makers |
| 8231 |
Underground Production and Development Miners |
| 2282 |
User Support Technicians |
| 3213 |
Veterinary and Animal Health Technologists and Technicians |
| 7265 |
Welders and Related Machine Operators |
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