Changes affecting the Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills Stream

• Source  OINP News

The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD) made changes to the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program’s Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills stream.

To qualify, an applicant must have a job-offer from an Ontario employer in an eligible occupation. The changes expand the list of occupations eligible for the stream for positions located outside the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The newly-added occupations are:

• 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 75119 – Other trades helpers and labourers
• NOC 75211 – Railway and motor transport labourers
• NOC 75212 – Public works and maintenance labourers
• NOC 85102 – Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers
• 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 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 94142 – Fish and seafood plant workers
• NOC 94143 – Testers and graders, food and beverage processing
• NOC 94200 – Motor vehicle assemblers, 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 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 95100 – Labourers in mineral and metal processing
• NOC 95101 – Labourers in metal fabrication
• 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

In addition, the following occupation was added for positions located in any location in Ontario (inside and outside the Greater Toronto Area):

• NOC 75119 – Other trades helpers and labourers

MLITSD held consultations on the Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills stream in fall 2023 and the changes are responsive to feedback the ministry received.

The amendments came into effect on July 1^st, 2024, and do not affect individuals who have already submitted an application.

The updated regulations can be found on Ontario’s e-Laws website: Ontario Regulation 422/17 (General)