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On August 11, 2021, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued invitations to apply to candidates in the Expression of Interest system pool who may qualify for the Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills stream.
You may apply to the Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills stream if you received an invitation to apply on August 11, 2021.
The OINP targeted candidates under this stream with work experience in the national occupational codes (NOC) below:
The ON Provincial Nominee Program has nine several streams
On 15 July 2021 several skill Level C and D occupations were targeted in the Employer Job Offer : In Demand Skills Stream
Applicants had to have 12 months experience in these 5 occupations could be obtained anywhere in Ontario
3413 – Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associate
4412 – Home support workers and related occupations, excluding housekeepers
8431 – General farm workers
8611 – Harvesting labourers
9462 – Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
Applicants must have had 12 months of experience in one of the following towns to be invited (Chatham-Kent, Cities of Belleville and Quinte West, City of Cornwall) within the following occupations.
9411 – Machine operators, mineral and metal processing
9416 – Metalworking and forging machine operators
9417 – Machining tool operators
9418 – Other metal products machine operators
9421 – Chemical plant machine operators
9422 – Plastics processing machine operators
9437 – Woodworking machine …