Experience (15 points)

(1)80 (1) Points shall be awarded, up to a maximum of 15 points, to a skilled worker for full-time work experience, or the equivalent in part-time work, within the 10 years before the date on which their application is made, as follows:

(2)(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), points are awarded for work experience in occupations, other than a restricted occupation, that are listed in TEER Category 0, 1, 2 or 3 of the National Occupational Classification .

(3)(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a skilled worker is considered to have experience in an occupation, regardless of whether they meet the employment requirements of the occupation as set out in the occupational descriptions of the National Occupational Classification , if they performed

(4)(4) A period of work experience in one occupation that exceeds 30 hours per week, or simultaneous periods of work experience in more than one full-time occupation, is to be evaluated as a single period of full-time work experience in a single occupation.

(5)(5) A skilled worker must specify in their application for a permanent resident visa the five-digit code in the National Occupational Classification that corresponds to each of the occupations that is engaged in by the applicant and that constitutes the skilled worker’s work experience.

(6)(6) An officer is not required to consider occupations that have not been specified in the application.

(7)(7) [Repealed, SOR/2012-274, s. 9]