Medical technologists and technicians
Other medical technologists and techniciansNOC 32129, TEER 2
NOC 32129 (Other medical technologists and technicians) is TEER 2.TEER 2
Occupations that usually require a college diploma, apprenticeship training of 2 or more years, or supervisory occupations
- Express Entry
- IRCC counts TEER 0 to 3 work for the Federal Skilled Worker Program and the Canadian Experience Class, so work in NOC 32129 sits inside that range.
- 2026 categories
- IRCC's 2026 category lists include NOC 32129 in the Healthcare and social services occupations category.
- Median wage
- $28.00 an hour across Canada, from Job Bank's 2025 wage release (2023-2024 data).
- Provincial programs
- Each province sets which occupations its streams take. From our registry: OINP Ontario Workforce Priority stream, status Open, verified November 12, 2026.
How to read this code
- Broad category
- The first digit is the broad occupational category, the widest grouping in the NOC.
- TEER
- The second digit, 2, is the TEER category: TEER 2.
- Group
- The first four digits, 3212, are the minor group: Medical technologists and technicians.
- Occupation
- All five digits, 32129, are the unit group, the occupation itself: Other medical technologists and technicians.
Also called: dietary technician, food and nutrition technician - dietetics, ocularist, ocularist technician, orthotic technician
This page shows the official duties for NOC 32129, where its TEER sits in immigration rules, and the wages Job Bank reports. It describes the rules. It does not decide anyone's case.
What the job involves
Statistics Canada text, quoted word for word. IRCC compares your duties with this description, not your job title.
Lead statement
Other medical technologists and technicians includes medical technologists and technicians, such as dietary technicians, ocularists, prosthetists, orthotists, prosthetic technicians and orthotic technicians. Dietary technicians are employed in health care and commercial food service establishments such as hospitals, extended care facilities, nursing homes, schools, cafeterias and fast food outlets. Ocularists are employed in custom ocular prosthetic laboratories, or they may be self-employed. Prosthetists, orthotists and prosthetic and orthotic technicians are employed in hospitals, clinics, prosthetics and orthotics laboratories, and prosthetic device manufacturing companies. Prosthetists and orthotists may also be self-employed. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Example job titles
- dietary technician
- food and nutrition technician - dietetics
- ocularist
- ocularist technician
- orthotic technician
- orthotist
- prosthetic technician
- prosthetist
Main duties: check yours
IRCC's rule for the Federal Skilled Worker Program: you must have performed "the actions in the lead statement" and "most of the main duties listed". Tick the duties you do. The count helps you compare. It is not a decision.
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Lead statement: not ticked. Main duties ticked: 0 of 20.
The rule asks for the lead statement and most of the main duties. IRCC gives no number for "most", and an officer decides.
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If your duties look different
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Classified elsewhere
- 32104Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians (See 32104 Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians)
- 32123Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists (See 32123 Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists)
- 33101Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations (See 33101 Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations)
- 32120Medical laboratory technologists (See 32120 Medical laboratory technologists)
- 32121Medical radiation technologists (See 32121 Medical radiation technologists)
- 32122Medical sonographers (See 32122 Medical sonographers)
- 32109Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment (See 32109 Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment)
- 32124Pharmacy technicians (See 32124 Pharmacy technicians)
- 32103Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists (See 32103 Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists)
Usual employment requirements
- Dietary technicians require completion of a two- to three-year college program in dietary technology and supervised practical training.
- Ocularists require completion of the education program of the American Society of Ocularists and supervised practical training or a five-year supervised practical training program under a certified ocularist.
- Certification by the National Examining Board of Ocularists is usually required.
- Prosthetists and orthotists require a two-year college program in prosthetics and orthotics technology and three years of supervised practical training.
- Certification by the Canadian Board of Certification of Prosthetists and Orthotists (CBCPO) may be required.
- Prosthetic and orthotic technicians usually require a two- to three- year college program in prosthetics and orthotics and one to two years of supervised practical training or completion of secondary school and up to four years of supervised practical training under a certified prosthetist or orthotist.
- Registration with the Canadian Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (CAPO) may be required.
Where TEER 2 sits in immigration rules
Each row gives the rule, then what it means for this occupation. The programs set many other conditions too, so read the official page before you act.
Federal Skilled Worker Program and Canadian Experience Class
The rule: both programs count work experience only in TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3.
What this means: NOC 32129 is TEER 2, so work in it is inside that range. The TEER is one condition, not the whole test. Both programs also set how much work you need (at least 1 year, or 1,560 hours), when you did it, and minimum language results.
Federal Skilled Trades Program
The rule: this program goes by NOC group, not by TEER alone. IRPR s. 87.2 lists Major Groups 72 (less Sub-major Group 726), 73, 82, 83, 92 and 93 (less Sub-major Group 932), Minor Group 6320 and Unit Group 62200, other than a restricted occupation.
What this means: NOC 32129 is not in one of the listed groups, so work in it is not skilled trade experience under this program.
Express Entry category-based selection, 2026
The rule: IRCC publishes a closed list of NOC codes for each category. NOC 32129 is on these 2026 lists:
- Healthcare and social services occupations
What this means: A category round can invite only people who are already eligible for an Express Entry program and who have at least 12 months of full-time work (or the same amount part-time) in a listed occupation in the past 3 years. The work does not need to be continuous.
Being on a list does not mean a round will be held. IRCC says it may not need a category round when enough top-ranking candidates are invited through general or program-specific rounds.
IRCC page modified October 16, 2026, checked November 12, 2026.
Atlantic Immigration Program
The rule: the program takes job offers in TEER 0 to 4 from designated employers in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The job must be full-time and non-seasonal.
What this means: A TEER 2 offer must last at least 1 year from the day the person becomes a permanent resident.
Provincial Nominee Programs
The rule: each province and territory sets its own requirements and streams, including which occupations and TEER levels a stream takes.
What this means: Check the stream's own page for this NOC code. One example from our program status registry:
Program status: OINP Ontario Workforce Priority stream: Open
The stream has launched and the expression of interest portal opened on August 4, 2026. It covers skilled workers with a qualifying job offer in any NOC occupation, plus self-employed physicians.
Verified November 12, 2026 · Official source
Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)
The rule: an employer, not a worker, applies for an LMIA, and ESDC assesses each job offer. The wage offered, compared with the provincial or territorial threshold, puts the job in the high-wage or low-wage stream.
What this means: Service Canada refuses to process low-wage applications for jobs in census metropolitan areas where unemployment is 6% or higher. Some sectors are exempt, such as primary agriculture, construction, food manufacturing, hospitals, and nursing and residential care. ESDC updates the list of areas each quarter. When this page was checked (September 26, 2026), the ESDC page showed the list for July 10 to October 8, 2026; open the ESDC page for the list in force today. A separate pause covers low-wage jobs in Montréal and Laval.
Wages in Canada
The wages Job Bank publishes for NOC 32129, for Canada as a whole and for each province and territory.
- Low
- $21.00
- per hour
- Median
- $28.00
- per hour
- High
- $40.00
- per hour
What this means: half of the people in this occupation earn less than the median and half earn more. Pay changes with the province, the employer and your experience.
Median by province or territory
| Province or territory | Median (per hour) |
|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $31.97 |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published |
| Nova Scotia | $23.00 |
| New Brunswick | Not published |
| Quebec | $28.55 |
| Ontario | $27.00 |
| Manitoba | Not published |
| Saskatchewan | Not published |
| Alberta | Not published |
| British Columbia | $28.00 |
| Yukon | Not published |
| Northwest Territories | Not published |
| Nunavut | Not published |
Reference period 2023-2024. Data source: Labour Force Survey. ESDC Job Bank wages, release revised 2025-11-19. (opens in a new tab)
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Related occupations
Codes in the same NOC group as 32129, the closest first.
- 32124Pharmacy techniciansTEER 2
- 32123Cardiology technologistCardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologistsTEER 2
- 32122Medical sonographersTEER 2
- 32121Medical radiation technologistMedical radiation technologistsTEER 2
- 32120Medical laboratory technologistMedical laboratory technologistsTEER 2
- 32112Dental technicianDental technologists and techniciansTEER 2
Questions about this code
What is the TEER of NOC 32129?
NOC 32129 (Other medical technologists and technicians) is TEER 2: occupations that usually require a college diploma, apprenticeship training of 2 or more years, or supervisory occupations. In NOC 2021, the second digit of a code is its TEER: in 32129, it is 2. Every job title in this unit group, such as dietary technician, shares that TEER.
Is NOC 32129 eligible for Express Entry?
IRCC counts work experience in TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 for the Federal Skilled Worker Program and the Canadian Experience Class. NOC 32129 is TEER 2, so work in it sits inside that range. IRCC's 2026 category lists include NOC 32129 in the Healthcare and social services occupations category. The TEER is one condition: the programs also set how much work counts and minimum language results, and IRCC decides each case.
What is the median wage for NOC 32129?
Job Bank reports a median wage of $28.00 an hour for NOC 32129 across Canada. The low figure is $21.00 and the high is $40.00. Medians by province and territory run from $23.00 in Nova Scotia to $31.97 in Newfoundland and Labrador. The figures come from Job Bank's 2025 wage release (Labour Force Survey, 2023-2024).
What job titles are under NOC 32129?
Statistics Canada lists 8 example job titles for NOC 32129, including dietary technician, food and nutrition technician - dietetics, ocularist, ocularist technician and orthotic technician. The title alone does not set the code: IRCC compares your duties with the lead statement and main duties on this page.
Can an employer hire for NOC 32129 through an LMIA?
An employer, not a worker, applies for an LMIA, and ESDC assesses each job offer, including the wage. For low-wage jobs, Service Canada refuses to process applications in census metropolitan areas where unemployment is 6% or higher, with some exemptions.
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NOC 2021 Version 1.0: Statistics Canada and ESDC.