Federal Skilled Trades Program - Start West - Your destination to West
Federal Skilled Trades Program
This an opportunity for the candidates from outside Canada to get a permanent resident status without having any Canadian work experience or Canadian education. Candidates in this category are given points on the bases of their experience and education outside of Canada after getting Canadian equivalency to compare their education to what it would have been in Canada.
Eligibility for this stream
- meet the required language levels for each language ability
- writing
- reading
- listening
- speaking
- have at least 2 years of full-time work experience (or an equal amount of part-time work experience) in a skilled trade within the 5 years before you apply
- your work experience must be for paid work (paid wages or earned commission—volunteer work or unpaid internships don’t count)
- meet the job requirements for that skilled trade as set out in the National Occupational Classification, except for needing a certificate of qualification
- have a
- valid job offer of full-time employment for a total period of at least 1 year or
- certificate of qualification in that skilled trade issued by a Canadian provincial, territorial or federal authority