Profession | Minimum Education Requirements and Alternative Credentials |
Accountant | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or C.P.A , C.A. , C.G.A., or C.M.A. |
Architect | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license |
Computer Systems Analyst | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post Secondary Certificate and three years’ experience |
Disaster Relief Insurance Claims Adjuster (Claims Adjuster employed by an insurance company located in the territory of a Party, or an independent claims adjuster) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims; or three years’ experience in claims adjustment and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims |
Economist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Engineer | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license |
Forester | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license |
Graphic Designer | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or post-secondary diploma and three years’ experience |
Hotel Manager | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in hotel/restaurant management; or post-secondary diploma or post-secondary certificate in hotel/restaurant management and three years’ experience in hotel/restaurant management |
Industrial Designer | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or post-secondary diploma or post-secondary certificate, and three years’ experience |
Interior Designer | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or post-secondary diploma or post-secondary certificate, and three years’ experience |
Land Surveyor | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree or state/provincial/federal license |
Landscape Architect | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Lawyer (including Notary in the province of Quebec ) | L.L.B., J.D., L.L.L., B.C.L., or Licenciatura degree (five years”); or membership in a state/provincial bar |
Librarian | M.L.S. or B.L.S. (for which another Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree was prerequisite) |
Management Consultant | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or equivalent professional experience as established by statement or professional credential attesting to five years’ experience as a management consultant, or five years’ experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement |
Mathematician (including statistician) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Range Manager/Range Conservationist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Research Assistant (working in a post-secondary educational institution) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Scientific Technician/ Technologist | Possession of (a) theoretical knowledge of any of the following disciplines: agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology, or physics; and (b) the ability to solve practical problems in any of those disciplines, or the ability to apply principles of any of those disciplines to basic or applied research |
Social Worker | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Sylviculturist (including forestry) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Technical Publications Writer | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree, or post-secondary diploma or post-secondary certificate, and three years’ experience |
Urban Planner (including Geographer) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Vocational Counselor | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
MEDICAL/ALLIED PROFESSIONALS |
Dentist | D.D.S., D.M.D., Doctor en Odontologia or Doctor en Cirugia Dental or state/provincial license |
Dietitian | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license |
Medical Laboratory Technologist ( Canada )/Medical Technologist ( Mexico and the United States ) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or post secondary diploma or post secondary certificate, and three years’ experience |
Nutritionist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Occupational Therapist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state provincial license |
Pharmacist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state provincial license |
Physician (teaching or research only) | M.D., Doctor en Medicina; or state/provincial license |
Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license |
Psychologist | State/provincial license; or Licenciatura degree |
Recreational Therapist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Registered Nurse | State/provincial license or Licenciatura degree |
Veterinarian | D.V.M., D.M.V., or Doctor en Veterinaria; or state/provincial license |
SCIENTIST |
Agricultural (Agronomist) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Animal Breeder | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Animal Scientist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Apiculturist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Astronomer | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Biochemist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Chemist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Dairy Scientist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Entomologist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Epidemiologist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Geneticist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Geochemist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Geophysicist (including Oceanographer in Mexico and the United States ) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Horticulturist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Meteorologist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Pharmacologist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Physicist (including Oceanographer in Canada) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Plant Breeder | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Poultry Scientist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Soil Scientist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Zoologist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
TEACHER |
College | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Seminary | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
University | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |