Professions and
Minimum Education Requirements and Alternative Credentials
Accounting-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
in hotel/restaurant management
Industrial Designer-
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or post-secondary
diploma or post-secondary certificate, and three
years experience
Interior Designer-
Baccalaueate 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 Civil
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 researching 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
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