Which professions are considered NAFTA professions?

NAFTA Professional Job Series List
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