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Essential Skills Profiles

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50 updated essential skills profiles are now available online. They have been synthesized into a more user-friendly version and describe how each occupation is affected by digital technology.

As part of a pilot initiative, a new design format was developed for three of the updated profiles. They are available in PDF and in print:

  1. Cashiers
  2. Food and Beverage Servers
  3. Nurse Aides, Orderlies and Patient Service Associates

To order: visit http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/index.shtml, select “Order a publication from the department” and search for “Essential Skills Profiles”.

Please tell us what you think about the revised profiles.


  1. Accounting and Related Clerks - NOC 1431 - (HTML)
  2. Administrative Clerks - NOC 1441 - (HTML)
  3. Automotive Mechanical Installers and Servicers - NOC 7443 - (HTML)
  4. Automotive Painters - NOC 7322 - (HTML)
  5. Automotive Partspersons - NOC 1472 - (HTML)
  6. Automotive Service Technicians - NOC 7321 - (HTML)
  7. Bakers - NOC 6252 - (HTML)
  8. Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Clerks - NOC 1434 - (HTML)
  9. Bricklayers - NOC 7281 - (HTML)
  10. Bus Drivers and Subway and Other Transit Operators - NOC 7412 - (HTML)
  11. Carpenters - NOC 7271 - (HTML)
  12. Cashiers - NOC 6611 - (HTML) (PDF)
  13. Community and Social Service Workers - NOC 4212 - (HTML)
  14. Concrete Finishers - NOC 7282 - (HTML)
  15. Construction Electricians - NOC 7241 - (HTML)
  16. Construction Trades Helpers and Labourers - NOC 7611 & 7612 - (HTML)
  17. Contact Centre Agents (Customer service, Information and Related Clerks) - NOC 1453 - (HTML)
  18. Dental Assistants - NOC 3411 - (HTML)
  19. Early Childhood Educators and Assistants - NOC 4214 - (HTML)
  20. Electrical Power Line and Cable Workers - NOC 7244 - (HTML)
  21. Electronic Service Technicians - NOC 2242 - (HTML)
  22. Estheticians, Electrologists and Related Occupations - NOC 6482 - (HTML)
  23. Floor Covering Installers - NOC 7295 - (HTML)
  24. Food and Beverage Servers - NOC 6453 - (HTML) (PDF)
  25. General Farm Workers - NOC 8431 - (HTML)
  26. Hairstylists and Barbers - NOC 6271 - (HTML)
  27. Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane) - NOC 7421 - (HTML)
  28. Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics (Farm Equipment Mechanics) - NOC 7312 - (HTML)
  29. Hotel Front Desk Clerks - NOC 6435 - (HTML)
  30. Industrial Electricians - NOC 7242 - (HTML)
  31. Industrial Instrument Mechanics - NOC 2243 - (HTML)
  32. Machine Operators, Mineral and Metal Processing - NOC 9411 - (HTML)
  33. Machining Tool Operators - NOC 9511 - (HTML)
  34. Nurse Aides, Orderlies and Patient Service Associates - NOC 3413 - (HTML) (PDF)
  35. Nursery and Greenhouse Workers - NOC 8432 - (HTML)
  36. Oil and Gas Well Drillers, Servicers, Testers and Related Workers - NOC 8412 - (HTML)
  37. Other Occupations in Travel, Accommodation, Amusement and Recreation - NOC 6671 & 6672 - (HTML)
  38. Plumbers - NOC 7251 - (HTML)
  39. Primary Production Labourers - NOC 8611 - NOC 8616 - (HTML)
  40. Retail Sales Associates - NOC 6421 - (HTML)
  41. Retail Trade Supervisors - NOC 6211 - (HTML)
  42. Security Guards and Related Occupations - NOC 6651 - (HTML)
  43. Silviculture and Forestry Workers - NOC 8422 - (HTML)
  44. Steam- and Pipefitters - NOC 7252 - (HTML)
  45. Telecommunications Installation and Repair Workers - NOC 7246 - (HTML)
  46. Truck and Transport Mechanics - NOC 7321 - (HTML)
  47. Truck Drivers - NOC 7411 - (HTML)
  48. Underground Mine Service and Support Workers - NOC 8411 - (HTML)
  49. Water and Waste Plant Operators - NOC 9424 - (HTML)
  50. Welders - NOC 7265 - (HTML)

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Date Modified:
2011-10-19