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Quebec
Selection Criteria
Provincial
Selection Program is designed to choose the qualified workers whose
occupation is in demand in Quebec, and who have a high likelihood for
employment in the medium term. The fact that you practice one of these
professions in your home country does not guaranty your acceptance.
Profession:
Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
Bilingual technical writers (French and English)
Chemical engineers
Computer engineers
Computer programmers
Computer systems analysts
Consulting agronomists, specialists in fertilization
Dieticians and nutritionists
Electrical and electronics engineering technologists, specializing in
instrumentation and automation
Electrical and electronics engineers
Industrial and manufacturing engineers
Industrial instruments technicians specializing in maintenance analysis
Machine tool operators (computer-aided, numerically controlled tools
Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians
Mechanical engineers
Occupational therapists
Science policy and program officers : Multimedia interface specialists
Technical sales specialists, wholesale trade
Tool and die makers
Translators specializing in technical and scientific fields (French and
English)
Welder-fitters
Selection
Criteria
In
order to be considered as an Independent applicant in the skilled worker
category, an individual must satisfy one of the following:
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have
at least 6 months full-time experience in a high demand
profession;
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have
at least 6 months full-time experience and have
"assured employment" (similar to
"arranged" employment on the federal side);
-
have
at least 6 months full-time experience and score at least
30 out of a possibility of 52 on the "Calculation of
the Employability and Professional Mobility" factor;
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Once
the individual met one of the above, then the following calculations are
made:
PASSING
MARKS:
Applicant
without spouse - 65 out of 115
Applicant
with spouse - 75 out of 132
1.
Education (Maximum points: 17)
no
secondary diploma 0 points
secondary
diploma 3 points
post-secondary
diploma 5 points
university
diploma (1 yr) 6 points
university
diploma (2yrs) 7 points
university
(3yrs - 1st level) 8 points
university
(2nd level) 10 points
university
(3rd level) 11 points
Second
specialty
diploma
(l year) 1
diploma
(2 years or more) 2
Privileged
education
diploma
on the list of "privileged education" 4
2.
Employment (Maximum points: 15
- Minimum points: 7)
assured
employment 15 points
on
high demand list 12 points
scored
at least 30 points under the "Employability and Professional
Mobility"
3.
Experience (Maximum
points: 10- Minimum points: 1)
1
point per each 6 months of full time work experience
4.
Adaptability (Maximum points:
31)
personal
qualities (Maximum points: 15) This is determined at the time of
interview. The officer will consider the individual's qualities by
asking simple questions that will permit to evaluate the individual.
The officer will be looking for: flexibility, sociability, dynamism,
initiative, perseverance, self- confidence, sense of realism and
maturity - all of these qualities in relation to the individual's
professional and day to day life;
motivation
(Maximum points: 5) This also determined at the time of interview. The
officer will consider the individual's motivation by asking simple
questions that will permit the officer to evaluate the individual's
motivation with respect to his/her emigration and his/her choice of
the province of Quebec;
knowledge
of Quebec (Maximum points: 2). This is determined at the time of the
interview. The officer will ask questions relating to: the job market,
the conditions of the individual's intended occupation, standards of
living and weather conditions;
time
spent in Quebec (Maximum points: 5)
studied
or worked in Quebec for at least 6 months 5
visited
for at least 2 weeks 2
relatives
or friends in Quebec (Maximum points: 4)
if
individual has a family member living in Quebec 4
if
individual has a friend living in Quebec 2
5.
Age (Maximum points: 10)
23
to 30 years old 10 points deduct 1 point per year after 30
6.
Language (Maximum points: 23)
French
(Maximum points: 17)
oral
comprehension 6 points
oral
expression 5 points
written
comprehension 4 points
educated
at post secondary level in French 2 points. At interview, the officer
will evaluate this factor by asking questions and by providing simple
texts. The individual will then have to:
understand
questions relating to various aspects of everyday life,
answer
these questions with complete sentences using proper grammar and
proper pronunciation, and
read
a short text and comprehend the general sense of it.
English
(Maximum points: 6)
oral
comprehension 3 points
oral
expression 3 points. The officer will determine this factor using the
same tools as mentioned above.
7.
Spouse's characteristics
(Maximum points: 17)
Education
(Maximum points: 5)
secondary
diploma 2 points
post
secondary diploma add 1 point
university
diploma add 1 point
if
completed a "Second Specialty" or has "Privileged
Education" (see annex) add 1 point
Experience
(Maximum points: 2)
6
months to 1 year - 1 point
more
than 1 year 2 points
Age
(Maximum points: 2)
30
and under 2 points
31
to 39 1 point
French
(Maximum points: 8)
oral
comprehension 3 points
oral
expression 3 points
written
comprehension 2 points. The officer will evaluate the spouse's
language abilities in the same manner as the principal applicant.
8.
Children (Maximum
points: 8)
12
years old and under 2 points per child
13
to 17 1 point per child
9.
Financial capabilities (Maximum
points: 1 - Minimum points: 1)
Individual
must be able to support self and dependents for at least 3 months.
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