Health and Early Childhood Educator Occupations Targeted In British Columbia PNP Changes

Canada immigration news: British Columbia is targeting labour market shortages in health and early childhood educator occupations with a slew of changes to the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP).

The changes announced on March 10, 2022, include a new list of priority occupations for the BC PNP and a new policy of targeting occupations through periodic draws.

“We’re taking steps to ensure the Provincial Nominee Program is meeting the needs of British Columbians today and into the future,” said Nathan Cullen, Minister of Municipal Affairs.

“By placing a greater focus on skilled workers in the care economy, we’re helping attract talent from around the world committed to delivering the essential services we all rely on.”

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In a further change, healthcare assistants and dental assistants have been added as eligible occupations to the province’s Entry Level and Semi-Skilled category.

The province has also announced its Heath Care Professional category will change to a Health Authority category, which is open to all health authority occupations.

Meanwhile, under the province’s Skilled Worker category, the requirement of two years of directly-related experience is replaced with two years of skilled experience.

BC PNP: New Targeted Healthcare Occupations

0311 Managers in healthcare
3011 Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors
3012 Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
3111 Specialist physicians
3112 General practitioners and family physicians
3113 Dentists
3122 Chiropractors
3124 Allied primary health practitioners
3125 Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating
3131 Pharmacists
3132 Dietitians and nutritionists
3141 Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
3142 Physiotherapists
3143 Occupational therapists
3144 Other professional occupations in therapy and assessment
3211 Medical laboratory technologists
3212 Medical laboratory technicians and pathologists’ assistants
3214 Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists
3215 Medical radiation technologists
3216 Medical sonographers
3217 Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists, n.e.c.
3219 Other medical technologists and technicians (except dental health)
3221 Denturists
3222 Dental hygienists and dental therapists
3223 Dental technologists, technicians and laboratory assistants
3232 Practitioners of natural healing
3233 Licensed practical nurses
3234 Paramedical occupations
3237 Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment
3411 Dental assistants
3413 Only health care assistants or health care aides
4151 Psychologists
4152 Social workers
4153 Family, marriage and other related counsellors
4212 Social and community service workers

BC PNP: New Targeted Childcare Occupations

4214 Early Childhood Educators

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