List of NAFTA Professions and Degrees

List of NAFTA Professions and Degrees 1

  • 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. 2
  • Computer Systems Analyst—Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree;or Post-Secondary Diploma 3 or Post Secondary Certificate 4 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 or Post-Secondary Certificateand three years experience.
  • Hotel Manager—Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in hotel/restaurant management; or Post-Secondary Diploma orPost- 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 a 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. 5
  • Range Manager/Range Conservationist—Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Research Assistant (working in a post-secondary educational institution)—Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Scientific Technician/Technologist 6—Possession of (a)theoretical knowledge of any of the following disciplines: agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology, orphysics; 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 Specialist)—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 enCirugia 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) 7—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 orLicenciatura 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

  • Agriculturist (including 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.
  • Biologist 8—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.
  • Geologist—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 Licenciara Degree.

TEACHER

  • College—Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Seminary—Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • University—Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

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1 A business person seeking temporary employment under this Appendix may also perform training functions relating to the profession, including conducting seminars.

2 The terms "state/provincial" and "state/provincial/federal license" mean any document issued by a state, provincial, or federal government, as the case may be, or under its authority, but not by a local government, that permits a person to engage in a regulated activity or profession.

3 "Post Secondary Diploma" means a credential issued, on completion of two or more years of post secondary education, by an accredited academic institution in Canada or the United States.

4 "Post Secondary Certificate" means a certificate issued, on completion of two or more years of post secondary education at an academic institution, by the federal government of Mexico or a state government in Mexico, an academic institution recognized by the federal government or a state government, or academic institution created by federal or state law.

5 The term ''Mathematician'' includes the profession of Actuary. An Actuary must satisfy the necessary requirements to be recognized as an actuary by a professional actuarial association or society. A professional actuarial association or society means a professional actuarial association or society operating in the territory of at least one of the Parties.

6 A business person in this category must be seeking temporary entry for work in direct support of professionals in agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology or physics.

7 A business person in this category must be seeking temporary entry to perform in a laboratory chemical, biological, hematological, immunologic, microscopic or bacteriological tests and analyses for diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of diseases.

8 The term ''Biologist'' includes the profession of Plant Pathologist.

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