What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?
The main requirement is two years of qualifying paid trade work, equivalent to 3,120 hours, within five years, with no more than 30 hours per week counted. The work must match the NOC duties and have been performed where you were qualified to practise; student work does not count. English CLB or French NCLC 5 is required in speaking/listening and 4 in reading/writing. No education credential is required for FST eligibility. IRPR 87.2 confirms the two-year full-time or part-time-equivalent requirement; an isolated 1,560-hour sentence on the simplified page does not lower it. All essential NOC duties must also have been performed.
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- federal-16: Your skilled work experience must:
Your skilled work experience must:
* [Input] all be in the same NOC and be in 1 of these NOC groups:
* Major Groups 72 (excluding Sub-Major Group 726), 73, 82, 83, 92, or 93 (excluding Sub-Major Group 932)
* Minor Group 6320
* Unit Group 62200
* [Input] show that you performed:
* the actions in the lead statement of the NOC job description, and
* most of the main duties listed
* [Input] meet the job requirements for that skilled trade as set out in the NOC
* [Input] be paid work
* You must have been paid wages or earned commission (volunteer work or unpaid internships don’t count).
* [Input] have been obtained in a country where you were qualified to practice
* [Input] be at least 2 years of full-time work experience (or 3,120 hours total) in a skilled trade within the 5 years before you apply
Your skilled work experience must meet all the above requirements to be eligible.
Choose the NOC that most closely aligns with your work experience. This will:
* avoid processing delays
* make sure you’re assessed against the correct program
### Your skilled work experience meets the criteria
You may be eligible for the Federal Skilled Trades Program if you meet all other minimum requirements.
### How to count your work hours
You can meet the 3,120 hour requirement in a few different ways:
* full time at 1 job: up to 30 hours/week for 24 months = 2 years full time (3,120 hours)
* equal amount in part-time work: for example, 15 hours/week for 48 months = 2 years full time (3,120 hours)
* You can work as many part-time jobs as you need to meet this requirement.
* full time at more than 1 job: 30 hours/week for 24 months at more than 1 job = 2 years full time (3,120 hours)
### If you worked in more than one country
Your work experience only counts if you were qualified to practise that trade where you got your work experience.
If you were qualified in one country but worked in another country with different rules for practising your trade, you must have also met the requirements to practise there independently.
### Part-time work experience
For part-time work, you can work more or less than 15 hours/week as long as it adds up to 1,560 hours. You can work more than 1 part-time job to get the hours you need to apply.
We don’t count any hours you work above 30 hours/week.
### Student work experience
Work experience gained while you were studying doesn't count towards minimum requirements for the Federal Skilled Trades Program.
## Job offer or certificate of qualification
- ee-language: ### Federal Skilled Trades Program
### Federal Skilled Trades Program
Language | Abilities | Minimum level
--- | --- | ---
English | Speaking and listening | CLB 5
English | Reading and writing | CLB 4
French | Speaking and listening | NCLC 5
French | Reading and writing | NCLC 4
## How long your results are valid for
- federal-16: There is no education requirement for the Federal Skilled Trades Program.
There is no education requirement for the Federal Skilled Trades Program.
- irpr-87-2: (b) they have, during the five years
(b) they have, during the five years before the date on which their permanent resident visa application is made, acquired at least two years of full-time work experience, or the equivalent in part-time work, in the skilled trade occupation specified in the application after becoming qualified to independently practice the occupation, and during that period of employment has performed
* (i) the actions described in the lead statement for the occupation as set out in the occupational descriptions of the National Occupational Classification, and
* (ii) a substantial number of the main duties listed in the description of the occupation set out in the National Occupational Classification, including all of the essential duties;
* (c) they have met the relevant employment requirements
