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| Different industries have Web sites where you can find out more about careers in their sectors. |
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In this section, Users select occupations that match jobs available in their communities. Once Users have assessed their own Essential Skills and have checked local employment listings, they can browse jobs in the categories below.
When a job matches one that is being advertised, they can see how closely their Essential Skills match the Skills required. If they want, they can the start a portfolio targeted to that job. |
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Management |
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This category contains legislators, senior management occupations and middle and other management occupations. These occupations span all skill type categories. |
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Business, Finance and Administration |
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This category contains occupations that are concerned with providing financial and business services, administrative and regulatory services and clerical supervision and support services. Some occupations in this category are unique to the financial and business service sectors; however, most are found in all industries. |
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Natural and Applied Sciences and Related |
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This category contains professional and technical occupations in the sciences, including physical and life sciences, engineering, architecture and information technology. |
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Health |
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This category includes occupations concerned with providing health care services directly to patients and occupations that provide support to professional and technical health care staff. |
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Social Science, Education, Government Service and Religion |
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Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport |
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This category includes professional and technical occupations related to art and culture, including the performing arts, film and video, broadcasting, journalism, writing, creative design, libraries and museums. It also includes occupations in recreation and sport. |
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Sales and Service |
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This category contains sales occupations, personal and protective service occupations and occupations related to the hospitality and tourism industries. |
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Trades, Transport and Equipment Operators |
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This category includes construction and mechanical trades, trades supervisors and contractors and operators of transportation and heavy equipment. These occupations are found in a wide range of industrial sectors, with many occurring in the construction and transportation industries.
This category includes most of the apprenticeable trades, including all of those related to the construction industry. Other occupations in this category usually require completion of college or other programs combined with on-the-job training. Progression to supervisory or self-employed contractor status is possible with experience. There is limited mobility or transferability of skills among occupations in this category due to specific apprenticeship, training and licensing requirements for most occupations. |
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Primary Industry |
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This category contains supervisory and equipment operation occupations in the natural resource-based sectors of mining, oil and gas production, forestry and logging, agriculture, horticulture and fishing. Most occupations in this category are industry specific and do not occur outside of the primary industries. |
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Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities |
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This category contains supervisory and production occupations in manufacturing, processing and utilities.
You now know how occupations are classified according to a work domain that is called skill type. We will now learn how the NOC further categorizes occupations according to different levels of skill required within each skill type. |
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