Below is a job series list by profession, with Minimum Education Requirements and Alternative Credentials. With some exceptions, each profession requires a baccalaureate degree as an entry-level requirement. If a baccalaureate is required, experience cannot be substituted for that degree. In some professions, alternative criteria to a bachelor's degree is listed. For some professions, experience is required in addition to the degree.
PROFESSION | MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS | ALTERNATIVE CREDENTIALS |
|---|---|---|
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 |
Computer Systems Analyst | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree | or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post Secondary Certificate and 3 years experience |
Disaster Relief Insurance 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 and three years experience |
Hotel Manager | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in hotel/restaurant management | or post-secondary diploma or post-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 3 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 (5 years) | or membership in a state/provincial bar |
Librarian | M.L.S. or B.L.S. (for which another Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree was 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 5 years experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement |
Mathematician (including Statistician) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree | |
Range Manager/Range Conservationist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree | |
Research Assistant (working in a post-secondary educational institution) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree | |
Scientific Technician/ Technologist | Possession of (a) theoretical knowledge of any of the following disciplines: agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology, or physics; 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) | 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 en Cirugia Dental | or state/provincial license |
Dietitian | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree | or state/provincial license |
Medical Laboratory Technologist (Canada)/Medical Technologist (Mexico & US) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree | or post secondary diploma or post secondary certificate, and 3 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 or Licenciatura 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 | ||
Agricultural (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 | |
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 | |
Geophysicist (including Oceanographer in Mexico & US) | 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 Licenciatura Degree | |
Teacher | ||
College | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree | |
Seminary | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree | |
University | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |