BC PNP Priority Access: Supporting ECE and ECEA Immigration Application

next i’ll give an overview of the eligibility requirements for the bcpnp as it pertains to early childhood educators

 

• Indeterminate, full-time job offer with eligible employer
• Must be qualified for the offered position
  • i.e. education, experience, certified/licensed
• Meet minimum language proficiency of CLB 4
• Meet wage and income requirements

so as you can see this slide provides an overview of the general requirements for all categories of the bcpnp so all applicants require an indeterminate full-time job offer with an eligible employer i’ll speak more to the requirements for employers later on all applicants must be qualified for the offered position you must meet the minimum language proficiency which is canadian level benchmark for and meet minimum wage and income requirements i’ll provide an explanation of these points on the next few slides so the certification requirements uh it’s a requirement that all applicants are qualified for the offered position so this includes education experience and certification and licensing

it’s a provincial requirement that ECEs are certified later on our colleagues at childcare bc will speak more about the certification requirements specific to bc

Certification is required to work as an Early Childhood Educator in B.C.

please we should be on the minimum language requirements slide currently you’re on the ircc slides yeah so i think we need to go backwards a few yeah. there we are perfect so candidates must meet the minimum language requirements as you can see here so this is under NOC skill level B C or D they must demonstrate English or French language proficiency at Canadian language benchmark level 4 across all four competencies

• The offered wage must be at market rate and comparable to the rate paid to workers with a similar level of experience and training
• For examples of market wage rates by occupation, please visit: www.jobbank.gc.ca/trend-analysis

so for occupations classified under skill level 0 or skill level a language test results are not required at the time of registration but may be requested during the assessment period later on to ensure that applicants possess the language abilities required to perform the duties of the position um alex i’m sorry to interject but i’m wondering if you could maybe just take a moment to explain what NOCs level what NOCs are and skills levels A, B i’m not sure if that’s a common understanding sure so under the national occupation classification guide which is done federally

Employer Requirements

• Established in British Columbia
  • Minimum 1 year in business
  • Has 5 employees (3 if outside Metro Vancouver)
• Valid licence from appropriate governing body
• Offered indeterminate, full-time job
• Satisfied recruitment requirements

Employer Responsibilities

• Accuracy of employer documents and info sections of the online application
• Notify of changes in the employment status or if the business has closed or changed ownership

there’s different skill levels so that can include skill level zero which is typically managerial occupations and then skill level a which is again skilled skilled workers skill level b is typically where eces would fall which is also a skilled worker category and then skill level c and d are entry-level and semi-skilled categories so typically that would not apply to ece and that would apply more to the entry level and semi-skilled category now we’re looking at skill level b yeah typically skill level b or for for managers we would be looking at skill level zero or skeletal a okay so next is the wage requirements so the offered wage must be at the market rate and comparable to workers with a similar level of experience and it also must be consistent with the wage compensation structure of the employer there’s a resource as well called job bank which is a federal resource which shows trends across canada for salaries across all national occupation classifications so it does all salary ranges in different areas and particularly in bc in our case it shows the data for that

so we also ensure that we also must ensure that an applicant meets the minimum income requirements and demonstrates an ability to economically establish in british columbia so applicants must be able to become economically established in other words must earn enough to support their family in bc based on minimum income thresholds and they must demonstrate that they intend to permanently establish mbc and bring long-term economic benefits to the province so for example a family unit of one within the metro vancouver regional district must earn at least twenty six thousand four hundred and twenty six dollars and then for outside of for the rest of british columbia uh the minimum for a family unit of one is twenty two thousand and twenty four dollars