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usthb

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Sep 18, 2017
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Dear All,

Sorry to post on a subject which probably has already been covered. I preferred to start a fresh post to expose my problem and any specifics.

I am a mechanical engineer with 2.5 years experience in the field. In addition, I have >5 years of experience as application /sales engineer.

In my EE application, I selected primary NOC as 2132 (mechanical engineer - Skill A) and claimed CPS points for 3 years of experience against that NOC.
My work experience summarizes as follows:
- 5 years as application engineer NOC code 6121 (Sales engineer - SKILL B)
- 2.5 years as NOC code 2132.

After receiving ITA in Sep-2017 (447 points), I now realize that under primary NOC 2132 - I don't totalize exactly 3 years of experience and I am concerned my eAPR would be rejected because of thus. Instead, if I switch to primary NOC as 6121 this will have the 3 years of relevant experience covered.

My questions;

1/ - Is a change to primary NOC after ITA acceptable especially as it involves going from skill A to skill B ?
2/ - Is it wise/ worth the risk to decline the ITA, have the primary NOC corrected and submit EE again ?

Any suggestion would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

PS: my job as application engineer overlaps with the mechanical engineer one, of course not enough to fall under a unique NOC code. Anyway, if it can help, I can also ask from past employers reference letters that put the emphasis on mechanical engineering skills.
 
Thank you very much for your input. I understand then that it is 100% safe to proceed with the eAPR using same NOC as per EE per the situation I have described.

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In FSW, once you have only ONE year of CONTINUOUS work experience, you can add total experience from different jobs.
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Just to enable me educate myself, could you please refer to a link or resource documenting this particular point? if possible of course.
Thanks again.
 
Yes, what you wrote makes a lot of sense. Greatly appreciated the help.
Thanks for the links as well.