Help with EE profile Creation Please

[wenfeizh]

Hello Everyone!

I have come across a question when filling out the Work History in EE profile creation.

It asks me my primary occupation, and "Date XXX first became qualified to practice in this occupation"

And on the IRCC website it says "If the "primary occupation" is:
a qualified trade (four-digit code begins with 632, 633, 72, 73, 82, 92), this is the date they became qualified to practice on their own in Canada. (For example, when they moved from apprentice to being a licensed tradesperson.)
any other job, this is the date they first obtained the minimum education or training stated in the NOC description. (Note: if the NOC only states high school, this is the date they graduated.)"

So my primary occupation is 1241 Admin Assistant, according to the IRCC website for NOC 1241, the requirement is "Employment requirements

Completion of secondary school is usually required.
Completion of a one- or two-year college or other program for administrative assistants or secretaries
or
Previous clerical experience is required."

so what date should I put for the question? I didnt have any one or two year college or other program for admin assistant or secretaries. Instead I have a BA in English and M.ED. But I do have previous clerical experience, which is why i got hired for my primary 1241 position.

Should I put the date I graduated form high school? or the date I started this 1241 position? Or sth else?

Please help ??? ???

Anything would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

[jes_ON]

so what date should I put for the question? I didnt have any one or two year college or other program for admin assistant or secretaries. Instead I have a BA in English and M.ED. But I do have previous clerical experience, which is why i got hired for my primary 1241 position.

Should I put the date I graduated form high school? or the date I started this 1241 position? Or sth else?

I would put either the date you earned your undergraduate degree (graduation date), or the end date of your most recent clerical job, which ever is earlier.

 

[wenfeizh]

I would put either the date you earned your undergraduate degree (graduation date), or the end date of your most recent clerical job, which ever is earlier.

why undergrad? Not high school or my Master?

 

[wenfeizh]

any other advise/suggestions?

 

[jes_ON]

why undergrad? Not high school or my Master?

Because some post-secondary is "required" (even if it's not specifically administrative, a bachelor's degree trumps a diploma), but a Master's is not. And I don't know the order of events - when you finished each degree, when you gained your work experience...

But really, you could use any of those. In the end, this "qualification" data element was really intended only for applicants in the skilled trades programs, the instructions are a work around until its reprogrammed to apply only to trades applicants... (read this on an immigration lawyer's website...).