TN Professional Occupations
LIST OF PROFESSIONAL TN OCCUPATIONS PERMITTED UNDER NAFTA
- Accountant (baccalaureate, CPA, CA, CGA, or CMA)
- Agriculturist/Agronomist
- Animal breeder
- Animal Scientist
- Apiculturist
- Architect (baccalaureate or state/provincial license. Also see Landscape Architect, below.)
- Astronomer
- Biochemist
- Biologist
- Chemist
- Computer Systems Analyst (Must have baccalaureate or post-secondary diploma* and three years of experience.)
- Dairy Scientist
- Dentist (DDS, DMD, or state/provincial license)
- Dietician (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
- Disaster Relief Insurance Claims Adjuster (Must have baccalaureate or three years of experience in claims adjustment, and completed training in appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims.)
- Economist
- Engineer (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
- Entomologist
- Forester (baccalaureate or state/provincial license. Also see Sylviculturist, below.)
- Geneticist
- Geochemist
- Geographer
- Geologist
- Geophysicist
- Graphic Designer (Must have baccalaureate or post-secondary diploma* and three years of experience.)
- Horticulturist
- Hotel Manager (Must have baccalaureate in hotel/restaurant management or post-secondary diploma* in hotel/restaurant management and three years of experience in hotel restaurant management.)
- Industrial Designer (Must have baccalaureate or post-secondary diploma* and three years of experience.)
- Interior Designer (Must have baccalaureate or post-secondary diploma* and three years of experience.)
- Insurance Claims Adjuster (Must have baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree and training in insurance adjustment for disaster relief claims; or three years of experience in claims adjustment and training in insurance adjustment for disaster relief claims.)
- Land Surveyor (baccalaureate or state/provincial/federal license)
- Landscaping Architect
- Lawyer (member of state/provincial bar, or LLB, JD, LLL, or BCL)
- Librarian (MLS, or BLS. BLS must be one for which another baccalaureate degree was a pre-requisite)
- Management Consultant (Must have baccalaureate or five years of experience in consulting or related field.)
- Mathematician
- Medical Technologist/Medical Lab Technologist (Must have baccalaureate or post-secondary diploma* and three years of experience.) (U.S. job must be in a laboratory to perform chemical, biological, hematological, immunologic, microscopic, or bacteriological tests, and analyses for diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease)
- Meteorologist
- Nurse, Registered (must have state/provincial license)
- Nutritionist
- Occupational Therapist (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
- Oceanographer
- Pharmacist (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
- Pharmacologist
- Physician (teaching and/or research only, MD or state/provincial license)
- Physicist
- Physio/Physical Therapist (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
- Plant Breeder
- Poultry Scientist
- Psychologist (Must have state/provincial license. Cannot qualify with just baccalaureate degree.)
- Range Manager/Range Conservationist
- Recreational Therapist
- Research Assistant (Baccalaureate and must work in a post-secondary educational institute.)
- Social Worker
- Soil Scientist
- Statistician
- Sylviculturist/Forestry Specialist (also see Forester, above)
- Teacher (Baccalaureate degree: must be coming to work for a college, seminary or university only; no secondary or elementary school teaching.)
- Technician or Technologist, Scientific (Must work in direct support of professionals in one of these disciplines: Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Forestry, Geology, Geophysics, Meteorology, Physics. Must possess theoretical knowledge of discipline and solve practical problems in discipline, or apply principles of the discipline to basic or applied research.)
- Urban Planner
- Veterinarian (DVM, DMV, or state/provincial license)
- Vocational Counselor
- Writer, Technical Publications (Technical Publications Writer) (Must have baccalaureate or post-secondary diploma* and three years of experience.)
- Zoologist
*A post-secondary diploma (or certificate) is a credential from an accredited academic institution in Canada, Mexico or the United States showing completion of two or more years of post-secondary education.
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