Hard-to-Fill Skills Pilot

This category is designed for candidates who have a job offer in Saskatchewan who are intermediate and lower-skilled occupational workers, either living in Canada or abroad. Refugee claimants are not eligible.

The program may change at any time.

Program Eligibility

Requirement 
Express Entry ProfileNot Required
Job OfferFull time, permanent in the specified occupations (See below)
Level of Education–         Secondary Education (High School)
Work Experience

–         1 Year full time in the last 3 Years

–         In intended occupation or acceptable related occupations, or

–         6 months full time in the job with the employer

Language ProficiencyMin. CLB 4 or higher

Job Offer must be in one of the following occupations:

NOCOccupation Title
14400Shippers and receivers
14401Storekeepers and partspersons
14404Dispatchers
32109Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment
33102Nurse aides, orderlies and patient associates
33103Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants
33109Other assisting occupations in support of health services
44101Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations*
64314Hotel front desk clerks
65102Store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers
65200Food and beverage servers
65201Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations
65310Light duty cleaners
65312Janitors, caretakers and heavy-duty cleaners
73201General building maintenance workers and building superintendents
73300Transport truck drivers
73400Heavy Equipment operators (except crane)
75101Material handlers
75110Construction trades helpers and labourers
84120Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators
85100Livestock labourers
85101Harvesting labourers
85111Oil and gas drilling, servicing and related labourers
94105Metalworking and forging machine operators
94106Machining tool operators
94120Sawmill machine operators
94140Process control and machine operators, food, beverage and associated processing
94141Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
94204Mechanical assemblers and inspectors
94213Industrial painters, coaters and Metal finishing process operators
95101Labourers in Metal fabrication
95106Labourers in food, beverage and associated Products processing
95109Other labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities

Application Procedure

  • Qualified applicants can submit their applications through the SINP Online Portal, the official platform for SINP applications.
  • There is no fee for the Saskatchewan Employment Offer stream, making it cost-effective for candidates.
  • Successful applicants will receive an email notification from Saskatchewan indicating their provincial nomination.
  • With the provincial nomination certificate in hand, candidates can proceed with their application for Canadian permanent residency.
  • Candidates have six months from receiving the provincial nomination to submit their paper-based application for Canadian permanent residency to the federal government.
  • Federal processing of paper-based permanent residency applications typically takes around 18 months.

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