Hi Guys,
Not posted on here for a while..
My husband works as a supervisor-industrial floor layer -speciality coatings.
he's done this job for 19 years, there are no recognised qualifications in this line of work, but the CITB (construction industry training board) have recently brought out an NVQ 2 in this work. Which he has now done.
He left school at 16 and hasn't been to college etc.
So the way its looking for us, we will never be able to get to Canada as we don't have enough points.
Jeanette

Did you have a question Jeanette ?

sorry, yes is there anything else we can do to gain more points?

Get a degree or learn French real quick. That sounded short but not meant that way. I am in a similar situation ( potentially 2 points short ) so looking to gain employment before I get assessed. It's unfortunate but the points line has to be drawn somewhere.... it doesn't help the feelings of frustration if you are one of those on the wrong side.

Get a job laying floors out in Alberta. PNP, 15 points for arranged employment and adaptability. Bingo.

Yes my advice would definitely be get a job which would give points for adaptabililty towards your total, ........or forget skilled worker route completely and try for the provincial nominee program where points are not counted as you are filling a gap in the canadian market.

Good luck.

Only looked at PNP New Brunswick, but points are definately counted for that I'm afraid ( 50 I believe with a job offer )

http://www.gnb.ca/immigration/english/index.htm

AFAIK PNP is just a shortcut through the federal skilled worker system, and points are still counted, but with 15 for the job/ adaptability its largely a formality. Could be wrong though. After working in canada for a year on arranged employment, someone who left school at 16 but is a native english speaker is good for 72 points.

And probably a documentary.

Fat fingers...I fixed that one now. All my posts get edited a couple of times to remove the typos!

thanks guys for your replies, so it looks like we need to get a degree or a job offer which ever comes first.
He has phoned and emailed flooring companies but they dont seem to want to know when it comes down to all the immigration side of it.

9 times out of 10 you need to be here going door to door to get anywhere.

Is BUNAC an option for you to get here on a one year working visa that you could leverage into something more permanent?

It takes a lot of patience to land a job from outside canada, especially if you dont meet immigration requirements without it. If its your dream, dont give up on it yet!

Thanks ian, i'll look into Bunac.

Friends of ours came over from the UK in Ocober and fell in love with BC. Whilst here, Mark, who's a builder by trade, called/emailed/visited dozens of local construction companies.

Within 4 days he had a job offer (employer willing to raise appropriate paperwork for a PNP application), and had an offer accepted on a house (sale went through last week). He's looking to move out here early March '07.

It's far easier to sell yourself face-to-face. If your husband's got skills and experience that are in demand, then perhaps an exploratory trip would be worth considering?

Good advice, but you are not allowed to hunt for a job while you're in Canada as a tourist, so do not mention anything about the exploratory nature of the trip to the immigration official at the airport. I'm not suggesting that you refrain from job hunting while you're visiting Canada, only that you refrain from mentioning it at your point of entry. For immigration purposes, you're a tourist and nothing more.