Canadian Equivalent Qualifications
 

Will a job-seeker with a British university degree, post graduate diploma in software engineering and 10 years work experience need do apply for accreditation?

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No.

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If you want to go into nursing yes :confused:

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Thanks :D

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Depends.

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Care to elaborate?

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Just offering advice on adult incontinence underwear as you'll piss yourself laughing when you hear the salary you'll get.

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YES: IQAS and any other professional accreditation you can get. Some on this forum talk about 'equivalencies' but when you're here you will find the qualifications accepted must be from Canadian institutions and proof of any 'equivalency' lies with you, hence IQAS. Also most employers here are hung up on the grade 12 diploma.

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A degree certificate and transcript is all I have ever been asked for.

Vocational qualifications are a different matter altogether. If your degree is part of a vocational qualification (law and medicine spring to mind) then they will need to be evaluated. If it is just to prove you are a graduate then they don't.

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:rofl: Heaven forbid they'd be concerned that you went to school.

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Odd isn't it but that's what they ask to see - the qualifications I gained at age 16 and 18 in the UK. WHY?

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Simply as that is the only way they can guarantee you went and completed high school. To them this is a benchmark for a certain level of literacy and competency. Many NA employers don't understand or care about European education so need it translated in terms they can comprehend.

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Nobody ever even asked if I went to school!Just as well I never had to give school as a reference either.

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Care to elaborate?

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That's just completely wrong. A degree from a UK uni + experience is fine for employers; unless, as JonboyE says, you are in one of the protected professions (doctor, lawyer, teacher, or whatever)

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If you expect London wages, you won't be laughing, you'll be crying.

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We have a similar situation to you... my husband is an architect, and although has his masters and part 3 etc, if he gets a job, he will not be able to call himself an architect or stamp off any papers... its all very frustrating.
We will get there with a few modifications though, I hope. Am planning a recce trip after xmas and we just intent to meet with our prospective employers and find out what 'the real deal' is.
Everyone on this forum have all had different experiences, so it is really hard to get a proper answer that is really relevant to your own position.
I am a nurse curently trying to get on the Nova Scotia nursing Register. My Story seems to be quite different from the other nurses going through the same process. and for some reason more complicated and time consuming than others.... It all just seems a bit of a lottery!!
Anyway. Good luck. Will keep you posted as to how we get on with our trip and interviews and what the general concencus of opinion was... Sorry no concrete answer to give!
:rolleyes:

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That's what I meant.

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Really? I assumed you meant they would be truly overjoyed at the drop in salary.

(though point taken, my comment was rather redundant)

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Hi Lorna,
My husband is an architect who worked in Edniburgh prior to moving to Canada. After spending 2 years in BC we moved to NS and he now works for a practice in Halifax. Email me and I can give you some tips.
Good luck,

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As long as they're not provincial wages with London prices...