Credential and Competency Assessment

This section provides examples of sector council work in facilitating assessment of credentials and competencies gained outside of Canada. It also provides links to useful resources that can help you advance work in this area in your sector.

Sector council work

The following are examples of sector council work in facilitating the assessment of credentials and competencies of internationally-trained workers.

BioTalent Canada is building capacity within the biotechnology sector so that internationally educated professionals can be assessed and connected with employers in an efficient and reliable fashion. Click here for more information.

The Canadian Automotive Repair and Service Council welcomes internationally-trained workers to assess their skills at www.carsability.ca to help them identify any professional development that would enhance their success when integrating into the Canadian workforce.

The Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council is developing a national system to assess the skills of aviation and aerospace workers. Click here for more information.

The Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council has developed emerit, a program offering products and services, including national occupational standards, training tools, and certification, for the sector. A legal review has been conducted on the certification system with regard to the recognition of foreign credentials of immigrants and foreign trained Canadians in non-regulated professions (see report). This review was part of the council’s research project to inform the development of a foreign credential recognition system to address non-regulated professions.

The Alliance of Sector Councils (TASC) delivered a workshop entitled Recognizing Foreign Competencies — How your Industry can do it. This workshop focused on the Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition process. Click here for the workshop report.

Other resources

General Guiding Principles for Good Practice in the Assessment of Foreign Credentials
This document is the result of the collaborative work of representatives from the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials, the International Credential Evaluation Service (British Columbia), the International Qualifications Assessment Service (Alberta), and the Service des Équivalences (Quebec).

Funded by the Government of Canada's Foreign Credential Recognition Program.