TN Professional Occupations

The professions or occupations in Appendix 1603.D.1 to NAFTA and the minimum requirements for qualification for each are as follows:

Accountant	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; C.P.A., C.A., C.G.A., or C.M.A.
Architect	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license²
Computer Systems Analyst	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post Secondary Certificate⁴ and three years' experience
Disaster relief insurance claims adjuster (claims adjuster employed by an insurance company located in the territory of a Party, or an independent claims adjuster)	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims; or three years experience in claims adjustment and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims
Economist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Engineer	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license²
Forester	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license²
Graphic Designer	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma³ or Post-Secondary Certificate⁴ and three years experience
Hotel Manager	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in hotel/restaurant management; or Post-Secondary Diploma³ or Post-Secondary Certificate⁴ in hotel/restaurant management and three years experience in hotel/restaurant management
Industrial Designer	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma³ or Post-Secondary Certificate4, and three years experience
Interior Designer	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma³ or Post-Secondary Certificate⁴, and three years experience
Land Surveyor	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree or state/provincial/federal license²
Landscape Architect	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Lawyer (including Notary in the province of Quebec)	L.L.B., J.D., L.L.L., B.C.L., or Licenciatura degree (five years); or membership in a state/provincial bar
Librarian	M.L.S., or B.L.S. (for which another Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree was a prerequisite)

Management Consultant	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or equivalent professional experience as established by statement or professional credential attesting to five years experience as a management consultant, or five years experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement
Mathematician* (including Statistician)	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Medical Allied Professionals
Dentist	D.D.S., D.M.D., Doctor en Odontologia or Doctor en Cirugia Dental or state/provincial license
Dietitian	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license²
Medical Laboratory Technologist (Canada) Medical Technologist (Mexico and the United States)⁶	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma³ or Post-Secondary Certificate⁴ and three years experience
Nutritionist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Occupational Therapist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license²
Pharmacist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license²
Physician (teaching or research only)	M.D. Doctor en Medicina; or state/provincial license
Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license
Psychologist	state/provincial license; or Licenciatura Degree
Recreational Therapist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Registered nurse	state/provincial license or Licenciatura Degree
Veterinarian	D.V.M., D.M.V., or Doctor en Veterinaria; or state/provincial license
Range Manager / Range Conservationist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Research Assistant (working in a post secondary educational institution)	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Scientific Technician / Technologist⁵	Possession of (a) theoretical knowledge of any of the following disciplines: agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology, or physics; and (b) the ability to solve practical problems in any of those disciplines, or the ability to apply principles of any of those disciplines to basic or applied research
Scientist
Agriculturist (including agronomist)	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Animal Breeder	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Animal Scientist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Apiculturist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Astronomer	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Biochemist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Biologist¨	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Chemist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Dairy Scientist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Entomologist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Epidemiologist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Geneticist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Geochemist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Geologist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Geophysicist (including Oceanographer in Mexico & the U.S.)	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Horticulturist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Meteorologist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Pharmacologist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Physicist (including Oceanographer in Canada)	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Plant Breeder	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Poultry Scientist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Soil Scientist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Zoologist	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Social Worker	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Sylviculturist (including Forestry Specialist)	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Teacher
College	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Seminary	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
University	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Technical Publications Writer	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma³ or Post-Secondary Certificate⁴ and three years experience
Urban Planner (including Geographer	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Vocational Counselor	Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree

¹ A business person seeking temporary employment under this Appendix may also perform training functions relating to the profession, including conducting seminars.

² The terms "state/provincial incense"²and "state/provincial/federal license"²mean any documents issued by a state, provincial, or federal government as the case may be, or under its authority, but not by a local government, that permits a person to engage in a regulated activity or profession.

³ "Post Secondary Diploma" means a credential issued, on completion of two or more years of post secondary education, by an accredited academic institution in Canada or United States.

⁴ "Post Secondary Certificate" means a certificate issued, on completion of two or more years of post secondary education at an academic institution, by the federal government of Mexico or a state government in Mexico, an academic institution recognized by the federal government or a state government, or an academic institution created by federal or state law.

⁵ A business person in this category must be seeking temporary entry for work in direct support of professionals in agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology or physics.

⁶ A business person in this category must be seeking temporary entry to perform, in a laboratory, chemical, biological, hematological, immunologic, microscopic, or bacteriological tests and analyses for diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of diseases.

* The term "Mathematician" includes the profession of Actuary. An Actuary must satisfy the necessary requirements to be recognized as an actuary by a professional actuarial association or society. A professional actuarial association or society means a professional actuarial association or society operating in the territory of at least one of the Parties to NAFTA.

¨ The term "Biologist" includes the profession of Plant Pathologist

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