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General Occupations List | |
| List of Occupations which are currently open in the skilled worker program. Revised May 21, 1997. |
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| 1111.2 | Accountants | 3 | 15 |
| 1431.0 | Accounting and Related Clerks | 1 | 5 |
| 2161.3 | Actuaries | 1 | 15 |
| 1441.0 | Administrative Clerks | 3 | 5 |
| 1211.0 | Administrative Officers | 1 | 7 |
| 1122.2 | Advertising and Marketing Consultants | 3 | 15 |
| 2255.3 | Aerial Survey Technologists and Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 2146.0 | Aerospace Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 2148.1 | Agricultural Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 2123.0 | Agricultural Representatives, Consultants and Specialists | 1 | 17 |
| 2272.1 | Air Traffic Controllers | 1 | 15 |
| 7437.0 | Air Transport Ramp Attendants | 1 | 5 |
| 2244.2 | Aircraft Electrical Mechanics and Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 7315.2 | Aircraft Inspectors | 3 | 15 |
| 2244.1 | Aircraft Instrument Mechanics and Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 7315.1 | Aircraft Mechanics | 1 | 15 |
| 6433.5 | Airline Station Agents | 1 | 7 |
| 2262.3 | Airworthiness Inspectors | 1 | 15 |
| 3213.0 | Animal Health Technologists | 5 | 15 |
| 5223.1 | Animation Painters | 1 | 2 |
| 5231.0 | Announcers and Other Broadcasters | 1 | 15 |
| 4169.1 | Anthropologists | 1 | 18 |
| 2211.2 | Applied Chemical Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 2211.1 | Applied Chemical Technologists | 1 | 15 |
| 1235.3 | Appraisers | 1 | 7 |
| 2225.1 | Arborists and Tree Service Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 4169.2 | Archaeologists | 1 | 18 |
| 2151.0 | Architects | 1 | 15 |
| 5113.0 | Archivists | 3 | 18 |
| 5131.4 | Art Directors | 3 | 15 |
| 2111.2 | Astronomers | 1 | 18 |
| 5225.0 | Audio and Video Recording Technicians | 5 | 7 |
| 3141.1 | Audiologists | 10 | 18 |
| 2244.4 | Avionics Inspectors | 1 | 15 |
| 2244.3 | Avionics Mechanics and Technicians | 1 | 15 |
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| 6252.0 | Bakers | 1 | 15 |
| 1434.1 | Bank Clerks | 1 | 5 |
| 6271.2 | Barbers | 1 | 2 |
| 2221.2 | Biological Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 2221.1 | Biological Technologists | 1 | 15 |
| 2121.1 | Biologists | 1 | 17 |
| 2148.2 | Biomedical Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 7266.1 | Blacksmiths | 5 | 2 |
| 9491.1 | Boat Assemblers | 5 | 2 |
| 7262.0 | Boilermakers | 1 | 7 |
| 1231.0 | Bookkeepers | 1 | 7 |
| 5224.0 | Broadcast Technicians | 5 | 15 |
| 6463.2 | By-Law Enforcement Officers | 5 | 7 |
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| 7272.0 | Cabinetmakers | 1 | 7 |
| 7247.2 | Cable Television Maintenance Technicians | 3 | 7 |
| 7247.1 | Cable Television Service Technicians | 3 | 7 |
| 2255.1 | Cartographic Technologists and Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 5244.1 | Carvers | 1 | 15 |
| 6241.3 | Chefs and Specialist Chefs | 10 | 7 |
| 2134.0 | Chemical Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 2112.0 | Chemists | 1 | 17 |
| 2231.2 | Civil Engineering Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 2231.1 | Civil Engineering Technologists | 1 | 15 |
| 2131.0 | Civil Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 3214.2 | Clinical Perfusionists | 10 | 15 |
| 7382.0 | Commercial Divers | 1 | 15 |
| 4212.0 | Community and Social Service Workers | 5 | 2 |
| 3131.1 | Community Pharmacists and Hospital Pharmacists | 1 | 17 |
| 2147.1 | Computer Hardware Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 1421.0 | Computer Operators | 1 | 5 |
| 2163.0 | Computer Programmers | 10 | 15 |
| 2162.0 | Computer Systems Analysts | 10 | 15 |
| 1226.0 | Conference and Event Planners | 1 | 1 |
| 2224.0 | Conservation and Fishery Officers | 3 | 15 |
| 5212.1 | Conservation and Restoration Technicians | 1 | 7 |
| 5112.1 | Conservators | 3 | 15 |
| 2234.0 | Construction Estimators | 1 | 15 |
| 7311.0 | Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics (Except Textile) | 10 | 7 |
| 7216.0 | Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades | 3 | 15 |
| 6242.0 | Cooks | 10 | 7 |
| 5223.2 | Copy Stylists | 1 | 2 |
| 5121.3 | Copywriters | 3 | 15 |
| 1244.1 | Court Recorders | 5 | 15 |
| 5244.8 | Craft Instructors | 1 | 15 |
| 5121.1 | Creative Writers | 3 | 1 |
| 0122.2 | Credit Managers | 3 | 15 |
| 5212.2 | Curatorial Assistants | 1 | 7 |
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| 3222.1 | Dental Hygienists | 5 | 15 |
| 3412.0 | Dental Laboratory Bench Workers | 1 | 2 |
| 3223.0 | Dental Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 3221.0 | Denturists | 1 | 15 |
| 1423.1 | Desktop Publishing Operator | 3 | 7 |
| 7266.2 | Die Setters | 5 | 2 |
| 3132.0 | Dietitians and Nutritionists | 1 | 17 |
| 5131.2 | Directors | 3 | 15 |
| 5131.7 | Directors of Photography | 3 | 15 |
| 2253.2 | Drafting Technicians | 1 | 7 |
| 2253.1 | Drafting Technologists | 1 | 15 |
| 4216.2 | Driver's Licence Examiners | 1 | 1 |
| 4216.1 | Driving Instructors | 1 | 1 |
| 6681.1 | Dry Cleaning and Laundry Machine Operators | 1 | 2 |
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| 4163.0 | Economic Development Officers and Marketing Researchers and Consultants | 1 | 17 |
| 4162.0 | Economists and Economic Policy Researchers and Analysts | 1 | 17 |
| 1452.3 | Editorial Assistants and Publication Clerks | 3 | 5 |
| 5122.0 | Editors | 3 | 17 |
| 4166.0 | Education Policy and Researchers, Consultants and Program Officers | 1 | 17 |
| 2241.2 | Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 2241.1 | Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists | 1 | 15 |
| 2133.0 | Electrical and Electronics Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 7333.0 | Electrical Mechanics | 1 | 7 |
| 7244.0 | Electrical Power Line and Cable Workers | 5 | 15 |
| 3218.1 | Electroencephalographic Technologists | 10 | 15 |
| 3218.2 | Electromyography Technologists | 10 | 15 |
| 2242.0 | Electronic Service Technicians (Household and Business Equipment) | 1 | 7 |
| 6272.2 | Embalmers | 1 | 15 |
| 4213.0 | Employment Counsellors | 3 | 7 |
| 2148.3 | Engineering Physicists and Engineering Scientists | 5 | 17 |
| 1222.0 | Executive Assistants | 1 | 7 |
| 6241.1 | Executive Chefs | 10 | 7 |
| 5243.3 | Exhibit Designers | 1 | 15 |
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| 0721.0 | Facility Operation Managers | 1 | 15 |
| 4153.0 | Family, Marriage and Other Related Counsellors | 5 | 18 |
| 5243.2 | Fashion Designers | 1 | 15 |
| 5222.0 | Film and Video Camera Operators | 1 | 15 |
| 5131.5 | Film Editors | 3 | 15 |
| 5131.1 | Film, Television and Radio Producers | 3 | 15 |
| 1112.0 | Financial and Investment Analysts | 3 | 17 |
| 1111.1 | Financial Auditors | 3 | 15 |
| 1434.3 | Financial Clerks | 1 | 5 |
| 1114.2 | Financial Examiners and Inspectors | 3 | 7 |
| 1114.3 | Financial Investigators | 3 | 7 |
| 0111.0 | Financial Managers | 3 | 15 |
| 1114.1 | Financial Planners | 3 | 7 |
| 6262.0 | Firefighters | 3 | 5 |
| 2222.1 | Fish and Fish Products Inspectors | 1 | 7 |
| 2272.2 | Flight Dispatchers | 1 | 15 |
| 2271.2 | Flight Engineers (Second Officers) | 1 | 15 |
| 5226.1 | Floor Directors | 1 | 15 |
| 2271.3 | Flying Instructors | 1 | 15 |
| 2148.4 | Food Processing Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 2122.0 | Forestry Professionals | 1 | 17 |
| 2223.0 | Forestry Technologists and Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 6272.1 | Funeral Directors | 1 | 15 |
| 7342.2 | Furriers | 1 | 2 |
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| 5226.3 | Gaffers and Lighting Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 4169.3 | Geographers | 1 | 18 |
| 2255.5 | Geographic Information System (GIS) Technologists and Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 2212.2 | Geological and Mineral Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 2212.1 | Geological and Mineral Technologists | 1 | 15 |
| 2144.0 | Geological Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 2113.0 | Geologists, Geochemists and Geophysicists | 1 | 17 |
| 5244.2 | Glass Blowers | 1 | 15 |
| 2225.2 | Golf Course Superintendents | 1 | 7 |
| 6234.0 | Grain Elevator Operators | 1 | 7 |
| 5241.0 | Graphic Designers and Illustrating Artists | 1 | 7 |
| 5227.1 | Grips | 1 | 7 |
| 7383.1 | Gunsmiths | 5 | 7 |
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| 6271.1 | Hairstylists | 1 | 2 |
| 7312.0 | Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics | 10 | 7 |
| 4169.4 | Historians | 1 | 18 |
| 4164.2 | Home Economists | 1 | 15 |
| 2225.3 | Horticulturalists | 1 | 15 |
| 4164.3 | Housing Policy Analysts | 1 | 15 |
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| 6481.1 | Image Consultants | 1 | 5 |
| 4211.4 | Independent Paralegals | 1 | 7 |
| 2141.0 | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 2252.0 | Industrial Designers | 1 | 15 |
| 7242.0 | Industrial Electricians | 5 | 15 |
| 2233.2 | Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 2233.1 | Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Technologists | 1 | 15 |
| 2243.0 | Industrial Instrument Technicians and Mechanics | 5 | 15 |
| 3131.2 | Industrial Pharmacists | 1 | 17 |
| 2263.0 | Inspectors in Public and Environmental Health and Occupational Health and Safety | 5 | 7 |
| 2262.4 | Inspectors, Weights and Measures | 1 | 15 |
| 1233.1 | Insurance Adjusters | 3 | 7 |
| 1233.2 | Insurance Claims Examiners | 3 | 7 |
| 1434.2 | Insurance Clerks | 1 | 5 |
| 1234.0 | Insurance Underwriters | 3 | 7 |
| 5242.0 | Interior Designers | 1 | 15 |
| 4164.4 | International Aid and Development Project Officers | 1 | 15 |
| 5125.3 | Interpreters | 1 | 15 |
| 1114.4 | Investment Underwriters | 3 | 7 |
| J
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| 7344.1 | Jewellers and Related Workers | 1 | 15 |
| 5123.0 | Journalists | 3 | 15 |
| K
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| 5226.2 | Key Grips | 1 | 15 |
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| 2152.0 | Landscape Architects | 1 | 17 |
| 2225.4 | Landscape Designers and Landscape Architectural Technicians and Technologists | 1 | 15 |
| 2225.5 | Landscape Gardeners | 1 | 7 |
| 2225.6 | Landscapers | 1 | 7 |
| 4211.1 | Legal Assistants and Paralegals | 1 | 15 |
| 1242.0 | Legal Secretaries | 5 | 5 |
| 5223.6 | Lettering Artists | 3 | 2 |
| 5111.0 | Librarians | 3 | 18 |
| 5211.0 | Library and Archive Technicians and Assistants | 1 | 15 |
| 4169.5 | Linguists | 1 | 18 |
| 1232.0 | Loan Officers | 3 | 5 |
| 7383.2 | Locksmiths | 5 | 7 |
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| 7316.0 | Machine Fitters | 1 | 7 |
| 9487.1 | Machine Operators, Electrical Apparatus Manufacturing | 1 | 2 |
| 7231.2 | Machining and Tooling Inspectors | 5 | 15 |
| 7231.1 | Machinists | 1 | 15 |
| 7332.2 | Major Appliance Repairers/Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 5226.5 | Make-Up Artists | 1 | 15 |
| 1122.1 | Management Consultants | 3 | 15 |
| 2148.5 | Marine and Naval Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 2115.3 | Materials Scientists | 1 | 17 |
| 2161.1 | Mathematicians | 1 | 18 |
| 2232.2 | Mechanical Engineering Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 2232.1 | Mechanical Engineering Technologists | 1 | 15 |
| 2132.0 | Mechanical Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 7321.2 | Mechanical Repairers, Motor Vehicle Manufacturing | 1 | 7 |
| 3211.1 | Medical Laboratory Technologists | 5 | 15 |
| 1243.0 | Medical Secretaries | 5 | 7 |
| 3216.0 | Medical Sonographers | 5 | 15 |
| 1244.2 | Medical Transcriptionists | 5 | 15 |
| 5244.3 | Metal Arts Workers | 1 | 15 |
| 2142.0 | Metallurgical and Materials Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 2115.1 | Metallurgists | 1 | 17 |
| 2213.0 | Meteorological Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 2114.0 | Meteorologists | 1 | 17 |
| 2121.2 | Microbiologists and Cell and Molecular Biologists | 1 | 17 |
| 7342.3 | Milliners | 1 | 2 |
| 2143.0 | Mining Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 5227.2 | Motion Picture Projectionists | 1 | 7 |
| 7322.0 | Motor Vehicle Body Repairers | 1 | 2 |
| 7321.1 | Motor Vehicle Mechanics and Technicians | 1 | 7 |
| 2262.1 | Motor Vehicles Defects Investigators | 1 | 15 |
| 7334.0 | Motorcycle and Other Related Mechanics | 1 | 7 |
| 5212.4 | Museum Extension Officers | 1 | 7 |
| 5212.3 | Museum Guides and Interpreters | 1 | 7 |
| 5212.5 | Museum Registrars and Cataloguers | 1 | 7 |
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| 2261.0 | Nondestructive Testers and Inspectors | 3 | 5 |
| 3215.2 | Nuclear Medicine Technologists | 5 | 15 |
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| 3143.0 | Occupational Therapists | 10 | 17 |
| 8615.0 | Oil and Gas Drilling, Servicing and Related Labourers | 1 | 2 |
| 3233.2 | Operating Room Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 3414.1 | Orthopaedic Technologists | 1 | 7 |
| 3144.0 | Other Professional Occupations in Therapy and Assessment | 10 | 15 |
| 7445.0 | Other Repairers and Servicers | 1 | 2 |
| 7335.0 | Other Small Engine and Equipment Mechanics | 1 | 7 |
| 5226.7 | Other Workers in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts | 1 | 15 |
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| 5223.3 | Paste-Up Artists | 1 | 2 |
| 4161.3 | Patent Agents | 1 | 15 |
| 3211.2 | Pathologists' Assistants | 5 | 15 |
| 5245.0 | Patternmakers -- Textile, Leather and Fur Products | 1 | 7 |
| 1223.0 | Personnel and Recruitment Officers | 3 | 15 |
| 2145.0 | Petroleum Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 2255.2 | Photogrammetric Technologists and Technicians | 5 | 15 |
| 5221.0 | Photographers | 1 | 2 |
| 2111.1 | Physicists | 1 | 18 |
| 3142.0 | Physiotherapists | 10 | 17 |
| 2271.1 | Pilots | 1 | 15 |
| 4169.6 | Political Scientists | 1 | 18 |
| 5244.4 | Potters | 1 | 15 |
| 7352.2 | Power Station Operators | 1 | 7 |
| 7243.0 | Power System Electricians | 1 | 15 |
| 7352.1 | Power Systems Operators | 1 | 7 |
| 5212.6 | Preparators | 1 | 7 |
| 4155.1 | Probation and Parole Officers | 5 | 7 |
| 1473.0 | Production Clerks | 3 | 5 |
| 5124.0 | Professional Occupations in Public Relations and Communications | 1 | 15 |
| 5254.0 | Program Leaders and Instructors in Recreation and Sport | 5 | 5 |
| 1224.0 | Property Administrators | 1 | 5 |
| 5227.3 | Props Persons and Set Dressers | 1 | 7 |
| 3219.3 | Prosthetists and Orthotists | 10 | 15 |
| 4151.0 | Psychologists | 3 | 18 |
| 4169.7 | Psychometricians | 1 | 18 |
| 7422.0 | Public Works Maintenance Equipment Operators | 1 | 2 |
| 1225.0 | Purchasing Agents and Officers | 1 | 15 |
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| 3215.3 | Radiation Therapists | 10 | 15 |
| 3215.1 | Radiography Technologists | 5 | 15 |
| 2262.2 | Railway Accident Investigation Officers | 1 | 15 |
| 7314.0 | Railway Carmen/women | 1 | 2 |
| 7361.1 | Railway Locomotive Engineers | 1 | 7 |
| 2275.1 | Railway Traffic Controllers | 1 | 7 |
| 5131.6 | Record Producers | 3 | 15 |
| 7383.3 | Recreational Vehicle Repairers | 1 | 7 |
| 7313.0 | Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics | 1 | 7 |
| 2255.4 | Remote Sensing Technologists and Technicians | 5 | 15 |
| 7441.0 | Residential and Commercial Installers and Servicers | 1 | 2 |
| 3214.1 | Respiratory Therapists | 10 | 15 |
| 6233.0 | Retail and Wholesale Buyers | 1 | 15 |
| 6421.0 | Retail Salespersons and Sales Clerks | 3 | 2 |
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| 7383.4 | Safe and Vault Servicers | 5 | 7 |
| 6411.0 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale Trade (Non-technical) | 3 | 7 |
| 4143.0 | School and Guidance Counsellors | 1 | 17 |
| 5227.4 | Script Assistants | 1 | 7 |
| 7342.4 | Seamstresses | 1 | 2 |
| 1241.0 | Secretaries (Except Legal and Medical) | 5 | 7 |
| 4216.3 | Sewing Instructors | 1 | 1 |
| 7261.0 | Sheet Metal Workers | 1 | 7 |
| 7343.2 | Shoe Repairers | 1 | 2 |
| 7343.1 | Shoemakers | 1 | 2 |
| 5223.4 | Sign Painters | 1 | 2 |
| 7332.1 | Small Appliance Servicers and Repairers | 1 | 7 |
| 4164.1 | Social Policy Researchers | 1 | 15 |
| 4164.5 | Social Survey Researchers | 1 | 15 |
| 4152.0 | Social Workers | 5 | 17 |
| 4169.8 | Sociologists | 1 | 18 |
| 2147.2 | Software Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 2115.2 | Soil Scientists | 1 | 17 |
| 6241.2 | Sous-Chefs | 10 | 7 |
| 1121.0 | Specialists in Human Resources | 3 | 15 |
| 3141.2 | Speech-Language Pathologists | 10 | 18 |
| 5244.5 | Stained Glass Artists | 1 | 15 |
| 7351.0 | Stationary Engineers and Auxiliary Equipment Operators | 5 | 7 |
| 2161.2 | Statisticians | 1 | 15 |
| 7252.1 | Steamfitters and Pipefitters | 1 | 7 |
| 1472.0 | Storekeepers and Parts Clerks | 3 | 2 |
| 5244.6 | Stringed Instrument Makers | 1 | 15 |
| 7263.0 | Structural Metal and Platework Fabricators and Fitters | 1 | 15 |
| 5226.4 | Stunt Co-ordinators and Special Effects Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 7222.0 | Supervisors, Motor Transport and Other Ground Transit Operators | 5 | 7 |
| 2254.2 | Survey Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 7246.2 | Switch Network Installers and Repairers | 1 | 15 |
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| 7342.1 | Tailors and Dressmakers | 1 | 2 |
| 5212.8 | Taxidermists | 1 | 7 |
| 6221.0 | Technical Sales Specialists, Wholesale Trade | 1 | 15 |
| 5121.2 | Technical Writers | 3 | 17 |
| 7246.4 | Telecommunications Equipment Technicians | 1 | 15 |
| 7245.0 | Telecommunications Line and Cable Workers | 3 | 15 |
| 7246.3 | Telecommunications Service Testers | 1 | 15 |
| 7246.1 | Telephone Installers and Repairers | 1 | 15 |
| 5125.2 | Terminologists | 1 | 18 |
| 2148.6 | Textile Engineers | 5 | 17 |
| 7317.0 | Textile Machinery Mechanics and Repairers | 1 | 7 |
| 5243.1 | Theatre Designers | 1 | 15 |
| 7232.0 | Tool and Die Makers | 5 | 15 |
| 4211.3 | Trade Mark Agents | 1 | 15 |
| 1113.2 | Traders | 3 | 7 |
| 5125.1 | Translators | 1 | 18 |
| 1476.0 | Transportation Route and Crew Schedulers | 3 | 5 |
| 6431.0 | Travel Counsellors | 1 | 15 |
| 1114.5 | Trust Officers | 3 | 7 |
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| 7341.0 | Upholsterers | 1 | 7 |
| 2153.0 | Urban and Land Use Planners | 1 | 17 |
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| 3114.0 | Veterinarians | 1 | 18 |
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| 5226.6 | Wardrobe Supervisors | 1 | 15 |
| 7344.2 | Watch Repairers | 1 | 15 |
| 7265.0 | Welders | 1 | 15 |
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| 7361.2 | Yard Locomotive Engineers | 1 | 7 |