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Minimum Education Requirements and Alternative Credentials 

General Accountant Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or C.P.A., C.A., C.G.A. or C.M.A. 
Architect Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license
Computer Systems Analyst Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, 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 license  
Forester Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license  
Graphic Designer Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience   
Hotel Manager Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in hotel/restaurant management; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate in hotel/restaurant management, and three years experience in hotel/restaurant management     
Industrial Designer Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience   
Interior Designer             Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience
Land Surveyor Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial/federal license 
Landscape Architect Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree     
Lawyer (including Notary in the Province of Quebec) LL.B., J.D., LL.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     
Range Manager/Range Conservationalist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree     
Research Assistant (working in a post-secondary educational institution) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree       
Scientific Technician/Technologist 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       
Social Worker Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree     
Sylviculturist (including Forestry Specialist) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree       
Technical Publications Writer Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or PostSecondary Diploma or PostSecondary Certificate, and three years experience    
Urban Planner (including Geographer) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree     
Vocational Counselor Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree     

Medical/Allied Professional        

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 license  
Medical Laboratory Technologist (Canada)/Medical Technologist (Mexico and the United States) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience     
Nutritionist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree     
Occupational Therapist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license  
Pharmacist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license  
Physician (teaching or research only) M.D. or 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
  
           
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     
Geologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree     
Geochemist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree     
Geophysicist (including Oceanographer in Mexico and the United States) 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     
    
         
Teacher


College Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree     
Seminary Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree     
University Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree