Canadian Experience Class- hours of work

[immigrantbee]

Hi All,

I have a question about the hours I can count in for the CEC. As far as I know you need 1560 hours of work in total. Does this have to be
from just one job? 0r can you count in hours you worked in the last 36 months from different jobs?

I have roughly 1000 hours of work in my FT job, but I need another 560 hours to be eligible before August. So I would need to count in hours I worked in other PT jobs I had in the last 36 months.

Any help/feedback is welcome,

Thanks

 

[peace365]

can you count in hours you worked in the last 36 months from different jobs?
Yes, you can but those different jobs should qualify under NOC 0/A/B.

I have roughly 1000 hours of work in my FT job, but I need another 560 hours to be eligible before August. So I would need to count in hours I worked in other PT jobs I had in the last 36 months.
Yes, but you can take into account only 30hrs per week even if you have worked >40hrs.

 

[jes_ON]

it doesn't have to be one job. But another requirement is that it does have to be at least 52 weeks of employment

 

[immigrantbee]

I wasn't aware of the 52 weeks of employment. Does that mean you have the hours you worked in a job only count if you've been employed for at least 52 weeks in the same job?

 

[scylla]

I wasn't aware of the 52 weeks of employment. Does that mean you have the hours you worked in a job only count if you've been employed for at least 52 weeks in the same job?

No - it doesn't mean that you need 52 weeks in the same job. It just means that you must have worked a minimum of 52 weeks. So you are around 4 months short and won't be eligible before or by August.

 

[scylla]

Sorry - my mistake. I thought you had completed the 1000 hours in 36 weeks. I can see now that you mentioned work over the last 36 months (not weeks). How many weeks did you work over those 36 months?

 

[immigrantbee]

Overall? more more than 52 for sure. I've worked 30 plus weeks in my actual job plus 28 weeks of teaching at uni, plus 14 weeks, plus, 8 weeks, plus 2 years in a consultant job (part-time).

 

[jes_ON]

I wasn't aware of the 52 weeks of employment.

One year of full-time employment, or 12 months, or the equivalent. Since full-time work is defined as 30 hours or more per week, CIC operationalizes that as 52 weeks. You can combine jobs, and you can calculate the full-time equivalent of part-time work (less than 30 hours per week) by adding up hours and dividing by 30.

 

[immigrantbee]

So wouldn't it be easier to just add up hours worked in the last 36 months?

Also, what you do with the extra hours worked in your full time job? I mean if you work more than 30 hours.

Sorry I am asking all these questions, but I just want to understand how Immigration calculates the hours, so I can do the same before i apply at the end of summer.

 

[jes_ON]

So wouldn't it be easier to just add up hours worked in the last 36 months? \
If all your hours are part-time, that's OK, we're saying the same thing. But if any of your work is full-time, then you don't add hours (or, you can add up to 30 hours per week, but no more).

Also, what you do with the extra hours worked in your full time job? I mean if you work more than 30 hours.
There's no such thing as extra hours worked in your full-time job. It's only "full-time." If you work 30 hours, it's "full-time," if you work 40 hours, it's "full-time", if you work 80 hours, its "full time." It's a full-time week, defined as "AT LEAST 30 hours per week."

CIC doesn't calculate hours, they calculate full-time weeks. If you want to see instructions that the visa officer gets, then look at the OP 25A

From the OP25A - p. 5-6:
www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/op/op25a-eng.pdf

"work in excess of 30 hours per week over a shorter period cannot compensate for any shorter overall period of experience."

The only exception to that would be for example, if the normal full-time employment involves working two weeks on, two weeks off (e.g. mining, where workers are flown in and out every 2 weeks...)

 

[immigrantbee]

Thanks for all your help

 

[firefox793]

What if I worked for one job for 20 hours and then then other as 25 hours, how will this work towards the calculation of CEC?

Although the 25 hours job is full time job for that specific company.

Will I calculate as 45 hours that specific week = 1 full time week ?

 

[jes_ON]

Will I calculate as 45 hours that specific week = 1 full time week ?

Yes, if you mean you are simultaneously working two part-time jobs.

BTW, doesn't really matter if the employer considers it full-time. If you work less than 30 hours per week, it's part-time to CIC.

 

[Pjalan15]

Hi,

Please help me get an answer for this question. I worked for more than 1560 hours with 37.5 hours each week. But it does not make 52 weeks in total. I'm i still eligible to apply under CEC.

 

[jes_ON]

Hi,

Please help me get an answer for this question. I worked for more than 1560 hours with 37.5 hours each week. But it does not make 52 weeks in total. I'm i still eligible to apply under CEC.

No, you are not eligible. You need to work 52 weeks if you are full time. 37.5 hours per week is full time. It is that simple.

The only people who count hours are those who work part-time; by definition, that will take longer than one year to complete 1560 hours. But that does not apply to you.