Counting Hours....

[xjoeoconnorx]

Hey all,
I'm sure this isn't the first time someone has made this thread but I can't seem to get solid information.
I have my application in the pool and I have a good score that should have a good chance at getting an ITA but I'm a little unsure about my hours.
I put in 40 hours for my jobs as that is what we do, eight hour days, five days a week; however, I work a trade so my hours do vary a bit, sometimes closer to 50 in the summer and some weeks as low as 25 in the winter. I believe that this is wrong because they're going to take into account all of my exact hours, and they don't count any hours over 30 a week. I just don't know how to calculate it.

Should I total up all of my worked hours, and then divide by how many weeks? For example, if in a month I worked a 36, 41, 29, and 30 hours week. Should I get the total of 136 and divide by four to get an average of 34 hours a week?
Or should I get those same hours of 36, 31, 29, and 30 hours, and reduce them to their total counted hours of 30, 30, 29, and 30 hours a week for a total of 119 and divide THAT by four to get 29.75?

I ask because between the two examples across my work experience, there is a difference of seven hours in the average workweek.
Immigration is confusing...

Thanks a lot!
Joe

 

[NOC98]

Max is 30 hours per week, which would accumulate to 1560 hours for 52 weeks to get one year Canadian work experience. So disregard the hours you work in excess of 30 in any given week. Then calculate. As your hours vary, I would suggest to attach your calculation of hours worked with your experience letter so it’ll explain better. Decision is up to you.

IRCC doesn’t count hours in excess of 30 in a week.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/eligibility/canadian-experience-class.html

 

[Wolfpmd3]

Hey all,
I'm sure this isn't the first time someone has made this thread but I can't seem to get solid information.
I have my application in the pool and I have a good score that should have a good chance at getting an ITA but I'm a little unsure about my hours.
I put in 40 hours for my jobs as that is what we do, eight hour days, five days a week; however, I work a trade so my hours do vary a bit, sometimes closer to 50 in the summer and some weeks as low as 25 in the winter. I believe that this is wrong because they're going to take into account all of my exact hours, and they don't count any hours over 30 a week. I just don't know how to calculate it.

Should I total up all of my worked hours, and then divide by how many weeks? For example, if in a month I worked a 36, 41, 29, and 30 hours week. Should I get the total of 136 and divide by four to get an average of 34 hours a week?
Or should I get those same hours of 36, 31, 29, and 30 hours, and reduce them to their total counted hours of 30, 30, 29, and 30 hours a week for a total of 119 and divide THAT by four to get 29.75?

I ask because between the two examples across my work experience, there is a difference of seven hours in the average workweek.
Immigration is confusing...

Thanks a lot!
Joe

I am not sure why you are taking averages. Forget about that. In the letter, your employer can mention a range. You will then provide other documents to show that exact amount of hours worked each week (paystubs, etc).

What you need to do is keep adding hours week by week.
For instance let's say you worked as follows for 6 weeks: 15+40+50+26+29+33 (your REAL hours)

You would add them as follows: 15+30+30+26+29+30 (your hours for IRCC purposes) --> keep adding your hours per week this way. Once you reach 1560 hours, you will have accrued the equivalent to 1-year. Once you reach 3120, that will give you 2 years, and so on.

@NOC98 has already explained this too. It is actually not complicated at all and a very straightforward process.

 

[xjoeoconnorx]

I am not sure why you are taking averages. Forget about that. In the letter, your employer can mention a range. You will then provide other documents to show that exact amount of hours worked each week (paystubs, etc).

What you need to do is keep adding hours week by week.
For instance let's say you worked as follows for 6 weeks: 15+40+50+26+29+33 (your REAL hours)

You would add them as follows: 15+30+30+26+29+30 (your hours for IRCC purposes) --> keep adding your hours per week this way. Once you reach 1560 hours, you will have accrued the equivalent to 1-year. Once you reach 3120, that will give you 2 years, and so on.

@NOC98 has already explained this too. It is actually not complicated at all and a very straightforward process.

I ask averages because when I put in my work experience it asks how many hours a week I work, and while my job is based off a 40 hour work week it isn't consistent. So if I just put in 18 months work experience with 40 hours, it's different from my real work experience. I was told by someone else that I should, for that entry, find a rough average of what I work to get a more accurate number.
I just don't want to get an ITA based off of constant 40 hour work weeks and then they see that it isn't that every time. Or does that not matter if there is a letter from the employer? Does that make sense or am I overthinking it?

 

[Wolfpmd3]

I ask averages because when I put in my work experience it asks how many hours a week I work, and while my job is based off a 40 hour work week it isn't consistent. So if I just put in 18 months work experience with 40 hours, it's different from my real work experience. I was told by someone else that I should, for that entry, find a rough average of what I work to get a more accurate number.
I just don't want to get an ITA based off of constant 40 hour work weeks and then they see that it isn't that every time. Or does that not matter if there is a letter from the employer? Does that make sense or am I overthinking it?

You are overthinking it.

As I mentioned, you could just put a rough average or a range instead. For example " worked between 25 to 50 hours weekly".