PLEASE HELP! I Manage a Yoga Studio - NOC??

[reejay]

I am currently doing my CEC application. I am an Australian Citizen who has lived and worked in Canada since Jan 1 2010 on the WHP. I have always worked full time, and since Oct 1 2011 I have managed a Yoga Studio in Vancouver. I am trying to determine the correct NOC under which my job falls, and I am having a rotten time of it! I am not an instructor/ teacher, but I do handle all of the operations management, scheduling, inventory, ordering, and overseeing customer service at the studio.

Can anyone please help me out with suggestions/ ideas/ anything? This is a HUGE headache and cause of stress for me right now. I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance!

ETA:

Thank you so much everyone for your help! Super speedy responses.

I was actually thinking it was NOC 0651, but Yoga Studio Manager doesn't appear anywhere in list - or under any other NOC. (I have also done specific term searches for both "yoga" and "studio".)

NOC 0513 also looks close - but again, no exact match.

Does anyone know if a specific match needs to be made or not? ie Could I put "NOC 0651" on application but put my Job Title as "Yoga Studio Manager"?

Or would it be better to put "NOC 0513" and then something like "Manager, Fitness Centre - Yoga Studio".

Again, thanks in advance for advice!

 

[MumbaiIndian]

looking at the job profile and duties you perform it more falls in Administration Job Category.

 

[sabidhawan]

I think you ll fall under supervisor service industry category

 

[rboughton]

or Managers in customer and personal services NOC 0651
http://www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/NOC/English/NOC/2011/ProfileQuickSearch.aspx?val=0&val1=0651&val65=*

 

[rboughton]

ALTHOUGH!! NOC 0513 looks like it could be it :
manager, fitness centre
manager, fitness club
manager, health club

http://www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/NOC/English/NOC/2011/ProfileKeyword.aspx?val=0&val1=0513&val11=studio+manager&val12=0&val13=0&val14=&val15=0&val16=0

 

[reejay]

Thank you so much everyone for your help! Super speedy responses.

I was actually thinking it was NOC 0651, but Yoga Studio Manager doesn't appear anywhere in list - or under any other NOC. (I have also done specific term searches for both "yoga" and "studio".)

NOC 0513 also looks close - but again, no exact match.

Does anyone know if a specific match needs to be made or not? ie Could I put "NOC 0651" on application but put my Job Title as "Yoga Studio Manager"?

Or would it be better to put "NOC 0513" and then something like "Manager, Fitness Centre - Yoga Studio".

Again, thanks in advance for advice!

 

[rboughton]

Well a yoga studio is a health and fitness studio isn`t it? So I`d go with 0513.

 

[jes_ON]

I'd say that 0513 is probably the closest, but you have to be careful, if you read the job duties they're more in line with a Director position than an operations manager/administrator, even though it includes relevant job titles such as "fitness club manager" or "co-ordinator, sport program administrative".

- planning, directing, controling the operations (making all the BIG decisions)
- technical expertise
- Budgets

The other possible problem is that for managerial positions, they typically look for supervision/hiring/firing other staff - do you do that?

If you don't do any of that, you should find a different NOC. take a look at 4157 (CIC is not allowed to consider the Employment requirements section of the NOC), which includes things like program coordinator or supervisor.

http://www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/noc/english/noc/2011/ProfileKeyword.aspx?val=4&val1=4167&val11=supervisor+fitness&val12=0&val13=0&val14=&val15=0&val16=0

This is one you might want to send to HRSDC for an opinion...

 

[leahegan]

wondering if you had any update on the code you applied with? I am in almost an identical situation my end.

Did you go with 0513?

Hope it worked out for you in the end!

L x