Work Experience

[adisxn]

Hi,

I am a CEC candidate. My studies completed on Aug 28, 2015. After which i applied for PGWP on Nov 18, 2015. I also found a job on Nov 19, 2015. I worked there for 44 hours per week for 7 months until end of june. I then got another job where I worked 7 hours per week until Feb 26, 2017. Total hours worked:

44*32 = 1408 in Job 1 : Industrial Engineer
7*32 = 238 hours Job 2 : Web Developer
20 hours as academic assistant during studies
Total: 238+1408 + 20 = 1668 hours total.

Is this experience sufficient for CEC?
Will there be any issues?

 

[rj2301]

Hi,

I am a CEC candidate. My studies completed on Aug 28, 2015. After which i applied for PGWP on Nov 18, 2015. I also found a job on Nov 19, 2015. I worked there for 44 hours per week for 7 months until end of june. I then got another job where I worked 7 hours per week until Feb 26, 2017. Total hours worked:

44*32 = 1408 in Job 1 : Industrial Engineer
7*32 = 238 hours Job 2 : Web Developer
20 hours as academic assistant during studies
Total: 238+1408 + 20 = 1668 hours total.

Is this experience sufficient for CEC?
Will there be any issues?

This is minimum requirement for the CEC application,

You must:
have at least 12 months of full-time (or an equal amount in part-time) skilled work experience in Canada in the three years before you apply.

Full Time
30 hours/week for 12 months = 1 year full time (1,560 hours)

Part time
15 hours/week for 24 months = 1 year full time (1,560 hours)
OR
30 hours/week for 12 months at more than one job = 1 year full time (1,560 hours)

Minimum criteria for part time Job is 15 hours/week, where you only worked 7 hours/week, those hours will not be counted as part time hours.
and out of 44 hours full time hours, only 30 hours are counted for CEC application.
IRCC/CIC will consider this as failure of minimum requirement.
I strongly suggest waiting to apply until after you have your enough working hours as stated by CIC.

Thanks
- RJ

 

[Bs65]

Basically you cannot claim that 44 hours work per week accelerates the work experience calculation which is based on 30 hours a week x 52 weeks= 1560 hours. The key being 1 complete year of work experience any hours over 30 per week are not considered.

So taking your example you can only claim for 32 weeks of work so need another 20 weeks plus work during studies cannot be counted neither can work carried out conncurrently as per example engineer and web developer at same time..

 

[jes_ON]

44*32 = 1408 in Job 1 : Industrial Engineer
7*32 = 238? I'll assume you occasionally worked more than 7hours per week... hours Job 2 : Web Developer
20 hours as academic assistant during studies Not eligible, assuming this was in Canada
Total: 238+1408 + 20 = 1668 hours total.

Unfortunately, that is not how it works.

You have
job 1: 32 weeks of full-time employment, plus
job 2: 238/30 = 7.9 weeks of full-time equivalent (FTE) employment

Total 40 weeks of FTE employment, you need 52 weeks (another 12 weeks FTE) to achieve the equivalent of one year of full-time work.

Good luck -