根据NOC的规定,在加拿大,从事一种职业是要有一定的教育背景和其他的就职资格的。(见NOC中,每一项职业的定义的最后部分:“Employment requirement”。)例如,作为“化学家”,NOC中就列了以下几项要求:
• A bachelor's degree in chemistry, biochemistry or in a related discipline is required.
• A master's or doctoral degree is usually required for employment as a research chemist.
• Licensing by a provincial association of chemists is compulsory in Quebec, and available but voluntary in Ontario and Alberta.
这些要求表明,
(1)在加拿大,作为一个化学家,必须具备一个化学学士、生物化学学士或者其他相关学科的学士学位。