33109 Other assisting occupations in support of health services
No. NOC 33109 is not on the high-wage list.
Not on the list TEER 3
TEER 0 to 3 work still counts for Canadian experience work-length points.
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Example job titles
- audiometric assistant
- audiometric technician
- autopsy assistant
- blood donor clinic assistant
- cast room technician
- chiropractic assistant
- clinical laboratory helper
- medical device reprocessing technician
- morgue attendant
- ophthalmic assistant
- ophthalmic laboratory technician - retail
- ophthalmic lens grinder
- ophthalmologist assistant
- optical laboratory assistant
- optometrist assistant
- orthopedic technologist
- rehabilitation aide
- therapy aide
Main duties
- Audiometric technicians
- Under the supervision of audiologists, administer tests such as pure tone hearing screening, impedance tests and noise level measurements using equipment such as audiometers and sound level meters to determine hearing thresholds of patients
- Instruct patients on test procedures and record results
- Monitor, check and calibrate auditory equipment
- May take earmold impressions and fit and adjust hearing instruments.
- Orthopedic technologists
What changes on November 3, 2026
- A new Labour Market Integration factor replaces the Canadian work experience points.
- Canadian experience in a high-wage occupation adds 20, 40 or 70 points on top of work-length points.
- A job offer in a high-wage occupation gives 50, 70 or 100 points, and no LMIA is needed.
- The two routes do not add up. You get the higher one: up to 150 points (140 with a spouse).
- Invitation rounds pause for up to two weeks while IRCC recalculates every profile.