Job offer points by sector
| Health | 22 |
| Manufacturing and utilities | 17 |
| Trades and transport | 14 |
| Education, law, and social, community and government | 13 |
| Natural resources and agriculture | 12 |
| Sales and service (full-service restaurants only) | 10 |
Sector points plus occupation points, up to 25.
Priority occupations
| Occupation | NOC | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Flight instructors | 72600 | 3 |
| Nurse aides | 33102 | 3 |
| Administrative officers | 13100 | 2 |
| Registered nurses | 31301 | 2 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 32101 | 1 |
| Administrative assistants | 13110 | 0 |
| Aerospace engineers | 21390 | 0 |
| Aircraft assemblers | 93200 | 0 |
| Occupation | NOC | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Aircraft mechanics | 72404 | 0 |
| Carpenters | 72310 | 0 |
| Chemical technologists and technicians | 22100 | 0 |
| Concrete finishers | 73100 | 0 |
| Concrete finishing supervisors | 72014 | 0 |
| Cooks | 63200 | 0 |
| Engineering managers | 20010 | 0 |
| Labourers in food and beverage processing | 95106 | 0 |
| Occupation | NOC | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Machining tool operators | 94106 | 0 |
| Meat cutters | 65202 | 0 |
| Mechanic helpers | 75119 | 0 |
| Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians | 22301 | 0 |
| Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing | 94140 | 0 |
| Senior health and safety coordinators | 22232 | 0 |
| Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators | 84120 | 0 |
| Stone saw operators Added July 1, 2026 | 94103 | 0 |
| Occupation | NOC | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Supervisors, furniture and fixtures manufacturing | 92022 | 0 |
| Woodworking machine operators | 94124 | 0 |
Not on the list? Claresholm ties each listed occupation to one sector and doesn’t say whether it accepts others. Ask the coordinator first.
Each occupation is tied to the sector it’s listed under on the Claresholm site; they can’t be mixed. Cooks count under Health or, for full-service restaurants only, Sales and service.
Occupations with a blank on the grid earn sector points only.
How Claresholm picks candidates
Scoring grid and pool. Each month the Review Committee recommends the highest scores: 3 a month, 36 for 2026, with any left over used at year end.
What Claresholm asks for
- Pay above or within the Job Bank wage range for the occupation.
- Sales and service recommendations are capped at 6 for the year.
- Employers: in business 2 years under the same management and actively trying to hire locally.
On top of what IRCC asks of everyone.
Sources
- Scoring Grids for EDOs: Claresholm RCIP (2026), Town of Claresholm
- Claresholm RCIP, Town of Claresholm, Oct 6, 2026
- Claresholm official site
Rules checked October 7, 2026.