NOC 12112: Records management technicians

Records management technicians operate and maintain systems for the collection, classification, retrieval and retention of records, images, documents and information. They are employed throughout the private and public sectors.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 2.
• Canadian Experience Class: counts as skilled Canadian work (1 year in the last 3 years).
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: counts as skilled work (1 year of continuous work in the last 10 years).
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 2: Occupations that usually need a college diploma, an apprenticeship of 2 or more years, or supervisory duties. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 12112 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 12112

Skilled Canadian work in this occupation earns the standard points, the same before and after November 3, 2026, with no high-wage add-on:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Implement and update records classification, retention and disposal scheduling plans
• Classify, code, cross-reference, log and store records
• Develop document inventories and maintain indexes for classification systems
• Operate information retrieval systems to research and extract records according to established guidelines in response to requests
• Label, prepare and transfer information files according to established records management life-cycle procedures and schedules
• Maintain access lists for security classified records
• Compile statistics and reports on activities within records management services.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• information management technician
• microfilm records searcher
• records classifier
• records digitizing technician
• records technician

Employment requirements

• Records management technicians usually require completion of a two- to three-year college program in information or records management technology.
• Two to three years' experience in a records management environment may be required.

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