NOC 14300: Library assistants and clerks

Library assistants and clerks issue and receive library materials, sort and shelve books and provide general library information to users. They also perform clerical functions. Library clerks are employed by libraries or other establishments with library services.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): no, TEER 4 does not count for Express Entry.
• Canadian Experience Class: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: does not count.
• 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 4: Occupations that usually need a high school diploma or several weeks of on-the-job training. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 14300 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws if you qualify through other experience.

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

CRS points for work in NOC 14300

None. Work in TEER 4 and 5 occupations earns no Canadian work points in the CRS.

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Issue and receive library books and other materials
• Sort and reshelve books and other library materials
• Perform clerical activities such as manual and electronic filing and record payments received
• Maintain journal subscriptions
• Assist library users in accessing library materials and online resources, and in making interlibrary loans.

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

Example job titles

• circulation clerk - library
• interlibrary loan clerk
• library assistant
• library page
• periodicals clerk
• reference clerk
• shelving clerk - library

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.

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