NOC 22113: Conservation and fishery officers

Conservation and fishery officers, inspectors and observers enforce federal and provincial regulations established for the protection of fish, wildlife and other natural resources and collect and relay information on resource management. They are employed by federal and provincial government departments.

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 22113 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 22113

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:

• Generate public awareness of fish and wildlife conservation and regulations
• Conduct patrols by truck, aircraft, boat, or on foot, to ensure compliance with the provincial and federal statutes relating to fish, wildlife and the environment
• Investigate complaints, arrest violators, prepare briefs and present evidence in court
• Issue licences, export documents and special permits and collect royalties assessed on fish, wildlife and timber resources
• Implement and supervise approved techniques in preventing or overcoming damage caused by wildlife
• Perform resource protection duties, such as inspecting fishing gear and equipment and monitoring fishing activities for compliance with regulations
• Gather resource data by making inventories of fish, collecting water samples and assisting biologists in scientific research
• Supervise or provide firearms safety training courses and trapper education courses.

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

Example job titles

• conservation officer
• fish and wildlife officer
• fishery officer
• forest ranger - wildlife management
• game officer
• game warden
• natural resources officer
• park ranger

Employment requirements

• Completion of a college program in renewable resources management, environmental conservation or a related discipline is usually required.
• On-the-job training and courses related to law enforcement and resource management are provided.
• A class-5 driver's licence, pesticide applicator's licence and explosives licence may be required.

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