NOC 43109: Other instructors

Other instructors teach courses, such as motor vehicle or motorcycle driving, sailing and navigation, sewing or other courses, which are outside of educational institutions. They are employed by driving schools, fabric retailers and other commercial establishments or they may be self-employed. This unit group also includes modelling and finishing school instructors, driver's licence examiners, who are employed by provincial governments and tutors who provide instruction in elementary or secondary school subjects.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 3.
• 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 3: Occupations that usually need a college diploma, an apprenticeship of less than 2 years, or more than 6 months 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 43109 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 43109

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:

• Driving instructors
• Instruct individuals on proper motor vehicle driving skills and traffic regulations
• Demonstrate and explain the handling and mechanical operation of motor vehicles
• Supervise individuals during practice driving.
• Driver's licence examiners
• Conduct road test examinations
• Evaluate the driving ability of applicants for driver's licences.
• Sewing instructors
• Give instruction to students in techniques and skills of sewing, tailoring and dressmaking.
• Modelling instructors
• Give instruction on modelling techniques for fashion shows and magazine advertising.

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

Example job titles

• driver's licence examiner
• driving instructor
• modelling instructor
• motorcycle driving instructor
• sewing instructor - non-vocational

Employment requirements

• Enrollment in or completion of post-secondary school in a related discipline may be required for tutors, secondary and elementary school subjects.
• Expertise in the field of instruction must be demonstrated.
• Driving instructors must obtain special licensing as a driving instructor in the province of employment.
• Certification by the Canadian Yachting Association may be required for sailing and navigation instructors.

Similar jobs with a different code

• 41210College and other vocational instructors
• 41221Elementary school and kindergarten teachers
• 41220Secondary school teachers