NOC 64200: Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and milliners

Tailors, dressmakers and furriers make, alter and repair tailored clothing, dresses, coats and other made-to-measure garments. Milliners make, alter and repair hats. This unit group also includes alterationists who fit, alter and repair garments. They are employed by clothing retailers, clothing alteration shops, dry cleaners and garment manufacturing companies or they may be self-employed.

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 64200 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 64200

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:

• Tailors, dressmakers and alterationists
• Make made-to-measure garments, such as dresses, suits and coats according to customers' and clothing manufacturers' specifications and fit
• Design, select and/or modify commercial patterns to customers' and clothing manufacturers' specifications
• Fit, mark, cut and sew fabric
• Fit, alter and repair garments according to customers' requests by hand or using sewing machines.
• Furriers
• Make, alter, restyle and repair natural fur garments and accessories.
• Milliners
• Design, lay out, cut, sew and press fabric, leather and other materials into hats and related accessories.

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

Example job titles

• alterations dressmaker
• custom furrier
• custom tailor
• furrier
• garment alterationist
• milliner
• seamstress
• tailor

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school may be required.
• Tailors and dressmakers require demonstrated ability to sew, style and fit men's or women's garments and may require completion of college or other courses in tailoring or dressmaking.
• Furriers require several years of experience in selecting pelts and making, fitting, styling and altering fur garments and accessories.
• Milliners require demonstrated ability to sew, style and fit hats and caps.
• Alterationists require demonstrated ability to sew, alter and repair garments.

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