Filipiniana News – MAY 2013 RHYME & REASON When I wrote last month’s column, the list of qualifying occupations for the new Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) class had not been released. Just recently, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced the following list of occupations which may qualify an applicant under the FSW class even without a validated job offer from a Canadian employer: 0211 Engineering managers 1112 Financial and investment analysts 2113 Geoscientists and oceanographers 2131 Civil engineers 2132 Mechanical engineers 2134 Chemical engineers 2143 Mining engineers 2145 Petroleum engineers 2144 Geological engineers 2146 Aerospace engineers 2147 Computer engineers (except software engineers/designers) 2154 Land surveyors 2174 ...