About the Canadian Express Entry Program
Express Entry is a points-based system used by the Canadian government to manage applications for permanent residence under three immigration programs:
Federal Skilled Worker Program
Federal Skilled Trades Program
Canadian Experience Class
Summary of the three programs is listed below :-
Terms used above
Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB)
The CLB is the Canadian standard used to describe, measure and recognize English language ability of adult immigrants and prospective immigrants who plan to live and work in Canada, or apply for citizenship. The Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens is used to assess abilities in the French language.
There are 4 language ability tests:
Writing
Reading
Listening
Speaking
National Occupation Classification (NOC) code
The NOC is a list of all the occupations in the Canadian labor market. It describes each job according to the training, education, experience and responsibilities (TEER) needed to work in an occupation.