22231 Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers

What this occupation covers

Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers inspect transportation vehicles such as aircraft, watercraft, automobiles and trucks and weighing and measuring devices such as scales and meters as well as industrial instruments, processes and equipment for conformity to government and industry standards and regulations. They are employed by government agencies and in the private sector.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 11 main duties for this code.

• Conduct motor vehicle and motor vehicle component defect investigations, examinations, tests and defect-related accident investigations
• Provide expert advice and testimony on specific motor vehicle performance problems or defects
• Recommend improvements in vehicle inspection and licensing procedures and vehicle safety standards.
• Collect and analyze data from train derailments, collisions, and other accidents to determine the causes
• Inspect and evaluate railway property, structures, rolling stock, signals, track structure and train handling characteristics to ensure compliance to operating standards.
• Conduct initial and regular inspections of establishments and individuals holding or applying for air carrier operating certificates and establishments engaged in aircraft maintenance, repair or modification
• Inspect aircraft, advise of any deficiencies and detain aircraft suspected of being unairworthy or unsafe.
• Conduct inspections and tests of a variety of mechanical and electronic weighing and measuring devices and systems
• Prepare draft investigative reports of findings
• Recommend corrective or enforcement action.
• Conduct onshore and offshore inspections of drilling and well servicing equipment and processes to ensure compliance with regulations and policies and to recommend improvements and corrective action.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 11 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 22233 Construction inspectors
• 22230 Non-destructive testers and inspectors
• 22232 Occupational health and safety specialists
• 11201 Professional occupations in business management consulting

Excluded from this code

• Construction inspectors (See 22233 Construction inspectors)
• Non-destructive testers and inspectors (See 22230 Non-destructive testers and inspectors)
• Occupational health and safety specialists (See 22232 Occupational health and safety specialists)
• Regulatory affairs officer (See 11201 Professional occupations in business management consulting)
• Regulatory compliance officer (See 11201 Professional occupations in business management consulting)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

air carrier maintenance inspector · air transport inspector · airworthiness inspector · ammunition safety inspector · boiler and machinery inspector · boiler inspector · broadcast interference inspector · cargo surveyor · consumer affairs inspector · crane inspector · electricity and gas meter inspector · elevator inspector · engineering department inspector · engineering department inspector - local government · engineering inspector · engineering regulatory officer · escalator inspector · flight operations inspector · freight car inspector · insurance loss prevention inspector · lifting gear inspector · loss prevention inspector - insurance · marine cargo surveyor · marine damage surveyor

Employment requirements

• University degree or college diploma in an appropriate engineering field or Trade qualifications and extensive related work experience are required.
• Appropriate professional engineering or engineering technology certification and licences may be required.