41201 Post-secondary teaching and research assistants

What this occupation covers

Post-secondary teaching and research assistants assist university professors, community college and CEGEP teachers and other faculty members in teaching and research activities at universities and colleges.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 7 main duties for this code.

• Organize reference materials, visual aids and other materials as required by university professors or college teachers for lectures
• Conduct seminars, discussion groups and laboratory sessions to supplement lectures
• Assist in the preparation and administration of examinations
• Grade examinations, term papers and laboratory reports.
• Conduct literature reviews, surveys, laboratory experiments and other research for use in scholarly publications
• Compile research results and assist professors in the analysis of results and the preparation of journal articles or papers.
• Post-secondary teaching and research assistants specialize in a subject matter based on their field of study.

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 7 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.

• 43100 Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants
• 43109 Other instructors

Excluded from this code

• Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants (See 43100 Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants)
• Other instructors (See 43109 Other instructors)

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.

college laboratory assistant · college teaching assistant · discussion group leader - post-secondary teaching assistant · graduate assistant - university · laboratory demonstrator - post-secondary teaching assistance · laboratory supervisor - post-secondary teaching assistant · marker - post-secondary teaching assistance · post-secondary research assistant · post-secondary teaching assistant · tutor - post-secondary teaching assistant · university laboratory assistant · university research assistant · university teaching assistant

Employment requirements

• Enrolment in, or completion of, a university or college program is required.