If your CRS score is on the lower side and your NOC code isn't a common one, the group's advice was to stop guessing and check directly:
- Each province runs its own PNP with its own in-demand occupation list. There's no single national answer — you need to check individual PNP websites (e.g. Ontario, BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Atlantic provinces) one by one for their current in-demand NOC lists and criteria.
- Some NOC codes genuinely have little or no demand in any province at a given time. Multiple members with the same NOC code (4031) confirmed they found no PNP stream currently targeting it — this can happen, and it's worth confirming rather than assuming a stream exists.
- Re-check periodically. In-demand occupation lists change with each province's labour market needs and draw cycles, so a NOC with no demand today could open up later.
Takeaway: don't rely on general CRS-based expectations — go stream-by-stream on each province's official PNP page to see if your specific NOC is currently eligible.