To be eligible to participate in the pilot, candidates must meet the following criteria:

• Work experience: 12 months of full-time, non-seasonal Canadian work experience in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program in an eligible occupation in processing meat products, raising livestock, or growing mushrooms or greenhouse crops
• Language: A Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level 4 in English or French
• Education: Canadian equivalency of high-school level or greater
• Job offer: an indeterminate job offer for full-time, non-seasonal work in Canada, outside of Quebec, at or above the prevailing wage