NOC 2021 · 41320 · TEER 1
Educational counsellors
Unit group 41320 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Educational counsellors advise current and prospective students on educational issues, career planning and personal development, and coordinate the provision of counselling services to students, parents, teachers, faculty and staff. They are employed by school boards and post-secondary educational institutions.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- academic adviser
- academic counsellor
- academic skills counsellor
- career counsellor - education
- college counsellor
- co-op officer - schools
- co-op placement officer - school
- co-op program coordinator - school
- counselling intern
- counsellor for Aboriginal students
- education officer
- educational counsellor
- educational guidance director
- First Nations counsellor - education
- First Nations studies program academic adviser
- guidance counsellor - education
- guidance service head
- independent or applied studies officer
- Indigenous advisor - college
- international student adviser
- learning and study skills specialist
- personal academic counsellor
- personal counsellor - education
- school adjustment officer
- school counsellor
- school guidance department head
- student affairs and employment officer
- student counsellor
- student employment services coordinator
- student services counsellor
- university counsellor
- vocational counsellor - education
- vocational guidance counsellor - education
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.