The National Occupational Classification (NOC) code 5121 is for Authors and writers
NOC skill type/level: Skill Level A
Employment requirements
- Technical writers usually require a university degree in the area of specialization, such as computer science or engineering.
- Copywriters usually require a university degree or college diploma in French, English, marketing, advertising or another discipline.
- Creative writing programs are offered by universities and colleges.
- Talent and ability, as demonstrated by a portfolio of work, are important hiring criteria.
- Membership in a guild or union related to the occupation may be required.
List of Job Titles for NOC 5121 – Authors and writers
- Ad writer
- Advertising copywriter
- Advertising writer
- Author
- Biographer
- Copywriter
- Crossword puzzle maker
- Designer and script writer
- Dialogue writer
- Dubbing dialogue writer
- Essayist
- Feature writer
- Fiction writer
- Game, CD-ROM or Web critic
- Ghost writer
- Handbook writer
- Help file developer
- Humorist-author
- Interactive media writer
- Lexicographer
- Literary writer
- Manual writer
- Medical writer
- Multimedia author
- Multimedia script writer
- Multimedia writer
- New media writer
- Novelist
- On-line reference developer
- Playwright
- Poet
- Programmed-instruction writer
- Publicity writer
- Radio writer
- Rewriter
- Scientific writer
- Screen writer
- Script and dialogue writer
- Script writer
- Self-instruction manual writer
- Serial story writer
- Serial writer
- Short story writer
- Specifications writer
- Specifications writer (except construction)
- Speech writer
- Sports writer – novels and books
- Standards writer
- Storyboarder
- Support materials writer
- Technical writer
- Technical writer – aeronautics
- Technical writer – chemical processing
- Technical writer – electronics equipment
- Technical writer – pharmaceutical industry
- Teleplay writer – screenwriter
- Television writer
- Writer
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