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Does a Laird forester qualify for TN when the American role is written up as fiber procurement?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Only if the position itself consists of professional forestry. Wendell clears the personal half of the test through his degree and provincial registration, but a job described as buying logs and settling prices is purchasing. The applicant's credentials cannot rescue a role that does not require them.

Qualified applicant, unqualified position

The listed profession has to be matched twice over. Forester is on the Appendix 2 list and its rule accepts a baccalaureate degree or state or provincial licensure, so a registered practitioner has an easy path through that half. The harder half is the job.

A description built around volume targets, price negotiation and supply logistics does not require a forester, and an officer is entitled to say so. The fix is rarely linguistic. Either the mill genuinely wants stand assessment, harvest prescriptions and silvicultural advice to landowners in the role, in which case the description should say so plainly and in detail, or it wants a log buyer, in which case this is not the right route and the conversation should move to whether any other category fits.

Note also that citizenship is what opens this door: Canadian citizenship, not Canadian permanent residence, and the passport is the proof.