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MCBRIDE · TN FIELD GUIDE

Can one professional’s qualification support both members of a proposed team?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. Each applicant must satisfy the prescribed requirements for their actual professional work. A colleague’s credential cannot fill a missing individual qualification.

Keep the two assessments identifiable

Compare each person’s genuine duties with the proposed profession. Do not merge the strongest facts from both résumés into one description that neither individual satisfies.

Appendix 2 lists each profession with its own minimum qualification, and Computer Systems Analyst is one of the few that accepts a post-secondary diploma or certificate combined with three years of experience as an alternative to a baccalaureate. The listed alternatives are a baccalaureate or licenciatura degree, or equivalent professional experience supported by a statement or professional credential attesting to five years in management consulting or five years in a specialty related to the consulting agreement. TN eligibility requires Canadian or Mexican citizenship, prearranged professional-level business activity for a U.S. or foreign employer, and the listed profession’s particular education, licence, or experience rule; Canadian permanent residence is not citizenship. The Engineer entry expects a degree or licence; a technologist with a diploma must independently satisfy the Scientific Technician/Technologist entry, including its direct-support requirement, rather than assuming the diploma establishes eligibility. The harder question in industrial contracting is often not the credential but the duties themselves: turnaround work can blend engineering analysis with field supervision, procurement coordination, and hands-on troubleshooting that looks more like a technologist role.