NOC 2021 · 42203 · TEER 2
Instructors of persons with disabilities
Unit group 42203 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Instructors of persons with disabilities teach children and adults using a variety of techniques to facilitate communication, rehabilitation, social skills and increased independence. They are employed in rehabilitation centres, specialized educational institutes and throughout the school system.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- braille instructor
- braille teacher
- deafblind intervenor
- finger-spelling teacher
- instructor of persons who are blind
- instructor of persons who are deaf
- instructor of persons who are hard of hearing
- instructor of persons with a learning disability
- instructor of persons with a mobility impairment
- instructor of persons with a visual impairment
- instructor of persons with developmental disabilities
- instructor of persons with disabilities
- instructor of persons with intellectual disabilities
- instructor of persons with special needs
- job coach for persons with disabilities
- lip-reading instructor
- lip-reading teacher
- orientation and mobility instructor for persons with a visual impairment
- orientation and mobility instructor of persons who are blind
- orientation and mobility instructor
- orientation and mobility teacher for persons who are blind
- orientation and mobility teacher of persons with a visual impairment
- rehabilitation instructor for persons who are blind
- rehabilitation instructor of persons with a visual impairment
- rehabilitation teacher for persons who are blind
- rehabilitation teacher of persons with a visual impairment
- rehabilitation teacher
- sign language instructor
- sign language teacher
- special education technician - persons with disabilities
- special programs instructor for persons with disabilities
- teacher for persons with autism
- teacher for persons with intellectual disabilities
- teacher of braille
- teacher of persons who are blind
- teacher of persons who are deaf
- teacher of persons who are hard of hearing
- teacher of persons who are hearing impaired
- teacher of persons with a mobility impairment
- teacher of persons with a visual impairment
- teacher of persons with developmental disabilities
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.