Language Comparison Table - Federal Skilled Trade [FST]

Language Comparison Table – Federal Skilled Trade [FST]

Federal Skilled Trades Program

IELTS

CLB Level	Test results for each ability
CLB Level	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
10 and above	8.5 – 9.0	8.0 – 9.0	7.5 – 9.0	7.5 – 9.0
9	8.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
8	7.5	6.5	6.5	6.5
7	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
6	5.5	5.0	5.5	5.5
5	5.0	4.0	5.0	5.0
4	4.5	3.5	4.0	4.0

CELPIP

If you took the test on or after April 1, 2014:

CLB Level	Test results for each ability
CLB Level	Speaking	Listening	Reading	Writing
9 and above CELPIP-G-2014	9+	9+	9+	9+
8 CELPIP-G-2014	8	8	8	8
7 CELPIP-G-2014	7	7	7	7
6 CELPIP-G-2014	6	6	6	6
5 CELPIP-G-2014	5	5	5	5
4 CELPIP-G-2014	4	4	4	4

If you took the test before April 1, 2014:

CLB Level	Test results for each ability
CLB Level	Speaking	Listening	Reading	Writing
10 and above CELPIP-G	5H	5H	5H	5H
9 CELPIP-G	5L	5L	5L	5L
8 CELPIP-G	4H	4H	4H	4H
7 CELPIP-G	4L	4L	4L	4L
6 CELPIP-G	3H	3H	3H	3H
5 CELPIP-G	3L	3L	3L	3L
4 CELPIP-G	2H	2H	2H	2H

Note: CELPIP test results for tests written before May 3, 2013 will have a score of 5 for each ability for CLB levels 9 and 10.

TEF

NCLC Level	Test results for each ability
NCLC Level	Speaking (expression orale)	Listening (compréhension de l’orale)	Reading (compréhension de l’écrit)	Writing (expression écrite)
9 and above	371+	298+	248+	371+
8	349 – 370	280 – 297	233 – 247	349 – 370
7	310 – 348	249 – 279	207 – 232	310 – 348
6	271 – 309	217 – 248	181 – 206	271 – 309
5	226 – 270	181 – 216	151 – 180	226 – 270
4	181 – 225	145 – 180	121 – 150	181 – 225