Job prospects Tubing Folder - Textile Processing in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Labourers in textile processing and cutting (NOC 95105) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Labourers in textile processing and cutting in Quebec:

• Approximately 2,000 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Labourers in textile processing and cutting mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Clothing, leather and allied product manufacturing (NAICS 315-316): 32%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 16%
  • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 14%
  • Food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing (NAICS 311, 312): 9%
  • Textile and textile product mills (NAICS 313-314): 9%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 86% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 14% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 50% of labourers in textile processing and cutting work all year, while 50% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 39 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of labourers in textile processing and cutting are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 52% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 48% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 37% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 30% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 12% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 11% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 7% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations

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