Job prospects Marine Equipment Electrician in New Brunswick
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Job opportunities in New Brunswick
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be good for Industrial electricians (NOC 72201) in New Brunswick for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new 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 Industrial electricians in New Brunswick:
- Approximately 750 people work in this occupation.
- Industrial electricians mainly work in the following sectors:
- Construction (NAICS 23): 22%
- Paper manufacturing (NAICS 322): 17%
- Wood product manufacturing (NAICS 321): 15%
- Mining and quarrying (NAICS 212-213): 12%
- Utilities (NAICS 22): 6%
- 62% of industrial electricians work all year, while 38% 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 41 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
- Less than 5% of industrial electricians are self-employed compared to an average of 10% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: more than 95% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: less than 5% compared to 48% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: n/a
- high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 30% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 49% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 46% compared to 23% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: n/a
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 7% for all occupations
Breakdown by region
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Location | Job prospects |
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Campbellton–Miramichi Region | |
Edmundston–Woodstock Region | |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |
Moncton–Richibucto Region | |
Saint John–St. Stephen Region |
Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology
Job prospects elsewhere in Canada
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Mining Sector Hiring Forecast
The Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) forecasts that the mining sector will need to hire a total of 100 null in New Brunswick from 2011 to 2021.
The following table shows MiHR’s forecast for the total number of jobs that will need to be filled from 2011 to the given year.
Cumulative Hiring Forecast (base year 2011) | 2013 | 2016 | 2021 |
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Region: New Brunswick Occupation: |
55 | 75 | 100 |
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