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Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "forestry technician" in Ontario or across Canada.
Job opportunities in Ontario
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be very limited for Forestry technologists and technicians (NOC 22112) in Ontario for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
- A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
Here are some key facts about Forestry technologists and technicians in Ontario:
- Approximately 950 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
- Forestry technologists and technicians mainly work in the following sectors:
- Utilities (NAICS 22): 20%
- Forestry and logging and fishing, hunting and trapping (NAICS 113, 114, 1153): 19%
- Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 15%
- Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 14%
- Wood product manufacturing (NAICS 321): 9%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 95% compared to 81% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
- 56% of forestry technologists and technicians work all year, while 44% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 43 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
- 6% of forestry technologists and technicians are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 77% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: 23% compared to 48% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 13% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 9% compared to 8% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 56% compared to 22% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 17% compared to 24% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations
Breakdown by region
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