Job prospects Product Tester - Food And Beverage Processing in Newfoundland and Labrador

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "product tester - food and beverage processing" in Newfoundland and Labrador or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Newfoundland and Labrador

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Testers and graders, food and beverage processing (NOC 94143) in Newfoundland and Labrador for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of a few positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
• Due to the seasonal nature of this occupation, employment opportunities tend to be more favourable during the summer months.

Here are some key facts about Testers and graders, food and beverage processing in Newfoundland and Labrador:

• Approximately 200 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Testers and graders, food and beverage processing mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing (NAICS 311, 312): 82%
  • Agriculture (NAICS 111, 112, 1151, 1152): 7%
  • Fishing, hunting and trapping (NAICS 114): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 78% compared to 83% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 23% compared to 17% for all occupations
• 18% of testers and graders, food and beverage processing work all year, while 83% work only part of the year, compared to 56% and 43% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 28 weeks compared to 40 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 33% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 67% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 28% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 51% compared to 27% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 8% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology