Job prospects Buggy-operator Skinner in Northwest Territories
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Job opportunities in Northwest Territories
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be moderate for Heavy equipment operators (NOC 73400) in Northwest Territories for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
- A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
- This occupation will benefit from major public and private construction projects scheduled in the Northwest Territories over the next few years.
- For example, the federal government is providing NWT $94.5 million over five years through the Canada Community-Building Fund to support core infrastructure and housing development projects in the territory.
- Canada's interest and inflation rates started to decline in 2024, which may stimulate economic activities in the construction sector.
Here are some key facts about Heavy equipment operators in Northwest Territories:
- Approximately 300 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
- Heavy equipment operators mainly work in the following sectors:
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21): 35%
- Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 30%
- Construction (NAICS 23): 25%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 94% compared to 88% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 6% compared to 12% for all occupations
- 59% of heavy equipment operators work all year, while 41% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 41 weeks compared to 44 weeks 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: 39% compared to 17% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 26% compared to 26% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 31% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: less than 5% compared to 18% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: n/a
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a
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