Job prospects Shellac Sprayers - Furniture Finishing And Refinishing in Nunavut
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Job opportunities in Nunavut

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

Moderate

The employment outlook will be moderate for Construction trades helpers and labourers (NOC 75110) in Nunavut for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

  • Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
  • Not many 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 Nunavut over the next few years. For example, as part of the territorial government's $2.6 billion Nunavut 3000 project, about 1,000 new housing units are planned to be built by the end of 2025.
  • 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 Construction trades helpers and labourers in Nunavut:

  • Approximately 200 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
  • Construction trades helpers and labourers mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Construction (NAICS 23): 75%
    • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 8%
    • Finance, insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 52-53): 5%
  • The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
    • Full-time workers: 93% compared to 87% for all occupations
    • Part-time workers: 7% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • 43% of construction trades helpers and labourers work all year, while 56% work only part of the year, compared to 72% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 34 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
  • The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
    • Men: more than 95% compared to 51% for all occupations
    • Women: less than 5% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
    • no high school diploma: 64% compared to 37% for all occupations
    • high school diploma or equivalent: 21% compared to 22% for all occupations
    • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 12% compared to 11% for all occupations
    • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: less than 5% compared to 15% for all occupations
    • bachelor's degree: n/a
    • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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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 655 null in Nunavut 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.

Table on the cummulative hiring forecast for null in Nunavut starting from 2011.
Cumulative Hiring Forecast (base year 2011) 2013 2016 2021

Region: Nunavut

Occupation:

225 395 655
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