Job prospects Delivery Truck Helper in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be limited for Railway and motor transport labourers (NOC 75211) in Saskatchewan for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Declining rail transport has limited growth in this occupation.
• Recent land sales spark hopes for increasingly successful transportation hubs in the province. These inland ports could employ thousands of workers when completed.

Here are some key facts about Railway and motor transport labourers in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 200 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Railway and motor transport labourers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482-483, 486, 487, 493): 48%
  • Information and cultural industries (NAICS 51): 22%
  • Truck transportation (NAICS 484): 7%
  • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 6%
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 86% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 14% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 60% of railway and motor transport labourers work all year, while 40% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% 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.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 83% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 17% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 12% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 51% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 17% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 7% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 7% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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