Job prospects Industrial Safety Officer - Occupational Health And Safety in the Cape Breton Region

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We were not able to determine labour market conditions for Inspectors in public and environmental health and occupational health and safety in the Cape Breton Region over the past few years (2021-2023) because of low employment levels in this occupation.

Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Methodology

The employment outlook will be moderate for Occupational health and safety specialists (NOC 22232) in the Cape Breton region for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Additional information is available at the provincial level.

Here are some key facts about Occupational health and safety specialists in the Cape Breton region:

• Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Occupational health and safety specialists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 59%
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21): 28%
  • Fishing, hunting and trapping (NAICS 114): 11%

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology