Job prospects Certified Personal Trainer in Manitoba
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Job opportunities in Manitoba
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be good for Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness (NOC 54100) in Manitoba 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 a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
- High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.
- Manitoba has made progress on addressing its lifeguard shortage, with the number of trained and certified lifeguards in the province now back to where it was pre-pandemic.
- In 2023, the City of Winnipeg hosted free lifeguard training for a second consecutive year, hiring nearly 200 new lifeguards. Meanwhile, the Lifesaving Society of Manitoba offered paid training in hopes of recruiting more staff for rural and northern positions.
Here are some key facts about Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness in Manitoba:
- Approximately 3,150 people work in this occupation.
- Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness mainly work in the following sectors:
- Arts, entertainment and recreation (NAICS 71): 53%
- Other schools and instruction (NAICS 6115-6117): 14%
- Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 10%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 41% compared to 81% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 59% compared to 19% for all occupations
- 30% of program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness work all year, while 70% 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 31 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
- 23% of program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 40% compared to 53% for all occupations
- Women: 60% compared to 47% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 16% compared to 12% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 42% compared to 31% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 7% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 12% compared to 17% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 21% compared to 20% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
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