Job prospects Crane Service Technician in Nunavut
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Job opportunities in Nunavut
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be good for Heavy-duty equipment mechanics (NOC 72401) in Nunavut for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- 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 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 Heavy-duty equipment mechanics in Nunavut:
- Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
- Heavy-duty equipment mechanics mainly work in the following sectors:
- Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 24%
- Construction (NAICS 23): 21%
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21): 19%
- Wholesale and Retail Trade (NAICS 41, 44-45): 14%
- Transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49): 7%
- 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: 50% compared to 37% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
- bachelor's degree: n/a
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a
Job prospects elsewhere in Canada
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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 70 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.
Cumulative Hiring Forecast (base year 2011) | 2013 | 2016 | 2021 |
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Region: Nunavut Occupation: |
35 | 50 | 70 |
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