Job prospects Water Well Driller in Québec
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Job opportunities in Québec
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be good for Water well drillers (NOC 72501) in Quebec 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 moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
Here are some key facts about Water well drillers in Quebec:
- Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
- Water well drillers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Construction (NAICS 23): 69%
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21): 31%
- 57% of water well drillers work all year, while 42% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 44 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: more than 95% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: less than 5% compared to 48% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 31% compared to 12% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 31% compared to 19% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 23% compared to 19% for all occupations
- 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
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