Job prospects Factory Assembler, Wood Products in New Brunswick

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Job opportunities in New Brunswick

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Moderate for assemblers and inspectors of other wood products (NOC 94211) in New Brunswick for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Assemblers and inspectors of other wood products are mostly employed in the wood product manufacturing industry. 
• Employment growth in this occupation is dependent on new manufacturing plants opening and expanding or replacing workers who have moved up to other roles within the company. New automation technologies may shift the tasks done by operators going forward. 
• Experience working with equipment, machinery, and power tools is an asset. 
• Job duties are physically demanding, and workers are sometimes required to handle heavy loads. 

Here are some key facts about assemblers and inspectors of other wood products in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 250 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Assemblers and inspectors of other wood products mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Wood product manufacturing (NAICS 321): 64%
  • Postal service, couriers and messengers (NAICS 491, 492): 13%
  • Real Estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53): 8%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 5%
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (NAICS 339): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 94% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 6% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 64% of assemblers and inspectors of other wood products work all year, while 36% 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 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 6% of assemblers and inspectors of other wood products are self-employed compared to an average of 10% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 88% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 12% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 13% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 64% compared to 30% 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: 16% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology