Job prospects Forest Products Processing Supervisor in Alberta

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "forest products processing supervisor" in Alberta or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Alberta

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be limited for Supervisors, forest products processing (NOC 92014) in Alberta for the 2023-2025 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 small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Supervisors, forest products processing in Alberta:

• Approximately 450 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Supervisors, forest products processing mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Wood product manufacturing (NAICS 321): 52%
  • Paper manufacturing (NAICS 322): 32%
  • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 8%
• 87% of supervisors, forest products processing work all year, while 13% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 49 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 90% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 10% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 21% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 35% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 27% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 10% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 21% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology