Job prospects Prevention Officer - Occupational Health And Safety in Québec
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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

Good

The employment outlook will be good for Occupational health and safety specialists (NOC 22232) in Quebec for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

  • Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
  • Several 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 Occupational health and safety specialists in Quebec:

  • Approximately 5,600 people work in this occupation.
  • Occupational health and safety specialists mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Construction (NAICS 23): 11%
    • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 10%
    • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 6%
    • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 6%
    • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 6%
  • The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
    • Full-time workers: 94% compared to 82% for all occupations
    • Part-time workers: 6% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • 70% of occupational health and safety specialists work all year, while 30% 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 46 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
  • The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
    • Men: 61% compared to 52% for all occupations
    • Women: 39% compared to 48% for all occupations
  • The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
    • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
    • high school diploma or equivalent: 9% compared to 19% for all occupations
    • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 14% compared to 19% for all occupations
    • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 36% compared to 22% for all occupations
    • bachelor's degree: 22% compared to 17% for all occupations
    • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 18% compared to 11% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour Market Information Survey
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