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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 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
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