Job prospects Prosthetic-orthotic Technician in New Brunswick

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Job opportunities in New Brunswick

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Other medical technologists and technicians (NOC 32129) in New Brunswick for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• An increasing and ageing population is largely driving the demand for this occupation.
• Most professions within this group require some sort of formal education, while some require further certification. For instance, oculists must usually be certified with the National Examining Board of Ocularists.
• Other medical technologists and technicians are largely employed in the urban centres of the province including Moncton, Fredericton, and Saint John.

Here are some key facts about Other medical technologists and technicians in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Other medical technologists and technicians mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 46%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 32%
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (NAICS 339): 22%
• 77% of other medical technologists and technicians work all year, while 23% 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 50 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 28% of other medical technologists and technicians are self-employed compared to an average of 10% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 54% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 46% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 14% compared to 30% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 36% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 21% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 14% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology