Job prospects Casting Machine Operator - Primary Metal Processing in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

Moderate

The employment outlook will be moderate for Machine operators, mineral and metal processing (NOC 94100) 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.
  • 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 Machine operators, mineral and metal processing in Quebec:

  • Approximately 5,750 people work in this occupation.
  • Machine operators, mineral and metal processing mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Primary metal manufacturing (NAICS 331): 75%
    • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21): 7%
  • 78% of machine operators, mineral and metal processing work all year, while 22% 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 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
  • Less than 5% of machine operators, mineral and metal processing are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
  • The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
    • Men: 94% compared to 52% for all occupations
    • Women: 6% compared to 48% for all occupations
  • The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
    • no high school diploma: 12% compared to 12% for all occupations
    • high school diploma or equivalent: 26% compared to 19% for all occupations
    • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 38% compared to 19% for all occupations
    • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 20% compared to 22% for all occupations
    • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
    • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations

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Mining Sector Hiring Forecast

The Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) forecasts that the mining sector will need to hire a total of 1,420 null in Québec from 2011 to 2021.

The following table shows MiHR’s forecast for the total number of jobs that will need to be filled from 2011 to the given year.

Table on the cummulative hiring forecast for null in Québec starting from 2011.
Cumulative Hiring Forecast (base year 2011) 2013 2016 2021

Region: Québec

Occupation:

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