Job prospects Forest Products Processing Supervisor in Manitoba

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

Job opportunities in Manitoba

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Supervisors, forest products processing (NOC 92014) in Manitoba for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Several 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 Manitoba:

• Approximately 150 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Supervisors, forest products processing mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Paper manufacturing (NAICS 322): 32%
  • Wood product manufacturing (NAICS 321): 21%
  • Forestry and logging (NAICS 113, 1153): 20%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 19%
  • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 8%
• 87% of supervisors, forest products processing work all year, while 13% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 48 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: more than 95% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: less than 5% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 31% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 46% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 12% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology