Job prospects Health And Safety Inspector in Northwest Territories

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Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "health and safety inspector" in Northwest Territories or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

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

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• A moderate number of 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 Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Occupational health and safety specialists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 40%
  • Other Commercial Services (NAICS 54-56, 81): 24%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 12%
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 8%
  • Finance, insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 52-53): 8%
• 67% of occupational health and safety specialists work all year, while 33% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 43 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 50% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 50% 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: 30% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 50% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a