Job prospects Railway Track Maintenance Worker in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Railway yard and track maintenance workers (NOC 74200) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 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 several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Railway yard and track maintenance workers in Quebec:

• Approximately 900 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Railway yard and track maintenance workers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482-483, 485-486, 487, 493): 92%
• 70% of railway yard and track maintenance workers 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 45 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 95% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 5% 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: 35% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 34% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 14% 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

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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