Job prospects Building Operator - Maintenance in Northwest Territories

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Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for General building maintenance workers and building superintendents (NOC 73201) in Northwest Territories for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
• Several 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 General building maintenance workers and building superintendents in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 250 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• General building maintenance workers and building superintendents mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 32%
  • Finance, insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 52-53): 17%
  • Other Commercial Services (NAICS 54-56, 81): 12%
  • Tourism & Culture (NAICS 51, 71-72): 10%
  • Transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 89% compared to 88% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 11% compared to 12% for all occupations
• 77% of general building maintenance workers and building superintendents work all year, while 23% 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 46 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 10% of general building maintenance workers and building superintendents are self-employed compared to an average of 7% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: more than 95% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: less than 5% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 36% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 30% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 15% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 11% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 8% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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