Job prospects Asbestos Worker - Mineral Processing in Ontario

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Job opportunities in Ontario

These outlooks were updated on November 29th, 2023. Learn more about outlooks.

Prospects over the next 3 years

Moderate

The employment outlook will be moderate for Labourers in mineral and metal processing (NOC 95100) in Ontario 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.

Here are some key facts about Labourers in mineral and metal processing in Ontario:

  • Approximately 2,700 people work in this occupation.
  • Labourers in mineral and metal processing mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Primary metal manufacturing (NAICS 331): 32%
    • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 22%
    • Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing (NAICS 327): 9%
    • Fabricated metal product manufacturing (NAICS 332): 7%
  • The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
    • Full-time workers: 92% compared to 81% for all occupations
    • Part-time workers: 8% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • 67% of labourers in mineral and metal processing work all year, while 33% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 43 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
  • 8% of labourers in mineral and metal processing are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
  • The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
    • Men: 92% compared to 52% for all occupations
    • Women: 8% compared to 48% for all occupations
  • The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
    • no high school diploma: 19% compared to 9% for all occupations
    • high school diploma or equivalent: 52% compared to 25% for all occupations
    • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 9% compared to 8% for all occupations
    • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 14% compared to 22% for all occupations
    • bachelor's degree: 5% compared to 24% for all occupations
    • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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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 880 null in Ontario 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 Ontario starting from 2011.
Cumulative Hiring Forecast (base year 2011) 2013 2016 2021

Region: Ontario

Occupation:

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