Job prospects Plant Maintenance Electrician in Prince Edward Island

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "plant maintenance electrician" in Prince Edward Island or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Prince Edward Island

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Industrial electricians (NOC 72201) in Prince Edward Island for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• A moderate number of 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 Industrial electricians in Prince Edward Island:

• Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Industrial electricians mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing (NAICS 311, 312): 75%
  • Other manufacturing (NAICS 313-316, 323-324, 326-327, 331, 334-335, 337, 339): 25%
• 56% of industrial electricians work all year, while 44% work only part of the year, compared to 59% and 41% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 44 weeks compared to 41 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: more than 95% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: less than 5% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 45% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 45% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a