Job prospects Material Checker in Manitoba

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Job opportunities in Manitoba

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Moderate

The employment outlook will be moderate for Production logistics workers (NOC 14402) in Manitoba for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Here are some key facts about Production logistics workers in Manitoba:

Approximately 350 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Production logistics workers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Hospitals (NAICS 622): 18%
- Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 11%
- Food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing (NAICS 311, 312): 8%
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (NAICS 337): 6%
- Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 6%
82% of production logistics workers work all year, while 18% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 48 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 39% compared to 53% for all occupations
- Women: 61% compared to 47% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 6% compared to 12% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 36% compared to 31% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 14% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 19% compared to 17% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 18% compared to 20% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 5% compared to 8% for all occupations

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