Job prospects Animal Care Technician in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be limited for Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians (NOC 32104) in Saskatchewan for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of a few positions.
• Not many 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 Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 600 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 70%
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): 22%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 84% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 16% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 60% of animal health technologists and veterinary technicians work all year, while 40% 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 41 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of animal health technologists and veterinary technicians are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 13% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 87% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 17% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 9% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 50% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 19% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 7% for all occupations

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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