Job prospects Emergency Medical Attendant (EMA) in Manitoba

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Job opportunities in Manitoba

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Paramedical occupations (NOC 32102) in Manitoba for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• A growing and aging population is expected to increase the demand for emergency medical care services, supporting job opportunities in this occupation.
• The provincial government allocated an additional $200 million in 2023 to its Health Care Human Resource Action Plan, launched in 2022 with the goal of hiring 2,000 health care workers. New initiatives include advanced training for rural and northern paramedics.
• Health care spending is on the rise in Manitoba with a $980 million increase in spending on Health, Seniors, and Long-Term Care included in the 2024 provincial budget. This funding includes $16 million to expand job opportunities for emergency services personnel across the province.

Here are some key facts about Paramedical occupations in Manitoba:

• Approximately 1,550 people work in this occupation.
• Paramedical occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 52%
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 23%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 19%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 93% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 7% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 81% of paramedical occupations work all year, while 19% 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: 59% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 41% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 8% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 30% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 46% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 14% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations

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