Job prospects Production Loader Operator in Northwest Territories
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Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

Moderate

The employment outlook will be moderate for Underground production and development miners (NOC 83100) in Northwest Territories 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 Underground production and development miners in Northwest Territories:

  • Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
  • Underground production and development miners mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21): 93%
    • Other Commercial Services (NAICS 54-56, 81): 7%
  • 67% of underground production and development miners work all year, while 33% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 40 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
  • The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
    • Men: more than 95% compared to 52% for all occupations
    • Women: less than 5% compared to 48% for all occupations
  • The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
    • no high school diploma: 35% compared to 17% for all occupations
    • high school diploma or equivalent: 45% compared to 26% for all occupations
    • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 20% compared to 12% for all occupations
    • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
    • bachelor's degree: n/a
    • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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 220 null in Northwest Territories 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 Northwest Territories starting from 2011.
Cumulative Hiring Forecast (base year 2011) 2013 2016 2021

Region: Northwest Territories

Occupation:

105 150 220
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