Job prospects Trainee Instructor in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be very good for College and other vocational instructors (NOC 41210) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Employment in this profession depends on college student enrolment and government investments in education.

According to forecasts from the Ministère de l'Éducation

The labour shortage in the job market in general creates an environment conducive to students dropping out of school. Major investments in education are planned over the next few years to encourage graduation, student retention and worker requalification.

There are also measures to promote student mobility, by drawing people from other regions of Quebec outside major urban centres and from abroad.

Colleges have been facing a shortage of teaching staff. This issue affects all types of education, but competitive salaries in certain industries make recruiting and retaining instructors in technical programs more difficult.

The increased importance of continuing education in the workplace should stimulate the creation of vocational training instructor positions.

The availability of university education using non-traditional teaching methods (delivered entirely online or in a hybrid format) continues to grow, which will have the impact of changing the qualifications required of instructors in terms of technical and pedagogical skills.

While the employment outlook is very good at the provincial level, it will be moderate or good in eight regions.

Here are some key facts about College and other vocational instructors in Quebec:

• Approximately 35,650 people work in this occupation.
• College and other vocational instructors mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Community colleges and C.E.G.E.P.s (NAICS 6112): 56%
  • Other schools and instruction (NAICS 6115-6117): 16%
  • Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 6111): 8%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 83% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 17% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 65% of college and other vocational instructors work all year, while 35% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 45 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 9% of college and other vocational instructors are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 48% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 52% compared to 48% 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: 6% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 8% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 17% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 30% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 37% compared to 11% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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