Job prospects Documentation Technician in Ontario

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Job opportunities in Ontario

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Records management technicians (NOC 12112) in Ontario for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

Here are some key facts about Records management technicians in Ontario:

• Approximately 1,800 people work in this occupation.
• Records management technicians mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 21%
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 10%
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 7%
  • Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 7%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 6%
• 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
• 76% of records management technicians work all year, while 24% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 46 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of records management technicians are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 35% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 65% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 10% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 6% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 35% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 33% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 15% compared to 13% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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