Job prospects Passenger Service Attendant - Railway in Alberta

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Job opportunities in Alberta

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be limited for Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services (NOC 65210) in Alberta for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

Here are some key facts about Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services in Alberta:

• Approximately 250 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Accommodation services (NAICS 721): 43%
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation (NAICS 71): 19%
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 9%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 7%
  • Real Estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 63% compared to 80% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 37% compared to 20% for all occupations
• 8% of support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services work all year, while 92% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 21 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 8% of support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 83% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 17% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 16% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 41% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 7% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 26% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 10% compared to 21% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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