Job prospects Heavy Equipment Mechanic in Québec
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Job opportunities in Québec
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be moderate for Heavy-duty equipment mechanics (NOC 72401) in Quebec for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
- A moderate number of 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 Heavy-duty equipment mechanics in Quebec:
- Approximately 12,300 people work in this occupation.
- Heavy-duty equipment mechanics mainly work in the following sectors:
- Construction (NAICS 23): 21%
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21): 17%
- Repair and maintenance (NAICS 811): 15%
- Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 14%
- 70% of heavy-duty equipment mechanics work all year, while 30% 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 46 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
- 7% of heavy-duty equipment mechanics are self-employed compared to an average of 12% 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: 14% compared to 12% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 11% compared to 19% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 66% compared to 19% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 8% compared to 22% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
Breakdown by region
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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 570 null in Québec 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.
Cumulative Hiring Forecast (base year 2011) | 2013 | 2016 | 2021 |
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Region: Québec Occupation: |
310 | 340 | 570 |
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