Job prospects Ramp Agent - Air Transport near Yellowknife (NT)

The employment outlook will be moderate for Air transport ramp attendants (NOC 74202) in Northwest Territories for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Not many 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 Air transport ramp attendants in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Air transport ramp attendants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49): more than 95%
• 64% of air transport ramp attendants work all year, while 36% 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 46 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 87% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 13% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 44% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 13% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 19% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology