Job prospects Safety And Sanitary Inspector - Public And Environmental Health in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Public and environmental health and safety professionals (NOC 21120) in Saskatchewan 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 small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Public and environmental health and safety professionals in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 700 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Public and environmental health and safety professionals mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 15%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 12%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 10%
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 9%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 8%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 92% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 8% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 73% of public and environmental health and safety professionals work all year, while 27% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% 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.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 56% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 44% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 21% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 9% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 27% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 27% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 11% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology