Job prospects Security Investigator in Manitoba

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Job opportunities in Manitoba

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be limited for Security guards and related security service occupations (NOC 64410) in Manitoba for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Heightened concern about safety and loss prevention in Manitoba businesses and community spaces has led to increased hiring. 
• Several institutions announced increased security protocols in 2023, including the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Transit, The Red River Exhibition, Millenium Library, and Health Sciences Centre. In 2024, the Province announced it would be hiring 105 new institutional safety officers for five hospitals in Winnipeg, Brandon, and Selkirk. 
• According to one union representing Manitoba security guards, more than 100 members lost out on work in 2024 due to a backlog in the license renewal process managed by the Province. Between 8,000 and 9,000 licensing applications for security guards are reviewed annually, up from about 6,000 four years ago.

Here are some key facts about Security guards and related security service occupations in Manitoba:

• Approximately 4,100 people work in this occupation.
• Security guards and related security service occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 53%
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 7%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 78% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 22% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 62% of security guards and related security service occupations work all year, while 38% 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 42 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of security guards and related security service occupations are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 77% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 23% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 19% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 37% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 11% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 16% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 12% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 5% compared to 8% for all occupations

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