Job prospects Animal Health Technician in Prince Edward Island

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "animal health technician" in Prince Edward Island or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Prince Edward Island

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians (NOC 32104) in Prince Edward Island for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Not many 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 Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians in Prince Edward Island:

• Approximately 150 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 85%
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): 13%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 87% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 13% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 56% of animal health technologists and veterinary technicians work all year, while 43% work only part of the year, compared to 59% and 41% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 40 weeks compared to 41 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 12% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 88% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 54% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 43% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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