Job prospects Railway Transport Operations Supervisor in Manitoba

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "railway transport operations supervisor" in Manitoba or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Manitoba

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Very good

The employment outlook will be very good for Supervisors, railway transport operations (NOC 72023) in Manitoba for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
A moderate number of 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 Supervisors, railway transport operations in Manitoba:

Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Supervisors, railway transport operations mainly work in the following sectors:
- Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482-483, 486, 487, 493): more than 95%
81% of supervisors, railway transport operations work all year, while 19% 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 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 78% compared to 53% for all occupations
- Women: 22% compared to 47% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: n/a
- high school diploma or equivalent: 47% compared to 31% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 24% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
- bachelor's degree: 18% compared to 20% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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