Job prospects Locomotive Engineer - Railway in Manitoba

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Job opportunities in Manitoba

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Railway and yard locomotive engineers (NOC 73310) in Manitoba for the 2023-2025 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.

• CentrePort Canada, located in Winnipeg, continues to expand including ongoing work on the new CentrePort Rail Park. The inland port provides access to rail, truck and air cargo operations which will support continued employment opportunities in the transportation and warehousing sector.

Here are some key facts about Railway and yard locomotive engineers in Manitoba:

• Approximately 500 people work in this occupation.
• Railway and yard locomotive engineers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482-483, 486, 487, 493): more than 95%
• 85% of railway and yard locomotive engineers work all year, while 15% 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: more than 95% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: less than 5% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 54% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 25% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 9% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 7% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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