Job prospects Aircraft Fitter-assembler - Aircraft Assembly in British Columbia

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Job opportunities in British Columbia

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Moderate for aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors (NOC 93200) in British Columbia for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.

Occupations in aviation requiring technical skills continue to be in demand in British Columbia. 

A growing number of retirements have left these occupations with a shortage. 

Some job creation is expected from military and firefighting aircraft projects as part of Boeing and De Havilland Canada investments respectively. 

The Government of Canada has also pledged to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 which could grow the number of skilled workers in British Columbia's aerospace industry and increase the availability of training.

Here are some key facts about aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors in British Columbia:

• Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ship and Boat Building (NAICS 3366): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 83% compared to 78% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 17% compared to 22% for all occupations
• 67% of aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors work all year, while 33% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 38 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: more than 95% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: less than 5% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 15% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 40% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 30% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 15% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology