Job prospects Passenger Service Attendant - Railway in British Columbia

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Job opportunities in British Columbia

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be limited for Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services (NOC 6721) in British Columbia for the 2022-2024 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 several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services in British Columbia:

• Approximately 1,050 people worked in this occupation in May 2016.
• Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Accommodation services (NAICS 721): 23%
  • Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482-483, 486, 487, 493): 17%
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 10%
  • Real Estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53): 9%
  • Transit and ground passenger transportation (NAICS 485): 9%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 67% compared to 77% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 33% compared to 23% for all occupations
• 37% of support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services work all year, while 63% work only part of the year, compared to 56% and 43% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 30 weeks compared to 32 weeks for all occupations.
• less than 5% of support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 77% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 23% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 12% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 42% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 7% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 23% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 13% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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