Job prospects Geomatics Technician - Land Surveying in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Land survey technologists and technicians (NOC 22213) in Saskatchewan for the 2024-2026 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 Land survey technologists and technicians in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Land survey technologists and technicians mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Architectural, engineering and design services (NAICS 5413): 68%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 20%
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 7%
• 33% of land survey technologists and technicians work all year, while 67% 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 36 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: 9% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 41% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 9% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 32% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 9% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 7% for all occupations

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