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B.C. labour and training outlook released Cariboo worker demands expected to grow over next few years
AUTUMN MacDONALD Observer Reporter With the release of the provincial 2022 Labour Market Outlook document, CNC says it’s well positioned to respond to labour and training demands. “We’re responding to the learning needs of students,” CNC president Henry Reiser said. The document, presented by the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training provides labour market demands and supply trends to 2022. Data is based on the B.C.
Labour Market Scenario Model, developed in 2009. “The model incorporated demographic changes, industry growth, major projects and other relevant information,” the document states. For 2012 – 2022 the number of total job openings is expected to hit one million. Openings due to confirmed or planned economic activities sits at 985,100, 68 per cent is expected from retirements, while 32 per cent is expected from economic growth. Up to 100,000 is expected from additional LNG job openings and 78 per cent will require
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“Quesnel acts as a catchment for trades training.” Henry Reiser, CNC pres.
post-secondary training. New entrant supply needs are forecasted at 425,320; net in-migration is expected at 300,820, while other mobility is sitting at 216,750. “Overall labour demand is expected to grow faster than labour supply in B.C.,” the document states. “As a result, tight labour market conditions, where the demand
for workers surpasses the supply of workers, are expected in the later part of the outlook period, starting in 2019.” The Cariboo is expected to have 30,300 job openings over the forecast period. Eighty-seven percent of those openings are due to retirements, 13 per cent are expected from expansion. Demand for Cariboo workers is projected to grow by 0.4 per cent each year on average. The five top expected expansion in the Cariboo region are: • Masonry and plastering; • Other construction trades;
• Carpenters and cabinetmakers; • Crane operators and drillers and blasters; and • Contractors and supervisors, industrial, electrical and construction trades and related workers. Reiser pointed to CNC’s development of trades training and the push for future expansion. “Quesnel acts as a catchment for trades training,” he said, highlighting the desire to have students remain in their hometowns. For a full list of CNC programming, see cnc.bc.ca For the full Outlook document see www.workbc.ca.
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