Job prospects Medical Laboratory Technologist in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be very good for Medical laboratory technologists (NOC 3211) in Saskatchewan for the 2022-2024 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Several 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 Medical laboratory technologists in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 700 people worked in this occupation in May 2016.
• Medical laboratory technologists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 69%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 24%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 83% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 17% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 72% of medical laboratory technologists work all year, while 28% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 35 weeks compared to 32 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 11% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 89% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 14% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 32% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 74% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 19% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 6% for all occupations

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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