Job prospects Foreman/woman, Painters - Metal Products 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 Good for supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing (NOC 92023) in British Columbia for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Employment opportunities are supported by spending in the transportation sector, such as rail expansion projects and bus fleet electrification in urban centres. 

Public and private funding for critical minerals and mining projects will increase the need for metal and mechanical manufacturing jobs. 

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. The manufacturing sector has fallen in terms of contribution to GDP in the province over the last few years; new industry regulations, competition with the United States and real estate costs have increased the burden on manufacturing businesses. 

Wood product manufacturing, food processing, machinery, and fabricated metal products are the largest manufacturing industries in British Columbia; these are also among the top British Columbia exports to the U.S., which have been impacted by tariffs.

Here are some key facts about supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing in British Columbia:

• Approximately 2,400 people work in this occupation.
• Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ship and Boat Building (NAICS 3366): 35%
  • Other Transportation equipment manufacturing (NAICS 336 except 3366): 20%
  • Fabricated metal product manufacturing (NAICS 332): 17%
  • Machinery manufacturing (NAICS 333): 12%
  • Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482-483, 486, 487, 493): 9%
• 82% of supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing work all year, while 18% 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 47 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 91% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 9% compared to 48% for all occupations

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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