Public and environmental health and safety professionals in Lower Mainland - Southwest

The employment outlook will be Limited for public and environmental health and safety professionals (NOC 21120) in the Lower Mainland - Southwest region for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of 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 public and environmental health and safety professionals in the Lower Mainland - Southwest region:

• Approximately 1,630 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Public and environmental health and safety professionals mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services and hospitals (NAICS 621-622): 23%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 15%
  • Professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 54): 13%
  • Food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing (NAICS 311, 312): 6%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 6%