Public and environmental health and safety professionals in Southwest

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

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• A moderate number of 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 Southwest region:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Public and environmental health and safety professionals mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 26%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 24%
  • Food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing (NAICS 311, 312): 14%
  • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 14%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 11%