{"id":84,"date":"2008-12-01T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/career-advice\/mining-labour-market-trends\/"},"modified":"2019-11-11T15:14:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T23:14:13","slug":"mining-labour-market-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/mining-labour-market-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Mining Labour Market Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5140 alignleft\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Mining_Labour_Market_Trends.jpg\" alt=\"Mining_Labour_Market_Trends\" width=\"234\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_50 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\" role=\"button\"><label for=\"item-69edff9dedb3c\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><input  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-69edff9dedb3c\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/mining-labour-market-trends\/#Mining_Sector_Demographics\" title=\"Mining Sector Demographics\">Mining Sector Demographics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/mining-labour-market-trends\/#Mining_Sector_Growth_Projected\" title=\"Mining Sector Growth Projected\">Mining Sector Growth Projected<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/mining-labour-market-trends\/#Size_of_the_Labour_Market\" title=\"Size of the Labour Market\">Size of the Labour Market<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/mining-labour-market-trends\/#Labour_Shortages\" title=\"Labour Shortages\">Labour Shortages<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Retirement will be one of the biggest trends for the mining industry in the coming decade. The mining sector will lose a significant number of experienced workers due to retirement. Employers predict that 24.5 percent of current workers will retire within 10 years.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mining_Sector_Demographics\"><\/span>Mining Sector Demographics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Workers in the minerals and metals industry are older than the average Canadian worker. More than 50 percent of workers are between the ages of 40 and 54. As compared to other sectors, there are fewer employees under the age of 30 in the sector, particularly in the skilled trades and semi-skilled mining occupations.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mining_Sector_Growth_Projected\"><\/span>Mining Sector Growth Projected<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Since 2002, mining gross domestic product (GDP) growth has been about twice the rate of the Canadian economy and economic indicators point to continued growth and increased exploration activities in the sector for several more years. More than simply replacing retired workers, the industry will need to expand its labour force to meet this demand-driven growth.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Size_of_the_Labour_Market\"><\/span>Size of the Labour Market<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In British Columbia there are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>eight metal mines<\/li>\n<li>11 coal mines<\/li>\n<li>more than 40 industrial minerals operations<\/li>\n<li>more than 1,100 aggregate quarries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In additional to these operations there are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Head and Regional Offices \u2013 Upwards of 12 major mining companies that have mining operations in BC and elsewhere have offices in Vancouver and\/or interior communities.<\/li>\n<li>Junior Mining Companies \u2013 Upwards of 700 companies in Greater Vancouver carry out early mineral exploration and development work.<\/li>\n<li>Mining suppliers, contractors and consultants \u2013 Hundreds of companies supply and service the minerals industry\u2014from bush airlines to steel ball suppliers to environmental engineers to lawyers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In 2006, the BC mining industry employed 25,000 people\u201410,000 directly and 15,000 in indirect jobs.<\/p>\n<p>From: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mihr.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.acareerinmining.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Labour_Shortages\"><\/span>Labour Shortages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Trends in Canada\u2019s total labour force are affecting the supply of workers to the mining industry.<\/p>\n<p>In BC, in addition to the current labour shortages there are 20 mine projects in the BC Environmental Assessment review process that will create an additional 12,000 direct construction and operating jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/jobseekers\">Job Alerts<\/a> to receive email notifications about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/construction-mining-trades-jobs\">mining jobs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/sample-mining-resume\/\">Sample Mining Resume<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/preparing-your-resume-for-a-mining-career\/\">Preparing Your Resume for a Mining Career<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/training-and-preparation-for-mining-careers\/\">Training and Preparation for Mining Careers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retirement will be one of the biggest trends for the mining industry in the coming decade. The mining sector will lose a significant number of experienced workers due to retirement. Employers predict that 24.5 percent of current workers will retire within 10 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7036,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/7036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}