Job prospects Castings Tester - Primary Metal And Mineral Products Processing in Alberta

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Job opportunities in Alberta

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 Limited for inspectors and testers, mineral and metal processing (NOC 94104) in Alberta 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 moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about inspectors and testers, mineral and metal processing in Alberta:

• Approximately 250 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Inspectors and testers, mineral and metal processing mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Primary metal manufacturing (NAICS 331): 22%
  • Fabricated metal product manufacturing (NAICS 332): 20%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 16%
  • Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing (NAICS 327): 15%
  • Machinery manufacturing (NAICS 333): 8%
• 56% of inspectors and testers, mineral and metal processing work all year, while 44% 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 38 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 88% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 12% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 36% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 17% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 15% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 26% compared to 21% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology