Job prospects Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator in Yukon

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "wastewater treatment plant operator" in Yukon or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Yukon

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 Moderate for water and waste treatment plant operators (NOC 92101) in Yukon for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Local training for this occupation is available at Yukon University, which offers the Yukon Water and Wastewater Operator program. The Program is designed for prospective and current operators looking to write the Environmental Operators Certification Program exam (Yukon University, 2025).
• The federal government is allocating over $3.6M to construct a new water treatment plant in Mount Lorne by summer 2027 (Government of Canada, August 11, 2025).

Here are some key facts about water and waste treatment plant operators in Yukon:

• Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Water and waste treatment plant operators mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Utilities (NAICS 22): 56%
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 24%
  • Other Commercial Services (NAICS 54-56, 81): 20%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 82% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 18% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 45% of water and waste treatment plant operators work all year, while 55% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 40 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 83% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 17% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 31% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 23% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 31% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 15% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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