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Mountain Secondary School

Labour Market Trends Assignment

Careers are constantly changing based on local and global market trends and demands for
goods and services. Some years, there are shortages of qualified employees and other years
there is over-saturation.

This assignment will help you examine/analyze further what the predicted trends are for the
career you may be interested in pursuing along with some of the skills required and general
duties involved.

If you are unsure what it is you would like to pursue as a career, this assignment will help you in
your search!

PART A – DISCOVERING POTENTIAL CAREERS THAT MATCH YOUR INTERESTS AND

SKILLS

1. Go to https://careerdiscoveryquizzes.workbc.ca/ and take the following quizzes to

discover more about yourself and which careers might fit your interests and skills.
a. https://careerdiscoveryquizzes.workbc.ca/quiz/interests-quiz/step1
b. https://careerdiscoveryquizzes.workbc.ca/quiz/abilities-quiz/step1
c. https://careerdiscoveryquizzes.workbc.ca/quiz/work-preferences-quiz/step1

2. Go to https://www.careertrekbc.ca/skills/browse
a. You can browse through the different career possibilities either by skill or
preferences discovered by taking the quizzes

What did you discover about yourself after taking the quizzes?

I didn’t really learn much from the quizzes. They said I was artistic (I know) and some
other stuff I was already well aware of.
PART B – TRENDS AND ANALYSIS

List one occupation in the box underneath that you are interested in researching. You will use
that career choice to answer the remaining questions below.
Music Production

Next, go to: www.jobbank.gc.ca.

1. Select Trend Analysis from the menu at the top of your screen.
2. Select Prospects from the Trend Analysis drop-down menu.
3. Type in your occupation in the search box.
4. Scroll ALL THE WAY down the page (through all the provinces listed) until you get to
prospects in British Columbia > Lower Mainland.
5. Record the outlook (prospects) in the box provided.

Example:

Occupation: Plumber
Prospects in British Columbia:
The employment outlook will be FAIR for Plumbers (NOC 7251) in British Columbia for the 2019-2021 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

 Employment growth will lead to several new positions.

 Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
 There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
What are the prospects (underdetermined, limited, fair or good) in British Columbia for the
occupation you selected?

Occupation: Audio Technician

Prospects: The employment outlook will be very limited for Audio and video recording
technicians (NOC 5225) in British Columbia for the 2022-2024 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.
Here are some key facts about Audio and video recording technicians in British Columbia:
 Approximately 2,550 people worked in this occupation in May 2016.
 Audio and video recording technicians mainly work in the following sectors:
o Information and cultural industries (NAICS 51): 66%
o Arts, entertainment and recreation (NAICS 71): 6%
 The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
o Full-time workers: 82% compared to 77% for all occupations
o Part-time workers: 18% compared to 23% for all occupations
 52% of audio and video recording technicians work all year, while 48% work only part of
the year, compared to 56% and 43% respectively among all occupations. Those who
worked only part of the year did so for an average of 32 weeks compared to 32 weeks for
all occupations.
 26% of audio and video recording technicians are self-employed compared to an average
of 14% for all occupations.
 The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
o Men: 85% compared to 52% for all occupations
o Women: 15% compared to 48% for all occupations
 The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
o no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
o high school diploma or equivalent: 17% compared to 28% for all occupations
o apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for
all occupations
 o college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 46%
compared to 23% for all occupations
o bachelor's degree: 25% compared to 19% for all occupations
o university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 5% compared to
10% for all occupations

Click on “Wage Report” (right hand side of screen at the VERY TOP – need to scroll back up).

Fill out the chart below.

What is the highest hourly wage in Canada for this
occupation? 33.19$/hour

Where in Canada is this highest hourly wage

offered? 46.54$/hour

What is the lowest hourly wage in Canada for this

occupation? 20.70$/hour

Where in Canada is this lowest hourly wage offered?

Newfoundland

What is the median hourly wage for the Lower

 Mainland – Southwest Region of British Columbia? 32.50$/hour

** You can submit annual salary instead if the hourly is not listed **

PART B – SKILLS AND DUTIES

Go to: www.workbc.ca/navigator
 Type your career choice in the large blue box in the middle of the page.
 Select “Search Career Profile”
 Select “Work-Related Skills” from the Table of Contents.

List the top six skills you need for this career along with the percentages listed:

Skill Needed Level of Importance (Percentage)

Analyzing Information Unknown

Fine and Applied Arts Unknown

 Evaluating Unknown
Unknown
 Co-ordinating and Organizing
Unknown
 Supervising

Unknown
Computer and Information Systems
Unknown
 Installing and Setting-Up Technical Unknown
Infrastructure
  Using Specialized Instrumentation and
Equipment

Unknown
 Communications and Media Unknown
 Telecommunications

8. Select “Duties” from the Table of Contents. List four of the job duties listed in the box below.

1. Active listening (65%)

2. Speaking (64%)

3. Critical Thinking (61%)

4.

Select “Workforce and Employment Statistics” from the Table of Contents and record the
following information:

The percentage of workers who are employed is ____2,600______.

The percentage of workers who are working mostly full-time is ___45%______.
The percentage of workers who are fifteen to twenty-four years old is ________.
The percentage of workers who are twenty-five to forty-four years old is ______.

PART C - EDUCATION
 1. What level of education is required for your Career Choice?
o Highschool Diploma
o Apprenticeship Certificate
o Certificate / Diploma Program
o Bachelor’s Degree
o Master’s Degree
o PHD
2. What educational institutions offer a program for your Career Choice?

 Completion of a college or other program in recording engineering, audiovisual

technology or a related field or experience as a recording studio assistant is usually
required.
 Senior occupations in this unit group, such as recording and sound engineers, require
experience.

3. How long is the program (months/years)? __________4____

4. What are the high school pre-requisites required to enter the program?

Diploma/Certificate Excluding Apprenticeship

PART D – SUMMARY
What about this possible career choice excites you? What scares you? After learning about this
occupation, is this something you will pursue further? Why or why not? If not, what are you
leaning more towards?

I guess the money, I fear the amount of time that will be taken out of my life. I really don’t want
to pursue jobs like this, even if the money salary is crazy. I literally would rather be creative and
free with an okay amount of money than be wealthy and rich and have no time for anything
because I’m working underneath someone elses vision. Despise what the world we live in, I do
not care about having a crazy salary. Although I want freedom, hopefully with blessings I’ll be
able to find a way to make that happen without having to disrepect my self respect. I want to be
my own artist, not someone’s artist.