Career Profiles

This section provides detailed information on some common occupations found in Newfoundland and Labrador; including main duties, work environments, forecasts, average wages, education and training requirements, and post-secondary programs available within the province to pursue a given career.

Title NOC
Accommodation service managers 60031
Accounting and Related Clerks 14200
Accounting technicians and bookkeepers 12200
Administrative Assistants 13110
Administrative Officers 13100
Advertising, marketing and public relations managers 10022
Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors 82030
Aquaculture and Marine Harvest Labourers 85102
Automotive Service Technicians, Truck and Bus Mechanics and Mechanical Repairers 72410
Biological Technologists and Technicians 22110
Business Systems Specialists 21221
Carpenters 72310
Cashiers 65100
Chefs 62200
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 22300
Civil Engineers 21300
Computer and Information Systems Managers 20012
Computer Engineers (except software engineers and designers) 21311
Computer Network and Web Technicians 22220
Computer Systems Developers and Programmers 21230
Construction Estimators 22303
Construction Managers 70010
Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics 72400
Construction Trades Helpers and Labourers 75110
Contractors and Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Services 82021
Cooks 63200
Customer Services Representatives – Financial Institutions 64400
Cybersecurity specialists 21220
Data Entry Clerks 14111
Deck officers, water transport 72602
Early Childhood Educators and Assistants 42202
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians 22310
Electrical Power Line and Cable Workers 72203
Electricians (Except Industrial and Power System) 72200
Elementary and Secondary School Teacher Assistants 43100
Elementary School and Kindergarten Teachers 41221
Engineer officers, water transport 72603
Facility operation and maintenance managers 70012
Financial auditors and accountants 11100
Fish and Seafood Plant Workers 94142
Fishermen/Women 83121
General Office Support Workers 14100
General Practitioners and Family Physicians 31102
Geoscientists and Oceanographers 21102
Hairstylists and Barbers 63210
Harvesting Labourers 85101
Health Information Management Occupations 12111
Heavy Equipment Operators 73400
Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics 72401
Home child care providers 44100
Home Support Workers, Housekeepers and Related Occupations 44101
Human resources managers 10011
Human resources professionals 11200
Industrial Electricians 72201
Information Systems Specialists 21222
Janitors, Caretakers and Heavy-Duty Cleaners 65312
Labourers in Fish and Seafood Processing 95107
Lawyers and Quebec Notaries 41101
Licensed Practical Nurses 32101
Light Duty Cleaners 65310
Livestock Labourers 85100
Managers in Agriculture 80020
Managers in Aquaculture 80022
Managers in health care 30010
Managers in Horticulture 80021
Managers in natural resources production and fishing 80010
Material handlers 75101
Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians 22301
Mechanical Engineers 21301
Nurse Aides, Orderlies and Patient Service Associates 33102
Nursery and Greenhouse Labourers 85103
Oil and gas drilling, servicing and related labourers 85111
Oil and Gas Well Drillers, Servicers, Testers and related workers 83101
Other assisting occupations in support of health services 33109
Other Customer and Information Services Representatives 64409
Other medical technologists and technicians (except dental health) 32129
Paramedical Occupations 32102
Payroll Administrators 13102
Personnel Clerks 14102
Petroleum Engineers 21332
Post-Secondary Teaching and Research Assistants 41201
Power System Electricians 72202
Program Officers Unique to Government 41407
Public and environmental health and safety professionals 21120
Purchasing and Inventory Control Workers 14403
Records Management Technicians 12112
Registered Nurses and Registered Psychiatric Nurses 31301
Restaurant and food service managers 60030
Retail and Wholesale Trade Managers 60020
Retail Sales Supervisors 62010
Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers 64100
Secondary School Teachers 41220
Social and community service workers 42201
Social Workers 41300
Software developers and programmers 21232
Software Engineers and Designers 21231
Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine 31100
Specialists in surgery 31101
Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators 84120
Store Shelf Stockers, Clerks and Order Fillers 65102
Transport Truck Drivers 73300
Water Transport Deck and Engine Room Crew 74201
Web Developers and Programmers 21234
Welders and related machine operators 72106