Shellfish harvesters dig, sort, clean and transport shellfish. Mine labourers help maintain, construct and clean underground mines, and load, move, sort and pile materials and supplies. Oil and gas drilling, servicing and related labourers handle sections of pipe and drill stems during drilling operations, and clean and maintain equipment. Logging and forestry labourers attach chokers and cables to felled trees, plant trees, spray herbicides, clear trails and clean landing areas. These labourers may need a high school diploma and specialized training.
Many recent entrants have a high school diploma.
Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers may require a licence to apply chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Shellfish harvesters require a commercial fishing licence. Over the next five years, this outlook is not expected to change, as the number of qualified recent graduates or non-completers seeking work is expected to increase more rapidly than the number of job openings in these and related occupations. Machinery will continue to replace unskilled labour, resulting in decreased demand for labour in these occupations. Most of the increase in employment requirements through 2004 for these occupations is expected to occur in the construction, amusement and recreation services and household and personal services industries.