Job prospects Well Services Crew Supervisor in Manitoba

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "well services crew supervisor" in Manitoba or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Manitoba

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 28, 2026. 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 contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services (NOC 82021) in Manitoba for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of 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.

• This occupation is driven by global energy demand, commodity prices, and investment in exploration and production activities. 
• The province supports regulated, short-term continuity for oil extraction activities while pursuing long-term transition to clean and renewable energy sources.
• Key trends in this occupation include automation and robotics, such as automated drilling rigs and drones for inspection, real-time data collection and monitoring of equipment, advanced horizontal drilling and measurement-while-drilling (MWD) systems to improve efficiency.
• Jobs are concentrated in the Southwest region where petroleum is extracted from oil and gas wells in designated fields.

Here are some key facts about contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services in Manitoba:

• Approximately 150 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Support activities for mining, oil and gas (NAICS 213): 56%
  • Oil and gas extraction (NAICS 211): 37%
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 6%
• 42% of contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services work all year, while 57% 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 39 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 40% of contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: more than 95% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: less than 5% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 15% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 55% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 6% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 6% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 9% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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