Job prospects Engineer Officer - Water Transport in Nova Scotia

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "engineer officer - water transport" in Nova Scotia or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Nova Scotia

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 engineer officers, water transport (NOC 72603) in Nova Scotia for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about engineer officers, water transport in Nova Scotia:

• Approximately 150 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Engineer officers, water transport mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 37%
  • Support activities for transportation (NAICS 488): 27%
  • Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482, 483, 486, 487, 493): 12%
  • Transit and ground passenger transportation (NAICS 485): 8%
  • Food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing (NAICS 311, 312): 6%
• 47% of engineer officers, water transport work all year, while 53% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 40 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 88% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 13% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 13% compared to 27% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 21% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 46% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 15% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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