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August 19, 2010
Mixed prospects for trades: Construction Sector Council
VINCE VERSACE
staff writer
A recent Construction Sector Council (CSC) analysis of Ontario’s construction industry projects that once stimulus funding ends, by March 31, 2011, approximately half the jobs created by these programs will disappear.
By the end of 2011 construction’s utility, industrial and commercial sectors are expected to grow with non-residential construction generating 21,000 jobs.
The trades the CSC projected to experience job losses and limited recovery by the end of 2011 include:
- Bricklayers; carpenters; floor covering installers; plasterers and drywall installers; residential and commercial installers, residential homebuilders and renovators; roofers shinglers and tilesetters.
The trades the CSC projected to see minimal losses and the best potential for recovery by the end of 2011 include:
- Boilermakers; construction millwrights; crane operators; electricians; heavy equipment operators and mechanics; ironworkers; sheet metal workers; steamfitters and pipefitters and welders.
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