In-demand jobs

In-Demand Jobs in North Shore, Nova Scotia

313 occupationsOutlook 2025-2027Updated

Very good outlook
13 occupations
Good outlook
108 occupations
Regulated occupations
67 on this list, in Nova Scotia

Occupations by job outlook in North Shore

Ranked by Job Bank’s 3-year outlook, then by median wage.

What TEER means

TEER (training, education, experience and responsibilities) is how the National Occupational Classification groups jobs:

  • TEER 0: management occupations.
  • TEER 1: usually a university degree.
  • TEER 2: usually a college diploma or apprenticeship training of 2 or more years, or supervisory occupations.
  • TEER 3: usually a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than 2 years, or more than 6 months of on-the-job training.
  • TEER 4: usually a high school diploma or several weeks of on-the-job training.
  • TEER 5: usually short-term work demonstration and no formal education.

Showing 56 TEER 4 occupations of 313. Show all

Occupations by job outlook in North Shore, TEER 4
OccupationOutlookMedian wageTEERLicence
Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations Very good (5 of 5) $19.00 an hour 4 —
Water transport deck and engine room crew Good (4 of 5) $30.24 an hour 4 —
Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers Good (4 of 5) $25.13 an hour 4 —
Other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors Good (4 of 5) $20.68 an hour 4 —
Security guards and related security service occupations Good (4 of 5) $18.00 an hour 4 —
Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers Good (4 of 5) $16.50 an hour 4 —
Fish and seafood plant workers Good (4 of 5) $16.50 an hour 4 —
Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness Good (4 of 5) — 4 —
Automotive and heavy truck and equipment parts installers and servicers Good (4 of 5) — 4 —
Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors Good (4 of 5) — 4 —
Rubber processing machine operators and related workers Moderate (3 of 5) $30.00 an hour 4 —
Letter carriers Moderate (3 of 5) $28.00 an hour 4 —
Mail and parcel sorters and related occupations Moderate (3 of 5) $25.69 an hour 4 —
Correspondence, publication and regulatory clerks Moderate (3 of 5) $24.87 an hour 4 —
Dispatchers Moderate (3 of 5) $24.82 an hour 4 —
Plastics processing machine operators Moderate (3 of 5) $23.86 an hour 4 —
Accounting and related clerks Moderate (3 of 5) $23.63 an hour 4 —
Sales and account representatives - wholesale trade (non-technical) Moderate (3 of 5) $23.38 an hour 4 —
Storekeepers and partspersons Moderate (3 of 5) $23.32 an hour 4 Regulated
Fishing vessel deckhands Moderate (3 of 5) $22.96 an hour 4 —
Sawmill machine operators Moderate (3 of 5) $22.32 an hour 4 —
Library assistants and clerks Moderate (3 of 5) $22.11 an hour 4 —
Purchasing and inventory control workers Moderate (3 of 5) $22.00 an hour 4 —
Customer services representatives - financial institutions Moderate (3 of 5) $21.91 an hour 4 —
Survey interviewers and statistical clerks Moderate (3 of 5) $21.88 an hour 4 —
Receptionists Moderate (3 of 5) $21.50 an hour 4 —
Travel counsellors Moderate (3 of 5) $21.27 an hour 4 —
General office support workers Moderate (3 of 5) $21.00 an hour 4 —
Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing Moderate (3 of 5) $20.63 an hour 4 —
Testers and graders, food and beverage processing Moderate (3 of 5) $20.49 an hour 4 —
Shippers and receivers Moderate (3 of 5) $19.23 an hour 4 —
Industrial sewing machine operators Moderate (3 of 5) $18.53 an hour 4 —
Other customer and information services representatives Moderate (3 of 5) $18.00 an hour 4 —
Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators Moderate (3 of 5) $18.00 an hour 4 —
Bartenders Moderate (3 of 5) $17.70 an hour 4 —
Hotel front desk clerks Moderate (3 of 5) $17.65 an hour 4 —
Court clerks and related court services occupations Moderate (3 of 5) — 4 —
Banking, insurance and other financial clerks Moderate (3 of 5) — 4 —
Home child care providers Moderate (3 of 5) — 4 —
Maîtres d'hôtel and hosts/hostesses Moderate (3 of 5) — 4 —
Postal services representatives Moderate (3 of 5) — 4 —
Air transport ramp attendants Moderate (3 of 5) — 4 —
Utility maintenance workers Moderate (3 of 5) — 4 —
Concrete, clay and stone forming operators Moderate (3 of 5) — 4 —
Metalworking and forging machine operators Moderate (3 of 5) — 4 —
Chemical plant machine operators Moderate (3 of 5) — 4 —
Woodworking machine operators Moderate (3 of 5) — 4 —
Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers Moderate (3 of 5) — 4 —
Furniture and fixture assemblers, finishers, refinishers and inspectors Moderate (3 of 5) — 4 —
Assemblers and inspectors of other wood products Moderate (3 of 5) — 4 —
Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators Moderate (3 of 5) — 4 —
Silviculture and forestry workers Limited (2 of 5) $23.28 an hour 4 —
Data entry clerks Limited (2 of 5) $20.53 an hour 4 —
Couriers and messengers Limited (2 of 5) — 4 —
Chain saw and skidder operators Limited (2 of 5) — 4 —
Pulp mill, papermaking and finishing machine operators Limited (2 of 5) — 4 —

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