Job prospects Records Technician in Nova Scotia

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "records technician" in Nova Scotia or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Nova Scotia

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Good

The employment outlook will be Good for records management technicians (NOC 12112) in Nova Scotia for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
Several 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 records management technicians in Nova Scotia:

Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Records management technicians mainly work in the following sectors:
- Information and cultural industries (NAICS 51): 66%
- Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 34%
83% of records management technicians work all year, while 17% 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 50 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 42% compared to 51% for all occupations
- Women: 57% 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: 25% compared to 27% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
- bachelor's degree: 17% compared to 20% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 25% compared to 10% for all occupations

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