The manufacturing sector in Manitoba and Canada continue to harness the technological drivers of Industry 4.0 to adapt to the changing industry landscape. Advanced Manufacturing is an emerging area of employment in this area. Specific labour market data for Advanced Manufacturing is not readily available currently. Investigation into the labour market associated with this program was conducted using related job categories that currently do have data. The investigation in Lightcast of those jobs showed 705 jobs and that Manitoba is currently behind other provinces in this area. The Manitoba Labour Market Outlook for 2021-2025 shows an increasing need for employment in the related jobs that were examined but as with Lightcast the specific area of Advanced Manufacturing is not indicated as the data is not available for this emerging field.
To develop the labour market analysis and program, several other sources were used. Interviews with six students were conducted. Interviews were pursued with Manitoba’s top 22 fastest-growing manufacturing companies, and 12 companies accepted the invitation and participated in interviews, including:
- AGI
- Boeing Canada Operations
- Carfair Composites
- Custom Castings
- Décor Cabinets
- Dynamic Machine
- Melet Plastics
- Motorcoach
- Monarch Industries
- Precision ADM
- PTI Transformers
- Standard Aero
Further significant conversation occurred with Price Industries, NFI Group (New Flyer), Roquette and others. Focus groups have also been conducted. In all cases the participants indicated the need to hire trained people and/or upskill current employees in the area of Advanced Manufacturing.
