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Petroleum, Coal and Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 324, 325)

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  • Included sectors
  • Description
  • Hourly wage in 2021
  • Job prospects by industry sector
  • Workforce sectoral committees
  • Sectoral associations
  • Related occupations

Included sectors

NAICS 324
Petroleum and coal product manufacturing
NAICS 325
Chemical manufacturing

Description

This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in transforming crude petroleum and coal into intermediate and end products (the dominant process is petroleum refining, in which crude petroleum is separated into components or fractions through such techniques as cracking and distillation), as well as manufacturing chemicals and chemical preparations from organic and inorganic raw materials.

Hourly wage in 2021

Minimum
$19.00
Median
$28.62
Maximum
$53.74

Job prospects by industry sector

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Job prospects by industry sector

Average annual growth 2021-2025

All of Québec

This sector between 2% and 3%
All sectors 1.9%

All of Québec

This sector
All sectors

Employment in 2020

The number of people employed is not published if less than 1,500.

All of Québec

This sector 30,000
All sectors 4,099,600

All of Québec

This sector
All sectors

Type of jobs

All of Québec

This sector
Full time 95.3%
Part time 4.7%
All sectors
Full time 79.7%
Part time 20.3%

All of Québec

This sector
Full time
Part time
All sectors
Full time
Part time

Yearly wage on 2015

All of Québec

$61,000

All of Québec

Workforce sectoral committees

Comité sectoriel de main-d'œuvre des industries des produits pharmaceutiques et biothechnologiques du Québec

Address
420, boul. Armand-Frappier, bureau 110
Laval, H7V4B4
Quebec
Phone number
450-629-8885
fax
450-629-8894
email
info@pharmabio.qc.ca
Web site
http://www.pharmabio.qc.ca

Comité sectoriel de main-d'œuvre de la chimie, de la pétrochimie, du raffinage et gaz

Address
4282, rue Beaubien Est
Montréal, H1T1S6
Quebec
Phone number
514-251-6302
fax
514-251-2475
email
info@coeffiscience.ca
Web site
http://www.coeffiscience.ca

Sectoral associations

  • Association pour le développement et l'innovation en chimie au Québec (ADICQ) This hyperlink will open in a new window.
  • Association canadienne de l'industrie de la peinture et du revêtement This hyperlink will open in a new window.
  • Association canadienne de l’industrie de la chimie This hyperlink will open in a new window.
  • Association canadienne des carburants - Divion de l'Est This hyperlink will open in a new window.
  • Association québécoise du gaz naturel (AQGN) This hyperlink will open in a new window.

Related occupations

Occupation People employed
Chemical Processing Facility Operators CNP 9421 10%
Chemical Technologists and Technicians CNP 2211 (22100) 6%
Manufacturing Managers CNP 0911 (90010) 5%
Gas and Chemical Processing Industry Supervisors CNP 9212 (92011) 4%
Chemical Product Processing and Utilities Labourers CNP 9613 4%
Chemists CNP 2112 (21101) 3%
Technical Sales Specialists - Wholesale CNP 6221 3%
Gas and Chemical Processing Operators CNP 9232 (93101) 3%
Material Handlers CNP 7452 2%
Shippers and Receivers CNP 1521 (14400) 2%
Other Labourers in Processing Services CNP 9619 (95109) 2%
Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics CNP 7311 (72400) 2%
Senior Management – Construction, Production, and Public Utility CNP 0016 (00015) 2%
Administrative Assistants CNP 1241 2%
Corporate Sales Managers CNP 0601 (60010) 1%
Others 49%

See also

Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)

Last update: December 22, 2022

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