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Comment:
Table 19a. shows the occupations of 50%
of the female labour force of 2,961,210 in 1971. Note that the top 15
occupations include:
| (a) |
5 |
clerical occupations |
|
3 |
service |
" |
|
|
2 |
teaching |
" |
|
|
2 |
health sciences occupations |
|
|
1 |
sales occupation |
|
|
1 |
primary |
" |
|
|
1 |
processing |
" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (b) |
7 |
occupations with open educational requirements
|
|
4 |
occupations requiring Grade 10 education |
|
2 |
" |
" |
Grade 12 |
" |
|
2 |
" |
" |
University |
" |
| (c) |
5 |
occupations for which training can
be obtained through CMTP/CMITP |
|
|
(none are in apprenticeship
programs) |
|
3 |
occupations for which training is
provided by the employer |
|
2 |
occupations which require community
college training |
|
2 |
" |
" |
" |
teacher training |
Table 19b. shows the occupations of 29% of the male labour
force of 5,665,720 in 1971. Note that the top 15 occupations include:
| (a) |
3 |
sales occupations |
|
2 |
service |
" |
|
2 |
clerical |
" |
|
2 |
primary |
" |
|
2 |
construction trades |
|
1 |
managerial occupation |
|
1 |
teaching |
" |
|
1 |
processing |
" |
|
1 |
transport equipment
occupation |
| (b) |
7 |
occupations with open educational
requirements. |
|
2 |
occupations requiring Grade 8
education. |
|
4 |
" |
" |
Grade 10 |
" |
|
2 |
" |
" |
University |
" |
| (c) |
7 |
occupations for which training can be obtained
through CMTP/CMITP |
|
|
(2 of these are Apprenticeship
programs) |
|
4 |
occupations for which training is provided by
the employer |
|
1 |
occupation which requires teacher
training. |
The major comparisons between the two tables are:
-males have a wider choice of occupational groups than females.
More females re concentrated in the top 15 occupations than males in terms of
percentages.
- there are an equal number of occupations with open educational
requirements suggesting that there are a number of unskilled and semi-skilled
occupations or both sexes. However, note that one such occupation, Sales
supervisor, appears only on the male list and this occupation represents a
higher level within the occupational group than Sales clerk which appears on
both lists. Note that of the 5 occupations which are common to both lists -
Janitor, Sales clerk, secondary school teacher, farm worker, bookkeeper - 3 are
in the low skill category.
- the educational requirements for the remaining occupations
average out to a lower level on the male list than on the female list. For
example, 17% of the female workers shown must have post-secondary education,
while only 3% of the male workers shown must have the same level of education.
Also, 1.5% of these males can take the same occupational training through a
special accelerated CMTP Program without the necessary educational
prerequisites.
- in training programs, the main difference is in the number of
Apprenticeship programs available -- none for females; two for males.
While this is an abbreviated list and the comparisons are
inconclusive, it is apparent that male occupations require slightly lower
educational requirements or can be entered without the necessary educational
prerequisites; that there are more training programs available for males than
for females; and that there are just as many dead-end jobs for both sexes.
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