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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