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Table 1
Fastest growing occupations, 2001 to 2006, Canada
Occupations	2006 employment	Percentage employment growth, 2001 to 2006
Note: Such as those employed by construction businesses to prepare production schedules. Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 2001 and 2006.
Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers	11,500	77.8
Production clerks¹	24,100	73.3
Postsecondary teaching and research assistants	61,500	65.7
Loan officers	35,400	64.5
Construction inspectors	13,700	61.8
Estheticians, electrologists and related occupations	36,500	57.4
Construction trades helpers and labourers	143,900	57.2
Administrative clerks	101,700	53.9
Refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics	21,400	53.6
Petroleum engineers	9,000	53.5