Nouns ending in -teur are usually masculine.
The suffix names a person or thing that performs an action.
Comment trouvez-vous le secteur du Contrôle de qualité ?
How are you finding the Quality Control department?
Le secteur informatique vit une période de croissance.
The computer industry is enjoying a boom.
Les conditions entourant le secteur textile ont changé.
Circumstances surrounding the textile industry have changed.
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