Machinery Contractors and Supervisors
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Job description
These individuals supervise and coordinate the activities of workers who shape metal parts or products (sheet metal workers, welders, machinists, boilermakers, etc.). They manage their own business.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Odours
- Noise
- Fire, steam, hot surfaces
- Electricity
- Falling objects
Main tasks
- Supervise, coordinate, and plan the activities of workers who shape metal parts or products.
- Establish work methods to meet deadlines and coordinate work with other sections.
- Order equipment and supplies.
- Resolve work-related problems and recommend measures to increase productivity.
- Manage and train staff.
- Ensure compliance with occupational safety standards.
- Draft reports.
- Adjust machinery and equipment.
- Program tools with computerized numerical control (CNC).
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $25.00
- Median
- $35.00
- Maximum
- $45.00
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
3,500
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 8.8% Female
- 91.2% Male
Not available.
- 8.8% Female
- 91.2% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$68,500
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 33227% of jobs
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NAICS 2312% of jobs
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NAICS 819% of jobs
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NAICS 3338% of jobs
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NAICS 415% of jobs
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Others39% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 33227% of jobs
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NAICS 2312% of jobs
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NAICS 819% of jobs
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NAICS 3338% of jobs
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NAICS 415% of jobs
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Others39% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
Secondary
AVS in gestion d'une entreprise de la construction
Code : 5309
Placement rate: 85.4%
5.4% of graduates pursue further studies
DVS in machining
Code : 5871
Placement rate: 60.6%
25.8% of graduates pursue further studies
DVS in usinage
Code : 5371
Placement rate: 69%
21.6% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Several years of experience as a qualified machinist or tool and die maker.
- Journeyperson certification as a machinist, tool and die maker, or other metalworking trade.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Coordination
- Active listening
- Critical thought
- Oral expression
- Reading comprehension
- Human resource management
- Time management
- Result evaluation
- Social perception
- Persuasion
- Quality control analysis
- Active learning
- Teaching
- Judgment and decision-making
- Solving complex problems
- Information processing
- Written expression
- Negotiation
- Service oriented
- Equipment selection
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Awareness of issues
- Information organization
- Near vision
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Written comprehension
- Written expression
- Speech recognition
- Visualization
- Selective attention
- Speech clarity
- Classification
- Distance vision
- Limb coordination
- Manual dexterity
- Idea generation
- Originality
- Time sharing
- Colour perception and distinction
- Control accuracy
- Perception speed
- Hand-arm stability
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to adapt
- Capacity to work in a team
- Capacity to delegate
- Rigour
- Sense of initiative
- Desire to upgrade one’s competencies
- Availability
- Knowledge of design
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work in transportation and maintenance
- Create, design
- Make, build, install
- Self-employment
- Assist and advise
- Teach or educate
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 72010
Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations
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- Toolroom foreman/woman
- Machine shop foreman/woman
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- Production machine shop foreman/woman
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- Metal fitters foreman/woman
- Steel structure erectors foreman/woman
- Metal mould and metal patternmakers foreman/woman
- Structural steel worker foreman/woman
- Sheet metal workers foreman/woman
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- Tooling inspectors foreman/woman
- Machining inspectors foreman/woman
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- Boilermaker supervisor
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- Sheet metal roofer supervisor
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- Welder supervisor
- Sheet metal workers supervisor
- Tooling inspectors supervisor
- Tooling supervisor
- Machine shop supervisor
- Ironwork supervisor
- Machining supervisor
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Skill type
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
Last update: January 29, 2026
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