Forest Products Processing Supervisors
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Job description
These individuals supervise and coordinate personnel who process and manufacture wood and paper. They work in:
- Pulp and paper mills
- Sawmills
- Wood treatment plants and planing mills
- Particleboard manufacturing plants
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Odours
- Noise
Main tasks
- Supervise and plan the activities of workers who operate wood and paper products processing machines.
- Ensure the proper operation of systems and equipment.
- Ensure the maintenance and repair of the machines.
- 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 staff and ensure their training.
- Ensure compliance with occupational safety standards.
- Draft reports.
Advancement and mobility
- There is some mobility among workers in this group.
- Experience leads to management positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $25.10
- Median
- $31.25
- Maximum
- $48.08
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
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
2,500
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 8.4% Female
- 91.6% Male
Not available.
- 8.4% Female
- 91.6% 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
$75,000
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 32149% of jobs
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NAICS 32236% of jobs
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NAICS 412% of jobs
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NAICS 3322% of jobs
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NAICS 113, 11532% of jobs
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Others9% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 32149% of jobs
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NAICS 32236% of jobs
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NAICS 412% of jobs
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NAICS 3322% of jobs
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NAICS 113, 11532% of jobs
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Others9% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
Sometimes required
- Several years of experience as an Operator and Labourer in the forest products processing industry are often required.
- First aid certification is sometimes required.
- A natural gas competency certificate is sometimes required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Reading comprehension
- Coordination
- Critical thought
- Human resource management
- Time management
- Judgment and decision-making
- Information processing
- Result evaluation
- Social perception
- Written expression
- Persuasion
- Solving complex problems
- Active learning
- Quality control analysis
- Teaching
- Learning strategies
- Monitoring operations
- Negotiation
- Operation analysis
- Systems evaluation
Abilities
- Awareness of issues
- Oral comprehension
- Deductive reasoning
- Verbal skills
- Written comprehension
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Inductive reasoning
- Written expression
- Classification
- Information organization
- Near vision
- Distance vision
- Idea generation
- Originality
- Perception speed
- Selective attention
- Hand-arm stability
- Time sharing
- Processing flexibility
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Critical thinking
- Leadership
- Focussed on results
- Perseverance
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Capacity to delegate
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Commitment
- Sense of initiative
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Make, build, install
- Develop and exploit natural resources
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.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 92014
Supervisors, forest products processing
Job titles
- Papermaking and finishing foreman/woman
- Wood-treating machine foreman/woman
- Pulp and paper mill foreman/woman
- Sawmill foreman/woman
- Paper mill supervisor
- Operating team supervisor - pulp and paper
- Shift operating supervisor - pulp and paper
- Plywood inspection foreman/woman - wood processing
- Veneer inspection foreman/woman - wood processing
- Lumber grading foreman/woman - wood processing
- Moulded pulp products foreman/woman
- Box making foreman/woman - paper converting
- Plywood making foreman/woman
- Pulping foreman/woman - pulp and paper
- Coremaking foreman/woman - paper converting
- Particleboard foreman/woman
- Paper foreman/woman - pulp and paper
- Paper product fabricating and assembling foreman/woman
- Shake and shingle machine foreman/woman - sawmill
- Paper machine foreman/woman
- Veneer foreman/woman - wood processing
- Pulp processing foreman/woman - pulp and paper
- Waferboard foreman/woman
- Winding room foreman/woman - pulp and paper
- Pulp mill foreman/woman
- Pulp testers foreman/woman
- Bleach plant foreman/woman - pulp and paper
- Paper mill workers foreman/woman
- Shingle mill foreman/woman
- Paper mill foreman/woman
- Treating plant foreman/woman - wood processing
- Wood-treating plant foreman/woman
- Paper inspectors foreman/woman - pulp and paper
- Yard foreman/woman - pulp and paper
- Paper products makers foreman/woman - paper converting
- Tour foreman/woman - pulp and paper
- Screen room foreman/woman - pulp and paper
- Coating room foreman/woman - pulp and paper
- Core room foreman/woman - pulp and paper
- Beater room foreman/woman - pulp and paper
- Shingle mill supervisor - wood processing
- Sawmill supervisor
- Paper coating supervisor - pulp and paper
- Forest products processing supervisor
- Paper converting supervisor
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
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