Mineral Processing Inspectors
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Job description
These individuals oversee the processing of metals and minerals. They monitor, sample, and test the raw materials and products obtained through processing.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Nontoxic dust
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
- Noise
- Fire, steam, hot surfaces
Main tasks
- Inspect products at various stages of processing to ensure compliance with standards.
- Classify and label raw materials or finished products according to classification standards.
- Take product samples for laboratory analysis.
- Determine the strength, density, durability, and compliance with product standards.
- Report problems or defects in products.
- Complete verification and test reports.
Advancement and mobility
- In the mining industry, this type of position is held by a Metallurgist (see Metallurgical and Materials Engineers, NOC 2142).
Hourly wage
Not available.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
700
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 24.5% Female
- 75.5% Male
Not available.
- 24.5% Female
- 75.5% 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
$61,200
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 33131% of jobs
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NAICS 32714% of jobs
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NAICS 33211% of jobs
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NAICS 5413, 54147% of jobs
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NAICS 3267% of jobs
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Others30% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 33131% of jobs
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NAICS 32714% of jobs
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NAICS 33211% of jobs
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NAICS 5413, 54147% of jobs
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NAICS 3267% of jobs
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Others30% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Sometimes required
- A secondary school diploma is usually required.
- Experience as an Industrial Machine and Process Operator in metal and mineral processing is usually required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Quality control analysis
- Active listening
- Information processing
- Reading comprehension
- Result evaluation
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
- Coordination
- Judgment and decision-making
- Monitoring operations
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Near vision
- Written comprehension
- Awareness of issues
- Processing flexibility
- Deductive reasoning
- Selective attention
- Classification
- Information organization
- Inductive reasoning
- Perception speed
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Distance vision
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Knowledge of mathematics
- Versatility
- Rigour
- Attention to detail
- Vitality
- Respect standards and regulations
- Sense of observation
- Tolerance to frequent temperature variations
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Develop and exploit natural resources
- Collect, verify, sort, and classify data or information
- Conduct tests and trials, control processes
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- 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.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 94104
Inspectors and testers, mineral and metal processing
Job titles
- Steel inspector - primary metal processing
- Ore sampler - mineral products processing
- Stone inspector - mineral products processing
- Quality assurance inspector - steel mill
- Stonework grader
- Tin plate inspector and grader
- Inspector - metal processing
- Inspector - primary metal and mineral products processing
- Sheet steel inspector
- Pottery and porcelain ware inspector
- Wire products inspector
- Asbestos shingle inspector
- Brick and tile inspector
- Coke inspector - primary metal processing
- Glass quality control inspector
- Ingots inspector - primary metal processing
- Monument inspector - mineral products processing
- Casting inspector
- Core inspector - foundry
- Plasterboard inspector - mineral products processing
- Laminated asbestos products inspector
- Concrete products inspector
- Steel sheet inspector
- Sheet and plate inspector - steel mill
- Glass inspector
- Salvage glass inspector
- Heat treating inspector
- Finishing inspector - primary metal and mineral products processing
- Coke sampler and tester - primary metal processing
- Sampler - primary metal and mineral products processing
- Molten metal sampler
- Mineral sampler
- Tester and inspector - primary metal and mineral products processing
- Wire tester and inspector - primary metal processing
- Steel tester
- Sample tester - primary metal and mineral products processing
- Ore sample tester - mineral products processing
- Glass container tester
- Fibreglass tester
- Concrete products tester
- Uranium ore evaluator
- Cement plant inspector
- Anode adjuster - primary metal processing
- Asbestos classifier
- Asbestos grader
- Brick grader
- Clay tile grader - mineral products processing
- Gravel grader - mineral products processing
- Abrasive and clay products grader
- Clay products grader
- Asbestos fibre inspector and tester
- Brick and tile tester
- Cell tester - primary metal processing
- Electrolytic cell tester - primary metal processing
- Furnace combustion tester - primary metal processing
- Iron pellet hardness tester - metal processing
- Hardness tester - primary metal processing
- Metal strength tester - primary metal processing
- Metal tensile strength tester - primary metal processing
- Abrasive wheel tester
- Castings tester - primary metal and mineral products processing
- Core tester - foundry
- Foundry sand tester
- Glass tester
- Metal processing inspector
- Physical tester - steel mill
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
Last update: January 29, 2026
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