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Administrative Support Staff Supervisors

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  • Job description
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2024-2028
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals supervise and coordinate the work performed by general office clerks. They also supervise office automation and desktop publishing clerks.

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature

Main tasks

  • Assign and review clerical work (word processing, record keeping, filing, data entry, etc.).
  • Establish work schedules and procedures.
  • Coordinate activities with other departments or divisions.
  • Solve work-related problems.
  • Draft and present reports.
  • Train staff on their duties, safety rules, and company policies.
  • Order supplies and equipment
  • Ensure office equipment and materials work properly and provide for their maintenance and repair as required.
  • Perform the same duties as supervised staff as required.

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.
Minimum
$19.73
Median
$33.65
Maximum
$48.08

Job prospects for 2024-2028

Les 2 champs de sélection ci-dessous vous permettent de comparer 2 régions. Les données des régions seront automatiquement mises à jour à la sélection. Par défaut, la province de Québec est sélectionnée pour la première région.

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

4,000

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
48.9% Female
51.1% Male

Not available.
  • 48.9% Female
  • 51.1% 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

$71,500

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • None

All of Québec

  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    21% of jobs
  2. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    13% of jobs
  3. Transportation and Warehousing
    NAICS 48, 49
    9% of jobs
  4. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    6% of jobs
  5. Wholesale Trade
    NAICS 41
    6% of jobs
  6. Others
    45% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    21% of jobs
  2. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    13% of jobs
  3. Transportation and Warehousing
    NAICS 48, 49
    9% of jobs
  4. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    6% of jobs
  5. Wholesale Trade
    NAICS 41
    6% of jobs
  6. Others
    45% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Most training programs are offered in French only.

College

DCS in office System Technology
Code : 412A0
DCS in office System Technology (Micropublishing and Hypermedia)
Code : 412AB

Placement rate: 61.8%

29.1% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
DCS in office System Technology (Office Work Coordination)
Code : 412AA

Placement rate: 89.6%

6.9% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation

Sometimes required

  • Experience in the supervised field is often required.
  • A Class 5 driver's licence may be required.

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Data collection
  • Information processing
  • Reading comprehension
  • Coordination
  • Active listening
  • Result evaluation
  • Oral expression
  • Social perception
  • Critical thought
  • Active learning
  • Teaching
  • Written expression
  • Human resource management
  • Time management
  • Judgment and decision-making
  • Negotiation
  • Service oriented
  • Persuasion
  • Learning strategies
  • Solving complex problems
  • Systems evaluation
  • System analysis
More Less skills

Abilities

  • Oral comprehension
  • Written comprehension
  • Verbal skills
  • Speech clarity
  • Written expression
  • Speech recognition
  • Awareness of issues
  • Information organization
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Near vision
  • Idea generation
  • Originality
  • Classification
  • Selective attention
More Less abilities

Knowledge and attributes

  • Diplomacy
  • Leadership
  • Focussed on results
  • Autonomy
  • Capacity to influence and mobilize
  • Capacity to adapt
  • Strategic sense
  • Rigour
  • Intermediate knowledge of the English language
  • Knowledge of office work

Interests

  • Direct, organize, and manage
  • Draft, communicate, and inform
  • Work in an office

Personality profiles (RIASEC)

Enterprising
People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Social
People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
Conventional
People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Additional information

Official name of the NOC 12010

Supervisors, general office and administrative support workers

Job titles

  • Records management supervisor
  • Data entry supervisor
  • Operations supervisor
  • Office clerks supervisor
  • Unit clerks supervisor
  • Word processing service coordinator
  • Attendance records supervisor
  • Nursing registry supervisor
  • Desktop publishing operators supervisor
  • Office machine operators supervisor
  • Office supervisor
  • Registry supervisor
  • Hospital admitting clerks supervisor
  • Data entry clerks supervisor
  • Filing clerks supervisor
  • Personnel clerks supervisor
  • Records clerks supervisor
  • Contract clerks supervisor
  • Price information clerks supervisor
  • General office clerks supervisor
  • Telephone system night supervisor
  • Clerical supervisor
  • Receptionists supervisor
  • Receptionists and hostesses supervisor
  • Telephone system supervisor
  • Registration unit supervisor
  • Filing service supervisor
  • Photocopy unit supervisor
  • Word processing unit supervisor
  • Electronic data-processing (edp) unit - supervisor
  • Records office supervisor
  • Office services supervisor
  • Switchboard operators supervisor
  • Desktop publishing system supervisor
  • Telephone operators supervisor
  • Data control supervisor
  • Desktop publishing supervisor
  • Records management services supervisor
  • Administrative clerks supervisor
  • Telephone service supervisor
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Skill type

Business, finance and administration

Related occupations

  • Administrative officers
  • Supervisors, finance and insurance office workers
  • Supervisors, library, correspondence and related information workers
  • Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations
  • Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi

Last update: January 29, 2026

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