Mining Supervisors
Job description
These individuals supervise and coordinate personnel working in the mining industry. They work in:
- Underground metalliferous mines
- Underground non-metalliferous mines
- Quarries
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
- Nontoxic dust
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
- Hazardous workplaces
- Noise
Main tasks
- Supervise and coordinate Heavy Equipment Operators, Drillers, and Blasters.
- Establish work methods to meet deadlines and coordinate work with other sections.
- Order materials and supplies.
- Resolve work-related problems and recommend measures to increase productivity.
- Manage staff and ensure their training.
- Ensure compliance with workplace safety standards.
- Draft reports.
Advancement and mobility
- There is mobility between different positions, especially for supervisors with post-secondary degrees.
- Mobility between the open pit and underground mining sectors may be limited by differences in production techniques and licensing requirements.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $27.50
- Median
- $50.00
- Maximum
- $69.93
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
1,500
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 5% Female
- 95% Male
Not available.
- 5% Female
- 95% 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
$134,000
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 2197% of jobs
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NAICS 232% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 561% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 561% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 561% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 2197% of jobs
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NAICS 232% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 561% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 561% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 561% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in technologie minérale (Minéralurgie)
Code : 271AC
Placement rate: 57.1%
28.6% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS in technologie minérale (Exploitation)
Code : 271AB
Placement rate: 95.5%
4.5% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS in technologie minérale (Géologie)
Code : 271AA
Placement rate: 56.3%
43.8% of graduates pursue further studies
Sometimes required
- Several years of experience in supervised positions usually required.
- Underground Mine Supervisor, Crew Chief, or Coal Mine Supervisor certificate may be required.
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
- Leadership
- Focussed on results
- Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Capacity to delegate
- Commitment
- Rigour
- Respect standards and regulations
- Sense of equity
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- 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 82020
Supervisors, mining and quarrying
Job titles
- Mine foreman/woman
- Quarry foreman/woman
- Yard boss - mining and quarrying
- General foreman/woman - mining
- Senior foreman/woman - mining
- Drill fitter boss - mining
- Shift boss - mining and quarrying
- Face boss - underground mining
- Level boss - underground mining
- Supply boss - mining
- Mine captain
- Track boss - underground mining
- Sand fill boss - underground mining
- Junior foreman/woman - mining
- Supply foreman/woman - mining
- Production foreman/woman - mining and quarrying
- Salvage foreman/woman - mining
- Drill fitter foreman/woman - mining
- Shift foreman/woman - mining and quarrying
- Blasters foreman/woman - quarrying
- Blasters foreman/woman - surface mining
- Blasters foreman/woman - mining and quarrying
- Stope foreman/woman - mining
- Motormen/women and dinkeymen/women foreman/woman (except rail transport)
- Dynamiters foreman/woman - quarrying
- Surface foreman/woman - mining
- Surface mine foreman/woman
- Coal mine foreman/woman
- Underground mine foreman/woman
- Relieving surface foreman/woman - mining
- Shot foreman/woman - mining and quarrying
- Drilling foreman/woman - mining and quarrying
- Diamond drilling foreman/woman
- Fill foreman/woman
- Fire boss - mining
- Quarry supervisor
- Yard supervisor - mining and quarrying
- Construction supervisor - underground mining and quarrying
- Mine supervisor
- Open pit mine supervisor
Skill type
Natural resources, agriculture and related production
Last update: January 29, 2026
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