Food and Beverage Processing Supervisors
Job description
These individuals supervise and coordinate food processing workers. They work in:
- Fruit, vegetable, meat, and fish processing plants
- Dairy manufacturing plants
- Mills
- Pastry shops
- Breweries
- Sugar refineries
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Odours
- Noise
Main tasks
- Supervise, coordinate, and plan the activities of food processing workers.
- 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.
- Identify, evaluate, and control production-related risks.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $21.14
- Median
- $27.00
- Maximum
- $40.00
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
5,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 28.3% Female
- 71.7% Male
Not available.
- 28.3% Female
- 71.7% 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
$64,500
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 311, 31273% of jobs
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NAICS 417% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11523% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 453% of jobs
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NAICS 722% of jobs
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Others12% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 311, 31273% of jobs
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NAICS 417% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11523% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 453% of jobs
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NAICS 722% of jobs
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Others12% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in technologie des procédés et de la qualité des aliments
Code : 154A0
Placement rate: 81%
16.7% of graduates pursue further studies
University
Food sciences and technology
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 58.1%
39.5% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 89.5%
5.3% of graduates pursue further studies
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
Also required
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Coordinators
- HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) certification.
- Several years of experience in quality control of food production.
Sometimes required
- Post-secondary training in microbiology or chemistry may be required.
- Several years of experience in the food, beverage, or related products processing industry may be required.
WAP
This occupation is targeted by a Workplace Apprenticeship Program
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Reading comprehension
- Coordination
- Human resource management
- Time management
- Critical thought
- Judgment and decision-making
- Information processing
- Result evaluation
- Social perception
- Written expression
- Persuasion
- Solving complex problems
- Quality control analysis
- Active learning
- Teaching
- Negotiation
- Learning strategies
- Monitoring operations
- Operation analysis
- Systems evaluation
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Deductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Written comprehension
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Inductive reasoning
- Written expression
- Classification
- Information organization
- Near vision
- Idea generation
- Originality
- Perception speed
- Distance vision
- Selective attention
- Time sharing
- Processing flexibility
- Hand-arm stability
Knowledge and attributes
- Leadership
- Focussed on results
- Knowledge of administration and management
- Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
- Sense of responsibility
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Commitment
- Tolerance to stress
- Knowledge of mechanics
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Make, build, install
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 92012
Supervisors, food and beverage processing
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Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
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