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Electronics and Electrical Appliance Manufacturing 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 personnel who manufacture electronic parts, components, and systems. They also supervise and coordinate personnel who manufacture electrical appliances (electrical components, household appliances, motors, industrial equipment, etc.). They work for electrical appliance and electronics manufacturers.

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature

Main tasks

  • Supervise, assign, and coordinate the activities of labourers who manufacture electronic parts, components, and systems. *Supervise, coordinate, and plan the activities of personnel who manufacture electrical appliances.
  • 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.
  • Adjust machines and equipment, as required.

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

450

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
24.7% Female
75.3% Male

Not available.
  • 24.7% Female
  • 75.3% 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

$63,200

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.
  1. Computer, Electronic, Electrical Products
    NAICS 334, 335
    59% of jobs
  2. Machinery Manufacturing
    NAICS 333
    11% of jobs
  3. Wholesale Trade
    NAICS 41
    10% of jobs
  4. Business, building and other support services
    NAICS 55, 56
    5% of jobs
  5. Other Transportation Equipment
    NAICS 336 [excluding 3364]
    4% of jobs
  6. Others
    11% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Computer, Electronic, Electrical Products
    NAICS 334, 335
    59% of jobs
  2. Machinery Manufacturing
    NAICS 333
    11% of jobs
  3. Wholesale Trade
    NAICS 41
    10% of jobs
  4. Business, building and other support services
    NAICS 55, 56
    5% of jobs
  5. Other Transportation Equipment
    NAICS 336 [excluding 3364]
    4% of jobs
  6. Others
    11% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Most training programs are offered in French only.

College

DCS in electrotechnology
Code : 243B0
DCS in technologie du génie industriel
Code : 235B0

Placement rate: 41.3%

58.7% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation

Also required

Electrical Appliance Manufacturing Supervisors

  • Several years of experience as an assembler, tester, or team leader required.

Sometimes required

Electronics Manufacturing Supervisors

  • Several years of experience as an electronics assembler, fitter, controller, or tester are usually required.

Electrical Appliance Manufacturing Supervisors *Post-secondary education in electrical or manufacturing technology or in a related discipline may be required. *Membership in the Ordre des technologues professionnels du Québec (OTPQ [Quebec Order of Professional Technologists]) may be considered an asset.

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
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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
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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

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.
Additional information

Official name of the NOC 92021

Supervisors, electronics and electrical products manufacturing

Job titles

  • Supervisor - electronic equipment manufacturing
  • Electrical appliance manufacturing supervisor
  • Electrical appliance assemblers supervisor
  • Electronic equipment fabricating and assembling workers foreman/woman
  • Inspectors and testers foreman/woman - electronic equipment fabrication, assembly, installation and repair
  • Foreman/woman - electronic equipment manufacturing
  • Electric motor testing foreman/woman
  • Electronic inspection foreman/woman - electronics manufacturing
  • Electrical equipment manufacturing foreman/woman
  • Electric cable manufacturing foreman/woman
  • Printed circuit board (pcb) fabrication foreman/woman - electronic equipment manufacturing
  • Crystal processing foreman/woman - electronics manufacturing
  • Electronics manufacturing foreman/woman
  • Electronic equipment fabricating and assembling foreman/woman
  • Production foreman/woman - electronics manufacturing
  • Coil winding foreman/woman - electronics manufacturing
  • Electrical switchgear assembly foreman/woman
  • Electrical appliance assembly foreman/woman
  • Business and commercial machines assembly foreman/woman
  • Communications equipment assembly foreman/woman - electronics manufacturing
  • Electrical motor assembly foreman/woman
  • Electric motor and generator assembly foreman/woman
  • Electrical dry cell assembly foreman/woman
  • Semiconductor assembly foreman/woman
  • Electrical transformer assembly foreman/woman
  • Electronic assembly foreman/woman
  • Assembly and test foreman/woman - electronics manufacturing
  • Final assembly and testing foreman/woman - electronic equipment manufacturing
  • Testing foreman/woman - electronic equipment manufacturing
  • Systems test foreman/woman - electronic equipment manufacturing
  • Dry cell assemblers supervisors
  • Communications equipment testing supervisor - electronics manufacturing
  • Printed circuit board (pcb) fabrication supervisor - electronic equipment manufacturing
  • Integrated circuit (ic) fabrication supervisor - electronic equipment manufacturing
  • Electronics manufacturing supervisor
  • Integrated-circuit-board fabrication supervisor - electronic equipment manufacturing
  • Electronic equipment fabricating and assembling supervisor
  • Production supervisor - electronics manufacturing
  • Test supervisor - electronic equipment manufacturing
  • Communications equipment testing supervisor - electronic equipment manufacturing
  • Systems testing supervisor - electronic equipment manufacturing
  • Assembly and test electronic equipment manufacturing supervisor
  • Electrical appliance assembly supervisor
  • Business and commercial machine assembly supervisor
  • Communications equipment assembly supervisor - electronic equipment manufacturing
  • Electronic assembly supervisor
  • Assembly and test supervisor - electronics manufacturing
  • Final assembly and testing supervisor - electronic equipment manufacturing
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Skill type

Manufacturing and utilities

Related occupations

  • Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment)
  • Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi

See also

Non traditional

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Last update: January 29, 2026

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