Construction Inspectors
Job description
These individuals inspect the construction and maintenance of buildings, bridges, roads, and factories. They ensure compliance with specifications and building codes. They ensure the safety of construction sites.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
- Hazardous workplaces
Main tasks
- Examine plans and layouts for new or renovated buildings.
- Inspect construction and engineering work to ensure compliance with plans, specifications, and building codes.
- Inspect various structures (electrical installations, plumbing, steel structures, concrete forms, etc.).
- Inspect sewer lines and pipelines.
- Inspect construction sites and ensure compliance with safety standards.
- Detect and note any defects that may affect safety.
- Inspect homes and provide reports on the physical condition of the property.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to management positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.- Minimum
- $23.00
- Median
- $31.00
- Maximum
- $42.00
Job prospects for 2021-2025
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Job prospects for 2021-2025
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 23.7% Female
- 76.3% Male
- 23.7% Female
- 76.3% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2015
All of Québec
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
-
NAICS 9140% of jobs
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NAICS 5413, 541423% of jobs
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NAICS 2314% of jobs
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NAICS 534% of jobs
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NAICS 223% of jobs
-
Others16% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 9140% of jobs
-
NAICS 5413, 541423% of jobs
-
NAICS 2314% of jobs
-
NAICS 534% of jobs
-
NAICS 223% of jobs
-
Others16% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
College
DCS in architectural Technology 
Placement rate: 51.9%
44.8% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS in building Systems Technology
Placement rate: 69.7%
27.6% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS in civil Engineering Technology
Placement rate: 38.8%
57.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Several years of related experience or as a skilled worker in one of the construction trades (plumbing, carpentry, electrical, etc.).
Sometimes required
- Certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Critical thought
- Oral expression
- Information processing
- Solving complex problems
- Quality control analysis
- Written expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Active learning
- Result evaluation
- System analysis
- Coordination
- Systems evaluation
- Time management
- Mathematics
Abilities
- Inductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Deductive reasoning
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Written expression
- Near vision
- Information organization
- Speech clarity
- Classification
- Perception speed
- Processing flexibility
- Visualization
- Speech recognition
- Distance vision
- Selective attention
- Mathematical reasoning
Knowledge and attributes
- Critical thinking
- Sense of responsibility
- Honesty
- Rigour
- Respect standards and regulations
- Knowledge of engineering and technology
- Sense of observation
- Commitment to quality
- Knowledge of public safety and security
- Knowledge of buildings and construction
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Watch, defend, and secure
- Work with numbers
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Note about CNP
Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.
Official name of the NOC 2264 (22233)
Construction inspectors
Job titles
- Construction field inspector
- Compliance inspector - buildings
- Maintenance inspector - construction
- Home inspector
- Road construction inspector
- Safety officer - construction
- Pipeline inspector foreman/woman
- Building construction inspector forewoman
- Pipeline construction inspector forewoman
- Highway construction inspector foreman/woman
- Sand and gravel inspector - construction
- Building inspector
- Reinforced concrete inspector
- Pre-stressed concrete inspector
- Electrical wiring inspector - construction
- Wiring inspector - domestic installation
- Wiring inspector - industrial installation
- Structural steel inspector
- Structural ironwork inspector
- Flood damage inspector - construction sites
- Electrical safety inspector
- Canada mortgage and housing corporation (cmhc) inspector
- Bridge inspector
- Bridge inspector - construction and maintenance
- Bridge and building inspector
- Soil inspector - construction
- Building inspector - structure
- Waterworks construction inspector
- Masonry inspector
- Boiler installation inspector
- Closed circuit tv sewer inspector
- Refinery equipment inspector
- Public works inspector - construction
- Electrical installation inspector
- Industrial electric installation inspector
- Building inspector - electrical wiring
- Construction inspector
- Dam construction inspector
- Building construction inspector
- Ditch construction inspector
- Mine construction inspector
- Pipeline construction inspector
- Tunnel construction inspector
- Sewer construction inspector
- Housing construction inspector
- Electrical inspector - construction
- Irrigation inspector - construction
- Carpentry inspector
- Housing rehabilitation inspector
- Road paving inspector
- Plumbing inspector
- Industrial construction safety inspector
- Building safety inspector
- Road grading inspector
- Construction inspector and tester
- Construction inspector supervisor
Skill type
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations
Last update: December 22, 2022
