Pipework Contractors and Supervisors
Job description
These individuals supervise and coordinate the activities of personnel who install, repair, and maintain piping systems (e.g. plumbers). They manage their own businesses.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
Main tasks
- Supervise, coordinate, and plan the activities of workers who install, repair, and maintain piping systems.
- 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.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2022-2026
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Job prospects for 2022-2026
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2021
All of Québec
1,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 10.7% Female
- 89.3% Male
Not available.
- 10.7% Female
- 89.3% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage
All of Québec
Not available.
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 2384% of jobs
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NAICS 413% of jobs
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NAICS 222% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 452% of jobs
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NAICS 912% of jobs
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Others7% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 2384% of jobs
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NAICS 413% of jobs
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NAICS 222% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 452% of jobs
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NAICS 912% of jobs
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Others7% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
Secondary
AVS in gestion d'une entreprise de la construction 
Code : 5309
Placement rate: 85.4%
5.4% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Several years of experience as a qualified machinist or tool and die maker.
- Journeyman's certificate as a machinist or tool and die maker.
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
- Autonomy
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Capacity to delegate
- Rigour
- Sense of initiative
- Sense of observation
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Make, build, install
- Self-employment
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.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
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 7203 (72012)
Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades
Job titles
- Pipefitters foreman/woman
- Plumber foreman/woman
- Plumbing contractor
- Pipefitting contractor
- Pipefitters supervisor
- Sprinkler fitters foreman
- Steamfitter foreman/woman
- Fire protection equipment installer forewoman
- Gas fitters foreman/woman
- Gas line fitters foreman/woman
- Sprinkler system installer foreman
- Gas service foreman/woman
- Pipefitters foreman
- Marine pipe fitters foreman/woman
- Marine pipefitters forewoman
- Sprinkler system installer foreman/woman
- Sprinkler systems contractor
- Plumbing and heating contractor
- Sprinkler system contractor
- Steamfitters supervisor
- Gas fitters supervisor
- Plumbers supervisor
- Sprinkler system installers supervisor
- Gas service supervisor
Skill type
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
Last update: April 28, 2023
