Printing Production Supervisors
Job description
These individuals supervise and coordinate the activities of the printing production staff (press, binding, finishing, etc.).
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Hazardous chemical
Main tasks
- Supervise, coordinate, and plan printing staff activities.
- Establish work methods to meet deadlines and coordinate work with other sections.
- Order materials and supplies.
- Solve work-related and technical problems and recommend measures to increase productivity.
- Manage staff and ensure their training.
- Ensure compliance with workplace safety standards.
- Drafts reports.
- Verify and approve proofs to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Adjust machinery or equipment as required.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to management positions.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2021-2025
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Job prospects for 2021-2025
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2020
All of Québec
1,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 41.1% Female
- 58.9% Male
Not available.
- 41.1% Female
- 58.9% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2015
All of Québec
$52,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 32384% of jobs
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NAICS 3223% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 563% of jobs
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NAICS 513% of jobs
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NAICS 5418, 54192% of jobs
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Others5% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 32384% of jobs
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NAICS 3223% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 563% of jobs
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NAICS 513% of jobs
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NAICS 5418, 54192% of jobs
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Others5% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in gestion de projet en communications graphiques 
Code : 581C0
Placement rate: 100%
Sometimes required
- A college diploma in Graphic Arts Technology may be required.
- Several years of supervisory experience are usually required.
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
- Capacity to develop and maintain business relations
- Leadership
- Knowledge of administration and management
- Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
- Autonomy
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Capacity to work in a team
- Strategic sense
- Sense of equity
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.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- 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 7303 (72022)
Supervisors, printing and related occupations
Job titles
- Composing foreman/woman - printing
- Hot composition foreman/woman - printing
- Mechanical composition foreman/woman - printing
- Finishing foreman - printing
- Engraving foreman (except photoengraving) - printing
- Offset lithography foreman - printing
- Offset press foreman - printing
- Rotogravure foreman
- Letterpress foreman - printing
- Opticopy and stripping foreman/woman - printing
- Film processing foreman
- Photographic and film processing foreman
- Photographic processing and finishing foreman
- Film printing foreman/woman
- Bindery foreman - printing
- Letterpress room foreman/woman
- Pressroom foreman - printing
- Printing shop foreman
- Typesetters foreman/woman - printing
- Rotogravure pressmen/women foreman/woman - printing
- Gravure press operators foreman/woman
- Offset press operators foreman - printing
- Film processors foreman
- Engravers foreman (except photoengravers) - printing
- Photographic lab foreman/woman
- Photoengravers foreman
- Binders foreman/woman - printing
- Stereotypists and electroplaters foreman
- Film printers foreman
- Gravure printers foreman/woman
- Printers foreman/woman
- Platemakers supervisor
- Typesetters supervisor - printing
- Hand compositors supervisor
- Printing press operators supervisor
- Film developers supervisor
- Photocomposers supervisor
- Film processors supervisor
- Photographic processors supervisor
- Binders supervisor - printing
- Bindery workers supervisor - printing
- Typographers supervisor
- Printers supervisor
- Photocomposer operators supervisor
- Prepress workers supervisor
- Press supervisor - printing
- Composing room supervisor - printing
- Bindery supervisor - printing
- Pressroom supervisor - printing
- Finishing supervisor - printing
- Production supervisor - printing
- Preparatory supervisor - printing
- Plateroom supervisor - printing
- Platemaking supervisor - printing
- Film processing supervisor
- Photographic and film processing supervisor
- Film printing supervisor
- Printing supervisor
Skill type
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
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Last update: December 22, 2022
