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Mining Supervisors

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  • Job description
  • Advancement and mobility
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2021-2025
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals supervise and coordinate personnel working in the mining industry. They are employed in quarries and mineral and ore mines.

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature
  • Climatic conditions
  • Nontoxic dust
  • Uncontrolled ambient temperature
  • Hazardous workplaces
  • Noise

Main tasks

  • Supervise and coordinate personnel who extract minerals and ores.
  • Supervise and coordinate heavy equipment operators, drillers, and blasters.
  • Establish work methods to meet deadlines and coordinate work with other sections.
  • Order materials and supplies.
  • Resolve work problems and recommend actions to increase productivity.
  • Manage staff and ensure their training.
  • Ensure compliance with workplace safety standards.
  • Draft reports.

Advancement and mobility

  • There is mobility between different positions, especially for supervisors with post-secondary degrees.
  • Mobility between the open pit and underground mining sectors may be limited by differences in production techniques and licensing requirements.

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.
Minimum
$23.00
Median
$42.63
Maximum
$56.99

Job prospects for 2021-2025

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Job prospects for 2021-2025

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 2020

All of Québec

1,500

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
3.6% Female
96.4% Male

Not available.
  • 3.6% Female
  • 96.4% 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

$118,000

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. Mining and Oil and Gas Extraction
    NAICS 21
    93% of jobs
  2. Non-Metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
    NAICS 327
    1% of jobs
  3. Construction
    NAICS 23
    1% of jobs
  4. Plastics and Rubber Product Manufacturing
    NAICS 326
    1% of jobs
  5. Primary Metal Manufacturing
    NAICS 331
    1% of jobs
  6. Others
    3% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Mining and Oil and Gas Extraction
    NAICS 21
    93% of jobs
  2. Non-Metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
    NAICS 327
    1% of jobs
  3. Construction
    NAICS 23
    1% of jobs
  4. Plastics and Rubber Product Manufacturing
    NAICS 326
    1% of jobs
  5. Primary Metal Manufacturing
    NAICS 331
    1% of jobs
  6. Others
    3% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Most training programs are offered in French only.

College

DCS in technologie minérale This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 271A0
DCS in technologie minérale (Minéralurgie) This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 271AC

Placement rate: 71.4%

28.6% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
DCS in technologie minérale (Exploitation) This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 271AB

Placement rate: 78.6%

21.4% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
DCS in technologie minérale (Géologie) This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 271AA

Placement rate: 77.8%

22.2% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation

Sometimes required

  • Several years of experience in supervised positions are usually required.
  • Underground Mine Supervisor, Crew Chief, or Coal Mine Supervisor certificate may be required.

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
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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
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Knowledge and attributes

  • Leadership
  • Focussed on results
  • Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
  • Sense of responsibility
  • Capacity to influence and mobilize
  • Capacity to delegate
  • Commitment
  • Rigour
  • Respect standards and regulations
  • Sense of equity

Interests

  • Direct, organize, and manage
  • Draft, communicate, and inform
  • Develop and exploit natural resources

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

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 8221 (82020)

Supervisors, mining and quarrying

Job titles

  • Yard boss - mining and quarrying
  • General foreman/woman - mining
  • Senior foreman - mining
  • Quarry foreman
  • Mine supervisor
  • Drill fitter boss - mining
  • Face boss - underground mining
  • Level boss - underground mining
  • Supply boss - mining
  • Mine captain
  • Track layer boss - underground mining
  • Shift leader - mining and quarrying
  • Sand fill boss - underground mining
  • Junior foreman - mining
  • Production foreman - mining and quarrying
  • Salvage foreman - mining
  • Supply foreman - mining
  • Drill fitter foreman - mining
  • Blasters foreman - quarrying
  • Blasters foreman - surface mining
  • Blasters foreman - mining and quarrying
  • Stope foreman - mining
  • Motormen/women and dinkeymen/women foreman (except rail transport)
  • Dynamiters foreman/woman - quarrying
  • Surface forewoman - mining
  • Mine foreman
  • Surface mine foreman
  • Coal mine foreman
  • Underground mine foreman/woman
  • Shift foreman - mining and quarrying
  • Relieving surface foreman - mining
  • Shot foreman - mining and quarrying
  • Drilling foreman - mining and quarrying
  • Diamond drilling foreman
  • Fill foreman/woman - underground mining
  • Fire boss - mining
  • Quarry supervisor
  • Yard supervisor - mining and quarrying
  • Construction supervisor - underground mining and quarrying
  • Surface mine supervisor
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Skill type

Natural resources, agriculture and related production

Related occupations

  • Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and construction
  • Heavy equipment operators (except crane)
  • Managers in natural resources production and fishing
  • Mine labourers
  • Underground production and development miners

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi This hyperlink will open in a new window.

See also

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Last update: December 22, 2022

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