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Metal Products Manufacturing Supervisors

On this page

  • Job description
  • 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 who manufacture, assemble, and inspect metal parts (aircraft, bodies, auto parts, heating and air conditioning equipment, etc.).

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature
  • Equipment, machinery, tools
  • Odours
  • Hazardous workplaces
  • Noise
  • Fire, steam, hot surfaces

Main tasks

  • Supervise, coordinate, and plan the activities of personnel who manufacture, assemble, and inspect metal parts.
  • 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 machinery and equipment, as required.

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.
Minimum
$21.36
Median
$28.85
Maximum
$43.27

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.
12.9% Female
87.1% Male

Not available.
  • 12.9% Female
  • 87.1% 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

$73,000

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. Aerospace Products and Parts
    NAICS 3364
    46% of jobs
  2. Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
    NAICS 332
    20% of jobs
  3. Other Transportation Equipment
    NAICS 336 [excluding 3364]
    10% of jobs
  4. Machinery Manufacturing
    NAICS 333
    8% of jobs
  5. Computer, Electronic, Electrical Products
    NAICS 334, 335
    4% of jobs
  6. Others
    12% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Aerospace Products and Parts
    NAICS 3364
    46% of jobs
  2. Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
    NAICS 332
    20% of jobs
  3. Other Transportation Equipment
    NAICS 336 [excluding 3364]
    10% of jobs
  4. Machinery Manufacturing
    NAICS 333
    8% of jobs
  5. Computer, Electronic, Electrical Products
    NAICS 334, 335
    4% of jobs
  6. Others
    12% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Most training programs are offered in French only.

College

DCS in technologie du génie des matériaux composites This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 241C0

Placement rate: 47.1%

52.9% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
DCS in technologie du génie industriel This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 235B0

Placement rate: 47.2%

52.8% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation

Sometimes required

  • Several years of experience as an Assembler or Auditor, usually with the same company, are usually required.
  • Membership in the Ordre des technologues professionnels du Québec (OTPQ [Quebec Order of Professional Technologists]) is 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

  • Focussed on results
  • Knowledge of administration and management
  • Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
  • Capacity to adapt
  • Capacity to work in a team
  • Commitment
  • Respect standards and regulations
  • Availability
  • Open-mindedness
  • Knowledge of mechanics

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

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 9226 (92023)

Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing

Job titles

  • Metal buffing foreman
  • Engine assembly foreman (except aircraft)
  • Trailer assembly foreman
  • Painters foreman - metal products manufacturing
  • Aircraft assembly supervisor
  • Galvanizing foreman
  • Electroplating foreman
  • Farm machinery inspection forewoman
  • Engine testing foreman (except aircraft)
  • Metal products inspection and testing foreman
  • Aircraft assembly inspection foreman
  • Aircraft hydraulic equipment installation foreman
  • Engine guard assembly foreman/woman (except aircraft)
  • Aircraft assembly foreman
  • Hoisting-and-lifting equipment assembly foreman/woman
  • Motor home assembly foreman/woman
  • Power transmission assembly foreman/woman
  • Truck assembly foreman
  • House trailer assembly foreman
  • Industrial truck assembly foreman/woman
  • Ball and roller-bearings assembly foreman
  • Vending machine assembly foreman/woman
  • Aircraft fuselage assembly foreman/woman
  • Mobile home assembly foreman
  • Light agricultural machinery assembly foreman
  • Construction machinery assembly foreman
  • Light construction machinery assembly foreman
  • Light industrial, farm and construction machinery assembly foreman/woman
  • Mobile home assembly foreman/woman
  • Farm implements assembly foreman
  • Material-handling equipment assembly forewoman
  • Light material-handling equipment assembly foreman/woman
  • Printing equipment assembly foreman
  • Diesel engine assembly forewoman
  • Outboard motor assembly foreman
  • Rototiller assembly foreman/woman
  • Snowmobile assembly foreman
  • Small engine assembly forewoman
  • Truck trailer assembly forewoman
  • Spacecraft subassembly foreman
  • Snowblower tractor assembly foreman/woman
  • Garden tractor assembly foreman/woman
  • Tractor-trailer assembly forewoman
  • Tractor-trailer assembly foreman
  • Light agricultural and farm equipment assembly forewoman
  • Helicopter assembly foreman/woman
  • Metal buffing forewoman
  • Aircraft rigging foreman
  • Paint department forewoman - heavy truck, bus and trailer manufacturing
  • Paint department foreman/woman - machinery manufacturing
  • Paint department foreman/woman - heavy equipment manufacturing
  • Paint department foreman - railway rolling stock manufacturing
  • Paint department foreman - shipbuilding
  • Paint department foreman/woman - aircraft manufacturing
  • Paint department foreman/woman - transport equipment manufacturing (except motor vehicles)
  • Paint department forewoman - metal products manufacturing
  • Engine rebuilding shop foreman (except aircraft)
  • Transmission-rebuilding shop forewoman
  • Forge shop foreman/woman - metal products manufacturing
  • Forgers foreman - metal products manufacturing
  • Forging-machine operator foreman/woman
  • Aircraft parts etching foreman
  • Metal buffers foreman
  • Aircraft painter foreman/woman
  • Shipyard painter foreman
  • Forging-machine operator forewoman
  • Metalworking machine operators foreman/woman
  • Shipbuilding supervisor
  • Electroplating supervisor
  • Engine assembly supervisor (except aircraft)
  • Mobile home assembly supervisor
  • Snowmobile assembly supervisor
  • Small engine assembly supervisor
  • Truck trailer assembly supervisor
  • Tractor-trailer assembly supervisor
  • Helicopter assembly supervisor
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Skill type

Manufacturing and utilities

Related occupations

  • Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations
  • Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
  • Supervisors, electrical products manufacturing
  • Supervisors, motor vehicle assembling

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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