Metal Products Manufacturing Supervisors
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
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 12.9% Female
- 87.1% Male
- 12.9% Female
- 87.1% 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 336446% of jobs
-
NAICS 33220% of jobs
-
NAICS 336 [excluding 3364]10% of jobs
-
NAICS 3338% of jobs
-
NAICS 334, 3354% of jobs
-
Others12% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 336446% of jobs
-
NAICS 33220% of jobs
-
NAICS 336 [excluding 3364]10% of jobs
-
NAICS 3338% of jobs
-
NAICS 334, 3354% of jobs
-
Others12% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
College
DCS
in
techniques
de
transformation
des
matériaux
composites
Placement rate: 47.1%
52.9% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS
in
technologie
du
génie
industriel
Placement rate: 47.2%
52.8% of graduates pursue further studies
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
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
- 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.
Official name of the NOC 9226
Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing
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Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
Last update: July 4, 2022