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
Good
All of Québec
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.
-
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
Not available.
-
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
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS
in
techniques
de
transformation
des
matériaux
composites
Code : 241C0
Placement rate: 47.1%
52.9% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS
in
technologie
du
génie
industriel
Code : 235B0
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
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Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
Last update: July 4, 2022
