7205 – Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers
Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers supervise and co-ordinate the activities of various tradespersons, installers, repairers and servicers classified in the following minor groups: Masonry and plastering trades (728), Other construction trades (729) and Other installers, repairers and servicers (744). They are employed by a wide range of establishments; places of employment are indicated in the unit group descriptions. Contractors may be self-employed. This unit group also includes prefabricated product installation and service contractors and proprietors of some repair and service establishments.
Profile
Index of titles
Example titles
- Asphalt roofers foreman/woman
- Asphalt roofing contractor
- Asphalt roofing foreman/woman
- Bicycle repair shop supervisor
- Boiler and pipe insulation specialists foreman/woman
- Boiler and pipe insulators foreman/woman
- Brick and stone masons foreman/woman
- Brick masonry contractor
- Bricklayer foreman/woman
- Bricklayer supervisor
- Bricklayer-contractor
- Bricklaying and masonry contractor
- Bricklaying contractor
- Bridge painters foreman/woman
- Building insulation material installation foreman/woman
- Building insulation specialists foreman/woman
- Building insulation supervisor
- Building insulators foreman/woman
- Building maintenance supervisor
- Camera repair shop supervisor
- Cement finisher foreman/woman
- Cement finishing contractor
- Cement smoother foreman/woman
- Concrete and cement finishers foreman/woman
- Concrete and cement finishing contractor
- Concrete finishers foreman/woman
- Concrete finishing foreman/woman
- Construction painters foreman/woman
- Construction painters supervisor
- Contractor-floor coverer
- Contractor-glazier
- Contractor-plasterer
- Contractor-roofer (except metal roofs)
- Customer service supervisor – housing construction
- Decorating contractor
- Decorating foreman/woman – construction
- Decorators foreman/woman
- Drywall application contractor
- Drywall applicators foreman/woman
- Drywall contractor
- Drywall installer supervisor
- Drywaller-contractor
- Eavestrough contractor
- Eavestrough installation contractor
- Exterminating service supervisor
- Fence contractor
- Fibre glass insulation specialists foreman/woman
- Fibre insulation foreman/woman
- Fibre insulators foreman/woman
- Fireproofing plasterer foreman/woman
- Fireproofing plastering foreman/woman
- Floor and wall covering installers foreman/woman
- Floor coverer-contractor
- Floor covering contractor
- Floor covering foreman/woman
- Floor covering supervisor
- Foam insulation foreman/woman
- Foam insulators foreman/woman
- Glass installation and repair contractor
- Glass installation foreman/woman
- Glass installers foreman/woman
- Glazier supervisor
- Glazier-contractor
- Glaziers foreman/woman
- Glazing contractor
- Glazing supervisor
- Greenhouse installers foreman/woman
- Hot water heater installation contractor
- Hothouse installers foreman/woman
- Insulating contractor
- Insulation contractor
- Insulation foreman/woman
- Insulation specialists foreman/woman
- Insulation supervisor
- Insulators foreman/woman
- Interlocking paving stone contractor
- Latherer supervisor
- Lathers foreman/woman
- Lathers supervisor
- Marble and terrazzo contractor-setter
- Marble and terrazzo setter-contractor
- Marble and terrazzo setting contractor
- Marble setters foreman/woman
- Marble setting foreman/woman
- Painter foreman/woman – construction
- Painters and decorators foreman/woman
- Painters and decorators supervisor
- Painting and wallpapering contractor
- Painting contractor
- Painting supervisor – construction
- Paperhangers foreman/woman
- Paperhanging contractor
- Paperhanging foreman/woman
- Pest control branch supervisor
- Pest control division supervisor
- Pest control supervisor
- Plasterer foreman/woman
- Plasterer-contractor
- Plastering and drywall application contractor
- Plastering and drywalling contractor
- Plastering contractor
- Plastering supervisor
- Pool and patio contractor
- Race track maintenance superintendent
- Refractory bricklayer foreman/woman
- Refrigeration and air conditioning equipment insulators foreman/woman
- Roof shinglers supervisor
- Roof shingling supervisor
- Roofer-contractor (except metal roofs)
- Roofers (except sheet metal roofs) foreman/woman
- Roofers and shinglers supervisor
- Roofers foreman/woman
- Roofing contractor
- Roofing contractor (except sheet metal roofs)
- Roofing supervisor
- Septic system contractor
- Shingle roofing contractor
- Siding contractor
- Stain glass installers foreman/woman
- Stained glass glaziers foreman/woman
- Stonemason foreman/woman
- Stonemasonry contractor
- Stucco plasterers foreman/woman
- Supervisor bricklaying
- Supervisor cement finishing
- Swimming pool contractor
- Swimming pool installation contractor
- Terrazzo finishing contractor
- Terrazzo polisher-contractor
- Terrazzo polishing contractor
- Terrazzo setters foreman/woman
- Tile and marble contractor
- Tile, terrazzo and marble setting contractor
- Tilesetters foreman/woman
- Tilesetters supervisor
- Tilesetting contractor
- Tilesetting supervisor
- Waterproofers foreman/woman
- Waterproofing foreman/woman
- Wood shingle roofers foreman/woman
- Wood shingle roofing contractor
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of construction workers engaged in bricklaying, roofing, cement finishing, tilesetting, plastering, drywall installation, glazing, insulating and painting, and workers who install and service prefabricated products in residential and commercial properties, as well as workers who repair a wide variety of products, such as musical instruments, sports equipment, vending machines, bicycles and cameras
- Establish methods to meet work schedules and co-ordinate work activities with other subcontractors
- Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
- Requisition materials and supplies
- Train workers in job duties, safety procedures and company policies
- Recommend personnel actions such as hirings and promotions
- Prepare work progress reports
- May manage the operations of own company
- May also supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of related apprentices, helpers and labourers.
Small businesses’ contractors may execute tasks within their trade area of expertise, which is generally not the case for supervisors or contractors associated with a medium or large business.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Several years of experience in the trade or in the work area supervised are usually required.
- Journeyman/woman trade certification may be required for some occupations in this unit group.
Additional information
- There is little or no mobility among supervisors in this unit group.
Exclusions
- Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades (7204)
- Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades (7203)
- Electrical contractors and supervisors of electricians (in 7202 Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations)
- Ironwork contractors and supervisors of ironworkers (in 7201 Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations)