8221 – Supervisors, mining and quarrying

Supervisors in mining and quarrying supervise and co-ordinate activities of workers engaged in underground and surface mining operations and quarries. They are employed by coal, metal and non-metallic mineral mines and quarries.

Profile

Index of titles

Example titles

Blasters foreman/woman – mining and quarrying

Blasters foreman/woman – quarrying

Blasters foreman/woman – surface mining

Coal mine foreman/woman

Construction supervisor – underground mining and quarrying

Diamond drilling foreman/woman

Drill fitter boss – mining

Drill fitter foreman/woman – mining

Drilling foreman/woman – mining and quarrying

Dynamiters foreman/woman – quarrying

Face boss – underground mining

Fill foreman/woman

Fill foreman/woman – underground mining

Fire boss – mining

General foreman/woman – mining

Junior foreman/woman – mining

Level boss – underground mining

Mine captain

Mine foreman/woman

Mine supervisor

Motormen/women and dinkeymen/women foreman/woman (except rail transport)

Open pit mine supervisor

Production foreman/woman – mining and quarrying

Quarry foreman/woman

Quarry supervisor

Relieving surface foreman/woman – mining

Salvage foreman/woman – mining

Sand fill boss – underground mining

Senior foreman/woman – mining

Shift boss – mining and quarrying

Shift foreman/woman – mining and quarrying

Shift leader – mining and quarrying

Shot foreman/woman – mining and quarrying

Stope foreman/woman – mining

Supply boss – mining

Supply foreman/woman – mining

Surface foreman/woman – mining

Surface mine foreman/woman

Surface mine supervisor

Track boss – underground mining

Track layer boss – underground mining

Underground mine foreman/woman

Yard boss – mining and quarrying

Yard supervisor – mining and quarrying

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of workers who extract coal, minerals and ore; operate underground conveyances; and perform other services in support of underground mining, or of heavy equipment operators, drillers, blasters and other workers in surface mining and quarrying

Establish methods to meet work schedules and confer with managerial and technical personnel, other departments and contractors to resolve problems and co-ordinate activities

Oversee the safety of the mining or quarrying operations

Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve productivity

Requisition materials and supplies

Train workers in job duties, safety procedures and company policies

Recommend personnel actions such as hirings and promotions

Prepare production and other reports.

Employment requirements

Completion of secondary school is required.

Completion of a college or university program in mining technology or engineering may be required for some positions in this group.

Several years of experience in the occupations supervised are usually required.

Provincial certification as an underground mine supervisor, shift boss, or coal mining supervisor may be required.

Additional information

There is mobility between employers, especially for supervisors with post-secondary diplomas or degrees.

Mobility between surface mining, underground mining, coal or metal mining sectors may be limited by differences in production technologies and licensing requirements.

Exclusions

Drillers and blasters – surface mining, quarrying and construction (7372)

Heavy equipment operators (except crane) (7521)

Mine labourers (8614)

Mine managers (in 0811 Managers in natural resources production and fishing)

Underground mine service and support workers (8411)

Underground production and development miners (8231)