9213 – Supervisors, food and beverage processing

Supervisors in food and beverage processing supervise and co-ordinate the activities of workers who operate processing and packaging machines, and workers who grade food and beverage products. They are employed in fruit and vegetable processing plants, dairies, flour mills, bakeries, sugar refineries, fish plants, meat plants, breweries and other food and beverage processing establishments.

Profile

Index of titles

Example titles

Abattoir foreman/woman

Abattoir supervisor

Bakery foreman/woman – food and beverage processing

Bakery plant supervisor

Baking and confectionery making foreman/woman

Baking foreman/woman – food and beverage processing

Beef boning and cutting foreman/woman

Beef dressing foreman/woman

Boiling house foreman/woman – food and beverage processing

Bottling foreman/woman

Bottling foreman/woman – food and beverage processing

Bottling supervisor – food and beverage processing

Brewer supervisor

Brewery supervisor

Cannabis processing supervisor

Cannery foreman/woman – food processing

Cellar master

Char house foreman/woman – food and beverage processing

Chocolate candy processing foreman/woman

Chocolate factory foreman/woman

Chocolate refining foreman/woman

Cigarette grader foreman/woman

Cigarette inspector foreman/woman

Coffee roasting foreman/woman

Confectionery foreman/woman

Curing room foreman/woman – tobacco processing

Dairy plant foreman/woman

Dairy products processing foreman/woman

Distillery foreman/woman

Dry-starch foreman/woman – food processing

Feed milling foreman/woman

Fish canning, curing and packing workers foreman/woman

Fish curing and canning foreman/woman

Fish freezing foreman/woman

Fish freezing supervisor

Fish preparation foreman/woman

Fish processing supervisor

Fish reduction foreman/woman

Fish-freezing and storage foreman/woman

Flour mill foreman/woman

Flour milling team supervisor

Flour-and-grain mill foreman/woman

Food and beverage processing foreman/woman

Food and beverage processing supervisor

Food product grader supervisor

Food product testers supervisor

Food testing foreman/woman – food and beverage processing

Food testing supervisor

Fruit grading foreman/woman

Fruit-and-vegetable canning, preserving and packing workers foreman/woman

Grain-milling team supervisor

Ham curing foreman/woman

Hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) co-ordinator

Hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) co-ordinator – food processing

Head miller – feed-and-flour mill

Head mixer – bakery

Hide curing foreman/woman – food and beverage processing

Ice cream making foreman/woman

Ice cream processing assistant supervisor

Jam and jelly processing foreman/woman

Meat cutting plant foreman/woman

Meat packing supervisor

Milk processing foreman/woman

Milk processing plant foreman/woman

Packaging supervisor – food and beverage processing

Pan house foreman/woman – food and beverage processing

Poultry eviscerating foreman/woman

Poultry graders foreman/woman

Poultry graders supervisor

Poultry preparers foreman/woman

Production supervisor – cannabis processing

Production supervisor – food and beverage processing

Rendering plant worker foreman/woman

Rendering plant workers foreman/woman – meat packing

Slaughterhouse foreman/woman

Slaughterhouse supervisor

Slaughtering and meat packing workers foreman/woman

Sugar filter house foreman/woman

Sugar processing workers foreman/woman

Sugar refining foreman/woman

Supervisor – meat packing

Supervisor – vegetable packing

Tea blending plant foreman/woman

Testing and grading foreman/woman – food, beverage and tobacco processing

Testing, grading and sampling foreman/woman – food and beverage processing

Threshing department foreman/woman – tobacco processing

Tipping department foreman/woman – tobacco processing

Tobacco curing room foreman/woman

Tobacco processing foreman/woman

Tobacco processing supervisor

Tobacco-processing machine operator supervisor

Tobacco-processing workers foreman/woman

Tobacco-stemming room foreman/woman

Vegetable canning supervisor

Vegetable packing supervisor

Wash house foreman/woman – food and beverage processing

Wet-starch foreman/woman – food and beverage processing

Winery cellar master

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of workers who process, package, test and grade food and beverage products

Establish methods to meet work schedules and co-ordinate work activities with other departments

Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality

Requisition materials and supplies

Train staff in job duties, safety procedures and company policy

Recommend personnel actions such as hirings and promotions

Prepare production and other reports.

Hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) co-ordinators identify, evaluate, control and prevent hazards at all stages of the food production process.

Employment requirements

Completion of secondary school is usually required.

Post-secondary education in microbiology or chemistry may be required for some positions in this group.

Several years of experience in the food or beverage processing industry are required.

Hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) co-ordinators require HACCP certification and several years of experience in quality assurance of food production.

Exclusions

Managers of food and beverage processing (in 0911 Manufacturing managers)

Supervisors of meat and fish inspectors (in 2222 Agricultural and fish products inspectors)

Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing (9461)

Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers (9462)

Fish and seafood plant workers (9463)

Testers and graders, food and beverage processing (9465)