9214 – Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing
Supervisors in plastic and rubber products manufacturing supervise and co-ordinate the activities of workers who operate processing machines and who fabricate, assemble and inspect rubber or plastic products. They are employed by rubber and plastic products manufacturing companies and in plastic parts divisions of other manufacturing companies.
Profile
Index of titles
Example titles
Assemblers foreman/woman – rubber and plastic manufacturing
Assemblers supervisor – rubber and plastic products manufacturing
Automobile tire builders foreman/woman
Belt building foreman/woman – rubber and plastic manufacturing
Blow moulding foreman/woman – rubber and plastic manufacturing
Calendering foreman/woman – rubber and plastic manufacturing
Compounding foreman/woman – rubber and plastic manufacturing
Compression moulding foreman/woman – rubber and products manufacturing
Conveyor belt foreman/woman – rubber manufacturing
Curing foreman/woman – rubber manufacturing
Curing supervisor – rubber products manufacturing
Extruding supervisor – rubber and plastic products manufacturing
Extrusion foreman/woman – rubber and plastic manufacturing
Extrusion supervisor – rubber and plastic products manufacturing
Fibreglass plastics foreman/woman
Fibreglass plastics processing supervisor
Finishing and trimming foreman/woman – rubber and plastic manufacturing
Finishing and trimming supervisor – rubber and plastic products manufacturing
Finishing foreman/woman – plastic manufacturing
Finishing foreman/woman – rubber manufacturing
Finishing supervisor – plastic products manufacturing
Finishing supervisor – rubber products manufacturing
Foam products inspection foreman/woman – rubber manufacturing
Foam products inspection supervisor – rubber products manufacturing
Footwear inspection foreman/woman – rubber manufacturing
Footwear inspection supervisor – rubber products manufacturing
Hose building foreman/woman – rubber manufacturing
Hose building supervisor – rubber products manufacturing
Injection moulding foreman/woman – rubber and plastic manufacturing
Injection moulding supervisor – plastic products manufacturing
Inner tube building foreman/woman
Inner tube building supervisor
Matting inspection foreman/woman – rubber manufacturing
Matting inspection supervisor – rubber products manufacturing
Millroom foreman/woman – rubber products manufacturing
Millroom supervisor – rubber products manufacturing
Mixing foreman/woman – rubber and plastic manufacturing
Mixing supervisor – rubber and plastic products manufacturing
Moulded footwear inspection supervisor – rubber and plastic products manufacturing
Moulded rubber footwear foreman/woman
Moulding foreman/woman – rubber and plastic manufacturing
Moulding supervisor – rubber and plastic products manufacturing
Paint department foreman/woman – plastic products
Paint department foreman/woman – rubber products
Paint department supervisor – plastic products manufacturing
Paint department supervisor – rubber products manufacturing
Plastic inspector foreman/woman
Plastic products inspection supervisor
Plastic products inspectors supervisor
Plastic products manufacturing foreman/woman
Plastic products manufacturing supervisor
Plastics shop foreman/woman
Plastics-processing shop foreman/woman
Plastics-processing shop supervisor
Quality control supervisor – rubber and plastic products manufacturing
Retread tire inspection foreman/woman
Retread tire inspection supervisor – rubber products manufacturing
Roll building foreman/woman – rubber manufacturing
Roll building supervisor – rubber products manufacturing
Rubber footwear moulding supervisor
Rubber fuel tank foreman/woman
Rubber gasket making foreman/woman
Rubber goods dipping foreman/woman
Rubber goods dipping supervisor
Rubber hose building supervisor
Rubber hose foreman/woman
Rubber hose inspection and testing foreman/woman
Rubber products inspection supervisor
Rubber products inspector foreman/woman
Rubber products inspectors supervisor
Rubber products manufacturing foreman/woman
Rubber products manufacturing supervisor
Sampling supervisor – rubber and plastic products manufacturing
Snowtrack foreman/woman – rubber manufacturing
Spray chamber supervisor – rubber and plastic products manufacturing
Stock preparation foreman/woman – rubber manufacturing
Thermoforming foreman/woman – plastic manufacturing
Thermoforming supervisor – plastic products manufacturing
Tire building foreman/woman
Tire building supervisor
Tire finishing foreman/woman
Tire finishing supervisor
Tire inspection foreman/woman
Tire inspection supervisor
Tire retread foreman/woman
Tire retreading supervisor
Tire stock preparation foreman/woman
Tire stock preparation supervisor
Tire tube building supervisor
V-belt building supervisor – rubber products manufacturing
V-belt foreman/woman – rubber manufacturing
Vulcanization supervisor – rubber products manufacturing
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of production workers who operate processing machines and who fabricate, assemble, finish or inspect plastic or rubber parts and 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 policies
Recommend personnel actions such as hirings and promotions
Prepare production and other reports
May set up machines and equipment.
Employment requirements
Completion of secondary school is usually required.
Post-secondary education in sciences or plastics technology may be required for some positions in this group.
Several years of experience as a machine operator or an assembler in rubber or plastic products manufacturing is usually required.
Exclusions
Labourers in rubber and plastic products manufacturing (9615)
Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors (9535)
Plastics processing machine operators (9422)
Rubber processing machine operators and related workers (9423)