9217 – Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing
Supervisors in textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing supervise and co-ordinate the activities of workers engaged in textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing. They are employed by textile manufacturing companies, tanneries and other manufacturers of fabric, fur and leather products.
Profile
Index of titles
Example titles
Alterations supervisor – clothing manufacturing
Assemblers supervisor – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Beam department foreman/woman – hide and pelt processing
Bleaching foreman/woman – textiles
Boot and shoe foreman/woman
Bootmakers and shoemakers foreman/woman
Bootmakers foreman/woman
Canvas products manufacturing foreman/woman
Card room supervisor – textiles
Clothing manufacturing foreman/woman
Cutter supervisor – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Cutting department foreman/woman – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Cutting room foreman/woman – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Dress repairs foreman/woman – clothing manufacturing
Dressmakers supervisor
Dressmaking department foreman/woman
Dressmaking department supervisor
Dye department foreman/woman – textiles
Dye foreman/woman – textiles
Dye room foreman/woman – textile processing
Dye room supervisor
Dye room supervisor – textiles
Dye room supervisor – textiles processing
Dyehouse foreman/woman – hide and pelt processing
Dyehouse foreman/woman – textiles
Dyehouse supervisor – textile processing
Dyeing supervisor – textiles
Embroidery supervisor – fabric products
Fabric products embroidery supervisor
Fabric-cutting department foreman/woman
Felt hat finishing room foreman/woman
Finishing department foreman/woman – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Finishing department foreman/woman – textile processing
Finishing department supervisor – textile processing
Finishing supervisor – textiles
Footwear finishing foreman/woman
Footwear manufacturing foreman/woman
Foreman/woman – textile processing
Fur dressing foreman/woman
Fur dressing foreman/woman – hide and pelt processing
Fur dressing supervisor
Fur hatmaking department foreman/woman
Fur products manufacturing foreman/woman
Furriers foreman/woman
Furriers supervisor
Garment manufacturing foreman/woman
Glove makers foreman/woman
Glove manufacturing foreman/woman
Handbag manufacturing foreman/woman
Hat and cap makers foreman/woman
Hat dyer supervisor
Hat trimming department foreman/woman
Hide tanning supervisor
Hide-house foreman/woman – hide and pelt processing
Hosiery foreman/woman
Inspection foreman/woman – textile processing
Inspector, grader, sampler and tester foreman/woman – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Knitting foreman/woman
Knitting foreman/woman – textile processing
Knitting supervisor
Knitting supervisor – textile processing
Latex carpet-backing department foreman/woman
Layout and marking foreman/woman – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Leather finishing foreman/woman – hide and pelt processing
Leather products manufacturing foreman/woman
Leather products sample room foreman/woman
Luggage assembly foreman/woman – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Millinery foreman/woman – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Preparation department foreman/woman – textiles
Production foreman/woman – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Production foreman/woman – fur products manufacturing
Quality control foreman/woman – textiles
Quilting foreman/woman – textile processing
Sample room foreman/woman – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Sewing machine operator supervisor – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Sewing machine operators foreman/woman – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Sewing machine operators supervisor
Spinning room foreman/woman – textiles
Spinning supervisor – textiles
Spun yarn preparation foreman/woman
Spun yarn preparation supervisor – textile processing
Stitchers foreman/woman – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Stitching department foreman/woman – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Stitching department supervisor
Stitching department supervisor – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Suitmaking foreman/woman
Tannery foreman/woman
Tannery foreman/woman – hide and pelt processing
Tannery supervisor – hide and pelt processing
Tanyard foreman/woman – hide and pelt processing
Textile processing foreman/woman
Textile processing supervisor
Tufted-carpet weaver supervisor
Tufting supervisor – textiles
Twisting foreman/woman – textiles
Upholsterers foreman/woman – fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
Upholstery-cutting and sewing foreman/woman
Weave room foreman/woman – textile processing
Weave room supervisor
Weave room supervisor – textile processing
Weaving foreman/woman
Weaving inspector foreman/woman – textile processing
Weaving room supervisor – textile processing
Weaving room supervisor – textiles
Weaving supervisor
Wool sorter and grader foreman/woman – textile processing
Wool sorting and grading foreman/woman
Woven fabric inspection foreman/woman – textile processing
Yarn preparation supervisor – textiles
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of production workers who operate machines to process natural, synthetic and hybrid textile fibre, yarn and thread; bleach, dye and finish textiles; operate manufacturing machines to cut, stitch and produce fabric, fur or leather garments and other products; and inspect textile 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 textile technology or a related field may be required for some positions in this group.
Several years of experience as a worker in the unit group being supervised are usually required.
Experience may be required in a specific process, or with a specific product or type of equipment.
Additional information
There is some mobility among supervisory positions in this group.
Progression to managerial positions is possible with experience.
Exclusions
Machine operators and related workers in textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing (944)
Master dyers and textile colour technologists (in 2211 Chemical technologists and technicians)
Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and milliners (6342)
Technologists and technicians in textile manufacturing (in 2233 Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians)
Textile machinery mechanics (in 7311 Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics)