7302 – Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
Contractors and supervisors of heavy equipment operator crews supervise and co-ordinate the activities of workers classified in the following unit groups: Crane operators (7371), Drillers and blasters – surface mining, quarrying and construction (7372), Water well drillers (7373), Longshore workers (7451), Material handlers (7452), Heavy equipment operators (except crane) (7521), Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers (7522), Railway yard and track maintenance workers (7531), and Public works and maintenance labourers (7621). They are employed in a wide range of establishments; places of employment are indicated in the above unit group descriptions. Contractors may be self-employed.
Profile
Index of titles
Example titles
Airport road paving foreman/woman
Airport runways road foreman/woman
Asphalt paving foreman/woman
Asphalt paving labour gang foreman/woman
Blasters foreman/woman – construction
Bridge and highway construction gang foreman/woman
Bridge construction foreman/woman
Building mover contractor
Building movers foreman/woman
Building moving foreman/woman
Building wrecking contractor
Building wrecking foreman/woman
Cargo handling supervisor
Concrete paving foreman/woman
Concrete-laying gang foreman/woman
Concrete-paving labour gang foreman/woman
Construction gang foreman/woman
Construction site foreman/woman
Crane crew foreman/woman
Demolition contractor
Demolition foreman/woman
Ditching foreman/woman
Dock foreman/woman – marine cargo
Dredgemaster – construction
Dredging equipment operators foreman/woman
Dredging foreman/woman
Drilling and blasting foreman/woman – construction
Dynamiters foreman/woman – construction
Dynamiting foreman/woman – construction
Excavating and grading labour foreman/woman
Excavating contractor
Excavating equipment operators foreman/woman
Excavating, grading and paving foreman/woman
Excavating, grading and related work foreman/woman
Excavations superintendent
Excavator foreman/woman
Freight handling foreman/woman
Freight loading foreman/woman
Freight terminal foreman/woman
Gang foreman/woman – railway
General construction foreman/woman
General construction supervisor
Grading equipment operators foreman/woman
Heavy construction crew foreman/woman
Heavy construction labourers foreman/woman
Heavy equipment operators supervisor
Heavy-duty equipment operators foreman/woman
Highway and bridge maintenance road boss
Highway construction boss
Highway construction foreman/woman
Highway maintenance foreman/woman
House mover contractor
House moving foreman/woman
Labourers and other elemental workers foreman/woman – construction
Loading and moving foreman/woman – construction
Loading dock foreman/woman
Logging road construction foreman/woman
Logging road construction supervisor
Longshore worker superintendent
Longshore workers foreman/woman
Longshoremen/women, stevedores and freight handlers foreman/woman
Maintenance-of-way foreman/woman
Oil field construction foreman/woman
Oil field construction supervisor
Pavers and surfacers foreman/woman
Paving contractor
Paving foreman/woman
Paving gang road boss
Paving, surfacing and related work foreman/woman
Pier foreman/woman
Pipe laying contractor
Pipeline construction supervisor
Pipeline installation supervisor
Pipelines construction foreman/woman
Public works maintenance equipment operators supervisor
Public works road maintenance labourer supervisor
Railway construction and maintenance superintendent
Railway gang foreman/woman
Railway section foreman/woman
Railway track laying foreman/woman
Railway track maintenance foreman/woman
Railway track section boss
Railwaymen/women foreman/woman
Road construction boss
Road construction foreman/woman
Road gang foreman/woman
Road maintenance foreman/woman
Roadmaster – railway
Runway paving foreman/woman
Sewer construction foreman/woman
Sewer installation foreman/woman
Shed foreman/woman – construction
Stevedores foreman/woman
Stevedoring foreman/woman
Storage foreman/woman
Streetcar track foreman/woman
Strip mine blasting foreman/woman
Supervisor of public works road maintenance workers
Surface mine blasting foreman/woman
Tarmac paving foreman/woman
Track boss – railway
Track foreman/woman – railway
Water well drilling contractor
Water well drilling foreman/woman
Water well drilling supervisor
Waterworks construction foreman/woman
Well digging contractor
Well digging supervisor
Well drilling contractor
Well drilling supervisor
Wrecking crew foreman/woman
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of workers who operate cranes and construction, paving, drilling, railway maintenance and other similar heavy equipment
Establish methods to meet work schedules and co-ordinate work activities with other project supervisors or managers
Requisition materials and supplies
Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve productivity
Train or arrange for training of workers
Recommend personnel actions such as hirings and promotions
Prepare production and other 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 occupation supervised is required.
Journeyman/woman trade certification in a relevant trade may be required.
Additional information
There is some mobility between occupations classified in this unit group.
Exclusions
Supervisors of heavy equipment mechanics (in 7301 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades)
Supervisors of logging machinery operators (in 8211 Supervisors, logging and forestry)