9226 – Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing

Supervisors in other mechanical and metal products manufacturing supervise and co-ordinate the activities of workers who fabricate, assemble and inspect mechanical and metal products, such as aircraft and aircraft parts, heavy trucks, buses, trailers, motor vehicle engines, transmissions, heating equipment, commercial refrigeration and similar metal products. They are employed by a wide variety of manufacturing companies.

Profile

Index of titles

Example titles

Agricultural equipment assembly foreman/woman

Aircraft assembly foreman/woman

Aircraft assembly inspection foreman/woman

Aircraft assembly supervisor

Aircraft fuselage assembly foreman/woman

Aircraft hydraulic equipment installation foreman/woman

Aircraft painter foreman/woman

Aircraft parts etching foreman/woman

Aircraft rigging foreman/woman

Ball and roller-bearings assembly foreman/woman

Construction machinery assembly foreman/woman

Diesel engine assembly foreman/woman

Electroplating foreman/woman

Electroplating supervisor

Engine accessories assembly foreman/woman (except aircraft)

Engine assembly foreman/woman (except aircraft)

Engine assembly supervisor (except aircraft)

Engine guard assembly foreman/woman (except aircraft)

Engine rebuilding shop foreman/woman (except aircraft)

Engine testing foreman/woman (except aircraft)

Farm implements assembly foreman/woman

Farm machinery inspection foreman/woman

Forge shop foreman/woman – metal products manufacturing

Forgers foreman/woman – metal products manufacturing

Forging-machine operator foreman/woman

Galvanizing foreman/woman

Garden tractor assembly foreman/woman

Helicopter assembly foreman/woman

Helicopter assembly supervisor

Hoisting-and-lifting equipment assembly foreman/woman

House trailer assembly foreman/woman

Industrial truck assembly foreman/woman

Light agricultural and farm equipment assembly foreman/woman

Light agricultural machinery assembly foreman/woman

Light construction machinery assembly foreman/woman

Light industrial, farm and construction machinery assembly foreman/woman

Light material-handling equipment assembly foreman/woman

Material-handling equipment assembly foreman/woman

Metal buffers foreman/woman

Metal buffing foreman/woman

Metal products inspection and testing foreman/woman

Metalworking machine operators foreman/woman

Mobile home assembly foreman/woman

Mobile home assembly supervisor

Motor home assembly foreman/woman

Outboard motor assembly foreman/woman

Paint department foreman/woman – aircraft manufacturing

Paint department foreman/woman – heavy equipment manufacturing

Paint department foreman/woman – heavy truck, bus and trailer manufacturing

Paint department foreman/woman – machinery manufacturing

Paint department foreman/woman – metal products manufacturing

Paint department foreman/woman – railway rolling stock manufacturing

Paint department foreman/woman – shipbuilding

Paint department foreman/woman – transport equipment manufacturing (except motor vehicles)

Painters foreman/woman – metal products manufacturing

Power transmission assembly foreman/woman

Printing equipment assembly foreman/woman

Rototiller assembly foreman/woman

Shipbuilding supervisor

Shipyard painter foreman/woman

Small engine assembly foreman/woman

Small engine assembly supervisor

Snowblower tractor assembly foreman/woman

Snowmobile assembly foreman/woman

Snowmobile assembly supervisor

Spacecraft subassembly foreman/woman

Tractor-trailer assembly foreman/woman

Tractor-trailer assembly supervisor

Trailer assembly foreman/woman

Transmission-rebuilding shop foreman/woman

Truck assembly foreman/woman

Truck trailer assembly foreman/woman

Truck trailer assembly supervisor

Vending machine assembly foreman/woman

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule activities of workers who assemble and inspect products such as aircraft, buses, heavy trucks, transmissions, automobile engines and refrigeration and heating equipment

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 may be required for some occupations in this group.

Several years of experience as an assembler or inspector in the same company are usually required.

Exclusions

Aircraft engine assembly and machine fitters’ supervisors (in 7301 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades)

Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations (7201)

Supervisors, electrical products manufacturing (9223)

Supervisors, motor vehicle assembling (9221)