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7202 – Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations
This unit group includes telecommunications and electrical trade contractors who own and operate their own businesses. This group also includes supervisors who supervise and co-ordinate the activities of workers classified in the following unit groups: Electricians (7241), Industrial Electricians (7242), Power System Electricians (7243), Electrical Power Line and Cable Workers (7244), Telecommunications Line and Cable Workers (7245), Telecommunications Installation and Repair Workers (7246) and Cable Television Service and Maintenance Technicians (7247). They are employed in a wide range of establishments; places of employment are indicated in the above unit group descriptions.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Cable installation and repair foreman/woman - telecommunications
- Cable installation contractor
- Cable installation foreman/woman
- Cable installation supervisor
- Cable installers and repairers foreman/woman - telecommunications
- Cable splicers foreman/woman - telecommunications
- Cable splicing foreman/woman - telecommunications
- Cable television system installers and repairers foreman/woman
- Cable workers front line supervisor
- Chief electrician
- Communications foreman/woman
- Construction electricians and repairers foreman/woman
- Construction electricians supervisor
- Contractor-electrician
- Contractor, electrical installation
- Contractor, electrical systems
- Contractor, electrical wiring installation
- Contractor, telecommunications
- Electric meter installers foreman/woman
- Electric meter installers supervisor
- Electrical appliances installation foreman/woman
- Electrical construction contractor
- Electrical construction foreman/woman
- Electrical contractor
- Electrical contractor, construction
- Electrical equipment installation and repair foreman/woman
- Electrical foreman/woman
- Electrical power inspector and tester supervisor
- Electrical supervisor - drilling rig
- Electrical systems contractor
- Electrical wiring inspector supervisor
- Electrical wiring installation contractor
- Electrician foreman/woman
- Electrician-contractor
- Electricians supervisor
- Emergency team foreman/woman - telecommunications
- Foreman/woman, cable installations
- Foreman/woman, cable splicers - telecommunications
- Foreman/woman, cable television system installers and repairers
- Foreman/woman, cablevision technicians
- Foreman/woman, construction electricians
- Foreman/woman, construction electricians and repair workers
- Foreman/woman, electrical appliances installations
- Foreman/woman, electrical construction
- Foreman/woman, electrical equipment installation and repair
- Foreman/woman, electricians
- Foreman/woman, industrial electricians
- Foreman/woman, installers and repairers - telecommunications
- Foreman/woman, line and cable installation
- Foreman/woman, line and cable installers
- Foreman/woman, line and cable repairers - power lines
- Foreman/woman, maintenance electricians
- Foreman/woman, marine electricians
- Foreman/woman, meter installers and repairers
- Foreman/woman, power line and cable workers
- Foreman/woman, power line repairers
- Foreman/woman, power line technician
- Foreman/woman, power system electricians
- Foreman/woman, signaling system installation
- Foreman/woman, telecommunication cable installation
- Foreman/woman, telecommunication installers and repairers
- Foreman/woman, telecommunication line installation, repair and testing
- Foreman/woman, telecommunication line installers
- Foreman/woman, telecommunication line installers, repairers and testers
- Foreman/woman, telecommunication line maintenance
- Foreman/woman, telecommunication line repairers
- Foreman/woman, telecommunication service
- Foreman/woman, telecommunications installation and repair workers
- Foreman/woman, telephone installation
- Foreman/woman, underground electrical conduits
- Front line supervisor - power line maintenance
- Front line supervisor, cable workers
- Head-office repair supervisor
- Industrial electricians foreman/woman
- Industrial electricians supervisor
- Installation foreman/woman - telecommunications
- Installers and repairers foreman/woman - telecommunications
- Line and cable contractor
- Line and cable installation and maintenance supervisor
- Line and cable installation foreman/woman
- Line and cable installers foreman/woman
- Line and cable workers supervisor
- Line foreman/woman - power lines
- Line foreman/woman - telecommunications
- Maintenance electricians foreman/woman
- Maintenance electricians supervisor
- Maintenance supervisor, telecommunication lines
- Marine electricians foreman/woman
- Meter installers and repairers foreman/woman
- Microwave system foreman/woman
- Power line maintenance workers front line supervisor
- Power line repair foreman/woman
- Power line repairers foreman/woman
- Power line service foreman/woman
- Power line technician foreman/woman
- Power linemen/women and cable installers supervisor
- Power system electricians supervisor
- Power systems electricians supervisor
- Repair foreman/woman, power lines
- Repair foreman/woman, telecommunication lines
- Service foreman/woman, power lines
- Service supervisor, telecommunication lines
- Signaling system installation foreman/woman
- Supervisor, cable installation
- Supervisor, cable maintenance and repair
- Supervisor, cablevision technicians
- Supervisor, construction electricians
- Supervisor, electrical installation
- Supervisor, electrical load testers
- Supervisor, electrical power inspectors and testers
- Supervisor, electrical wiring inspectors
- Supervisor, electricians
- Supervisor, factory electricians
- Supervisor, industrial electricians
- Supervisor, line and cable installation and maintenance
- Supervisor, line and cable workers
- Supervisor, maintenance electricians
- Supervisor, plant electricians
- Supervisor, power linemen/women and cable installers
- Supervisor, power system electricians
- Supervisor, power systems electricians
- Supervisor, residential electricians
- Supervisor, telecommunications
- Supervisor, telephone installation
- Telecommunication cable installation foreman/woman
- Telecommunication line installation, repair and testing foreman/woman
- Telecommunication line installation, repair and testing supervisor
- Telecommunication line installers foreman/woman
- Telecommunication line installers, repairers and testers foreman/woman
- Telecommunication line maintenance foreman/woman
- Telecommunication line maintenance supervisor
- Telecommunication line repairers foreman/woman
- Telecommunication line service supervisor
- Telecommunication service foreman/woman
- Telecommunication system installers and repairers foreman/woman
- Telecommunications contractor
- Telecommunications supervisor
- Telephone equipment installers foreman/woman
- Telephone installation foreman/woman
- Telephone installation supervisor
- Trouble foreman/woman - telecommunications
- Troubleshooter foreman/woman - telecommunications
- Underground electrical conduit foreman/woman
- Electrical contractor
- Foreman/woman, cablevision technicians
- Foreman/woman, construction electricians
- Foreman/woman, industrial electricians
- Foreman/woman, power line and cable workers
- Foreman/woman, power system electricians
- Foreman/woman, telecommunications installation and repair workers
- Supervisor, cable maintenance and repair
- Supervisor, plant electricians
- Supervisor, residential electricians
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Contractors and supervisors in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:
- Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of workers who install, repair and maintain electrical wiring, fixtures and control devices, power systems, telecommunication systems and cablevision systems
- Establish methods to meet work schedules and co-ordinate work activities with other departments or subcontractors
- Requisition materials and supplies
- Resolve work problems and recommend work measures to improve productivity
- Train or arrange for training of workers
- Recommend personnel actions such as hirings and promotions
- Ensure standards for safe working conditions are observed
- Prepare work progress reports
- May manage the operations of their own companies
- May also supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of related apprentices, helpers and labourers.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Several years of experience as a qualified tradesperson in a relevant trade are required.
- Journeyman/woman trade certification in a relevant trade is required.
Additional information
- There is some mobility between jobs within a specific trade; however, there is little or no intertrade mobility.
Exclusions
- Foreman/woman of electrical mechanics (in 7301 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 7 – Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
- Skill level
- B – Occupations usually require college education or apprenticeship training.
- Major group
- 72 – Industrial, electrical and construction trades
- Minor group
- 720 – Contractors and supervisors, industrial, electrical and construction trades and related workers
- Version
- NOC 2011 Version 1.0