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NOC 2006 Version 1.0

0811 – Primary Production Managers (Except Agriculture)

This unit group includes managers who plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of establishments in the following primary industries: forestry and logging, mining and quarrying, oil and gas drilling, production and servicing operations, and commercial fishing.

Profile

Index of titles Example job titles

  • Director of mining
  • Director of mining operations
  • Forestry and logging manager
  • Logging production manager
  • Manager of mining operations
  • Manager, drilling operations
  • Manager, fishing operations
  • Manager, forestry and logging
  • Manager, forestry operations
  • Manager, gas field operations
  • Manager, logging production
  • Manager, mine
  • Manager, oil well drilling
  • Manager, oil well servicing
  • Manager, peat bog
  • Manager, production - coal mining
  • Manager, quarry
  • Manager, raw materials production
  • Manager, woodlands
  • Mine manager
  • Mine superintendent
  • Mining operations director
  • Mining operations manager
  • Oil and gas drilling superintendent
  • Oil and gas fields production manager
  • Oil well drilling manager
  • Peat bog manager
  • Production manager - coal mining
  • Production manager, oil and gas fields
  • Quarry manager
  • Quarrying manager
  • Quarrying operations manager
  • Raw materials production manager
  • Shore captain - fishing
  • Superintendent, mine
  • Superintendent, oil and gas drilling
  • Superintendent, underground mine
  • Superintendent, woods
  • Underground mine superintendent
  • Underground mining superintendent
  • Woodlands manager
  • Woods superintendent
  • Director of mining
  • Manager, drilling operations
  • Manager, fishing operations
  • Manager, forestry operations
  • Manager, gas field operations
  • Manager, oil well servicing
  • Mine manager
  • Quarry manager
  • Shore captain - fishing

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Primary production managers in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:
    • Oversee and analyze operations in forestry, logging, mining, quarrying, or oil and gas operations or in services to logging, mining and oil and gas industries, or in commercial fishing
    • Recommend operational changes to senior management when necessary to ensure that production quotas and procedures are met
    • Prepare production reports for review by senior management
    • Confer with other managers to set production quotas, to plan extraction sites and to develop policies for the removal of raw materials
    • Evaluate efficiency of production sites to determine adequacy of personnel, equipment and technologies used, and make changes to work schedule or equipment when necessary
    • Ensure adherence to safety regulations
    • Hire personnel and oversee training needs of staff
    • May direct peripheral activities such as the construction of access roads or temporary living quarters.

Employment requirements

  • Forestry managers usually require a bachelor's degree in forestry science or forest engineering.
  • Mining and quarrying managers usually require a bachelor's degree in mining engineering or earth sciences.
  • Oil and gas managers usually require a bachelor's degree in geology, earth sciences or petroleum engineering.
  • Several years of experience in a supervisory occupation in the particular industry are usually required and may substitute for formal education requirements.

Additional information

  • Progression to senior management positions in the respective industries is possible with experience.

Exclusions

  • Senior Managers - Goods Production, Utilities, Transportation and Construction (0016)
  • Directors of research in primary industry (in 0212 Architecture and Science Managers)
  • Farmers and Farm Managers (8251)
  • Fishing Masters and Officers (8261)
  • Supervisors, Logging and Forestry (8211)
  • Supervisors, Mining and Quarrying (8221)
  • Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service (8222)

Breakdown summary

Broad occupational category
0 – Management Occupations
Skill level
A – Occupations usually require university education.
Major group
08 – Middle and Other Management Occupations
Minor group
081 – Managers in Primary Production (Except Agriculture)
Version
NOC 2006 Version 1.0