This unit group includes excavating, grading, paving, drilling and blasting contractors who own and operate their own business. This unit group also includes supervisors who 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), Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane) (7421), Longshore Workers (7451), Material Handlers (7452), Public Works Maintenance Equipment Operators (7422), Railway Track Maintenance Workers (7432) and Water Well Drillers (7373). They are employed in a wide range of establishments; places of employment are indicated in the above unit group descriptions.
Example Titles
- Excavating contractor
- Foreman/woman, demolition
- Foreman/woman, drilling and blasting –construction
- Foreman/woman, logging road construction
- Foreman/woman, railway gang
- Foreman/woman, railway track maintenance
- Paving contractor
- Pipeline construction supervisor
- Road maintenance foreman/woman
- Section foreman/woman, railway
- Supervisor, heavy equipment operators
- Supervisor, oil field construction
- Supervisor, water well drilling
- Track foreman/woman –railway
- 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
- Contractor, excavating
- Contractor, water well drilling
- Contractor, well digging
- Contractor, well drilling
- 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
- Foreman/woman, asphalt paving
- Foreman/woman, blasters –construction
- Foreman/woman, bridge construction
- Foreman/woman, building movers
- Foreman/woman, concrete paving
- Foreman/woman, crane crew
- Foreman/woman, demolition
- Foreman/woman, dredging equipment operators
- Foreman/woman, drilling and blasting –construction
- Foreman/woman, excavating equipment operators
- Foreman/woman, excavating, grading
- Foreman/woman, excavating, grading and paving
- Foreman/woman, freight terminal
- Foreman/woman, grading equipment operators
- Foreman/woman, heavy construction crew
- Foreman/woman, heavy construction labourers
- Foreman/woman, heavy-duty equipment operators
- Foreman/woman, highway construction
- Foreman/woman, house moving
- Foreman/woman, labourers and other elemental workers –construction
- Foreman/woman, loading and moving –construction
- Foreman/woman, logging road construction
- Foreman/woman, longshore workers
- Foreman/woman, longshoremen/women, stevedores and freight handlers
- Foreman/woman, oil field construction
- Foreman/woman, paving
- Foreman/woman, paving, surfacing
- Foreman/woman, pipeline construction
- Foreman/woman, railway gang
- Foreman/woman, railway maintenance-of-way
- Foreman/woman, railway track laying
- Foreman/woman, railway track maintenance
- Foreman/woman, road maintenance
- Foreman/woman, surface mine blasting
- Foreman/woman, tarmac paving
- Foreman/woman, water well drilling
- Foreman/woman, waterworks construction
- Foreman/woman, wrecking crew
- Freight handling foreman/woman
- Freight loading foreman/woman
- Freight terminal foreman/woman
- Gang foreman/woman –railway
- Gang foreman/woman, bridge and highway construction
- Gang foreman/woman, concrete laying
- Gang foreman/woman, construction
- 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
- Labour foreman/woman, excavating and grading
- Labour gang foreman/woman, asphalt paving
- Labour gang foreman/woman, concrete paving
- Labourers and other elemental workers foreman/woman –construction
- Loading and moving foreman/woman –construction
- Loading dock foreman/woman
- Logging road construction foreman/woman
- 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
- Railway construction and maintenance superintendent
- Railway gang foreman/woman
- Railway track laying foreman/woman
- Railway track maintenance foreman/woman
- Railway track section boss
- Railwaymen/women foreman/woman
- Road boss, highway and bridge maintenance
- Road boss, paving gang
- Road construction boss
- Road construction foreman/woman
- Road foreman/woman, airport runways
- Road gang foreman/woman
- Road maintenance foreman/woman
- Roadmaster –railway
- Runway paving foreman/woman
- Section boss, railway track
- Section foreman/woman, railway
- Sewer construction foreman/woman
- Sewer installation foreman/woman
- Shed foreman/woman –construction
- Site foreman/woman, construction
- Stevedores foreman/woman
- Stevedoring foreman/woman
- Storage foreman/woman
- Strip mine blasting foreman/woman
- Supervisor, heavy equipment operators
- Supervisor, oil field construction
- Supervisor, public works maintenance equipment operators
- Supervisor, water well drilling
- Supervisor, well digging
- Supervisor, well drilling
- Surface mine blasting foreman/woman
- Tarmac paving foreman/woman
- Track boss –railway
- Track foreman/woman –railway
- Track foreman/woman, streetcar
- 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
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 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.
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.