Index
Intro
Supervisors in this unit group supervise and co-ordinate the activities of workers in the following unit groups: Shippers and Receivers (1521), Storekeepers and Partspersons (1522), Production Logistics Co-ordinators (1523), Purchasing and Inventory Control Workers (1524), Dispatchers (1525) and Transportation Route and Crew Schedulers (1526). They are employed throughout the private and public sectors.
Main Duties
Supervisors in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:
- Co-ordinate, assign and review the work of clerks engaged in the following duties: shipping, receiving, storing, distributing and maintaining inventories of materials, parts and products; processing purchasing transactions; co-ordinating production work; dispatching crews; scheduling transportation crews and routes; operating airport ramp servicing vehicles; and other related activities
- Plan, organize and oversee operational logistics of the organization, establish work schedules and procedures, resolve work-related issues, prepare and submit progress and other reports and co-ordinate activities with other supply-chain work units or departments
- Train workers in job duties, safety procedures and company policies
- Requisition supplies and materials
- Ensure smooth operation of computer systems, equipment and machinery and arrange for maintenance and repair work
- May perform the same duties as workers supervised.
Employment Requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Several years of experience in the occupation supervised are usually required.
All Titles
- 911 emergency centre operations officer
- aerodrome supervisor
- air transport operating staff supervisor
- air transport operations supervisor
- air transport operations support supervisor
- airline load control supervisor
- ammunition foreman/womanammunition foreman, ammunition forewoman
- avionics service supervisor
- co-ordinator, freight traffic
- crew schedulers supervisor
- crew schedules supervisor
- cross dock supervisor
- dispatch logistician
- dispatchers supervisor
- distribution and transport logistics technician
- distribution officer
- distribution supervisor
- explosives and ammunition magazine foreman/womanexplosives and ammunition magazine foreman, explosives and ammunition magazine forewoman
- explosives magazine foreman/womanexplosives magazine foreman, explosives magazine forewoman, magazine foreman, explosives, magazine forewoman, explosives
- export traffic supervisor
- flight crew scheduling supervisor
- flight crew supervisor
- freight forwarding logistician
- freight forwarding supervisor
- freight forwarding technician
- freight forwarding unit supervisor
- freight supervisor
- freight traffic co-ordinator
- freight traffic scheduling supervisor
- freight traffic supervisor
- guide-operator
- head dispatcher
- head shipper
- import traffic supervisor
- inventory clerks supervisor
- inventory control supervisor
- inventory management officer
- job order clerks supervisor – manufacturing
- load control supervisor
- logistical supervisor – traffic
- logistics supervisor
- logistics supervisor – transportation
- magazine foreman/woman, explosives
- manufacturing orders clerks supervisor
- material clerks supervisor
- material control co-ordinator
- ocean freight co-ordinator
- ocean freight technician
- parts clerks supervisor
- parts service supervisor
- parts shipping manager
- production clerks supervisor
- production planning clerks supervisor
- purchasing and inventory management co-ordinator
- purchasing clerks supervisor
- ramp services supervisor – airport
- receiving clerks supervisor
- receiving supervisor
- route planning supervisor
- scheduling clerks supervisor
- shipping and receiving supervisor
- shipping clerks supervisor
- shipping co-ordinator
- shipping supervisor
- stock clerks supervisor
- stock control supervisor
- supervisor, aerodrome
- supervisor, air transport operations
- supervisor, air transport operations support
- supervisor, airline load control
- supervisor, crew schedulers
- supervisor, crew schedules
- supervisor, dispatchers
- supervisor, distribution
- supervisor, export traffic
- supervisor, flight crew scheduling
- supervisor, freight
- supervisor, freight forwarding unit
- supervisor, freight traffic scheduling
- supervisor, import traffic
- supervisor, inventory clerks
- supervisor, job order clerks – manufacturing
- supervisor, load control
- supervisor, logistics
- supervisor, manufacturing order clerks
- supervisor, material clerks
- supervisor, parts clerks
- supervisor, parts service
- supervisor, production clerks
- supervisor, production planning clerks
- supervisor, purchasing clerks
- supervisor, ramp services – airport
- supervisor, receiving
- supervisor, receiving clerks
- supervisor, scheduling clerks
- supervisor, shipping
- supervisor, shipping and receiving
- supervisor, shipping clerks
- supervisor, stock clerks
- supervisor, tool keepers
- supervisor, traffic and distribution
- supervisor, transportation route schedulers
- supply and receiving supervisor
- supply chain supervisor
- supply control co-ordinator
- tool clerks foreman/womantool clerks foreman, tool clerks forewoman
- tool crib supervisor
- tool keepers supervisor
- traffic and distribution supervisor
- traffic control supervisor
- transport logistician
- transport logistics technician
- transportation co-ordinator
- transportation planning co-ordinator
- transportation route schedulers supervisor
- warehouse distribution supervisor
- warehouse foreman/womanwarehouse foreman, warehouse forewoman
- warehouse supervisor
Exclusions
- Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations (1214)