72010 Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations

What this occupation covers

Contractors and supervisors in machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations supervise and coordinate the activities of workers classified in the following unit groups: Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors (72100), Tool and die makers (72101), Sheet metal workers (72102), Boilermakers (72103), Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters (72104), Ironworkers (72105), Welders and related machine operators (72106) and Machining tool operators (94106). They are employed by structural, platework and related metal products fabrication, manufacturing and erecting companies and machine shops. Contractors may be self-employed.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 12 main duties for this code.

• Supervise, coordinate and schedule the activities of workers who shape, form and join metal parts or products to specified dimensions, machine metal into parts, products, tools and dies or moulds with precise measurements and erect light and heavy metal products and structures
• Establish methods to meet work schedules and coordinate work activities with other departments
• 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 production and other reports
• Set up machines and equipment and write programs for computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools
• May manage the operations of their own companies
• May also supervise, coordinate and schedule the activities of related apprentices, machine operators, helpers and labourers
• Small businesses' contractors may execute tasks within their trade area of expertise, which is generally not the case for supervisors or contractors associated with a medium or large business.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 12 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 22302 Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians
• 92020 Supervisors, motor vehicle assembling
• 92023 Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing

Excluded from this code

• Computer numerically controlled coordinate measuring machine (CNC/CMM) programmer (See 22302 Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians)
• Computer-assisted design/computer-assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) programmer (See 22302 Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians)
• Supervisors, motor vehicle assembling (See 92020 Supervisors, motor vehicle assembling)
• Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing (See 92023 Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

automotive machine shop foreman/woman · blacksmith foreman/woman · blacksmith shop foreman/woman · boilermaker foreman/woman · boilermaker supervisor · boilermaker, plater and structural metal worker foreman/woman · boilermaking shop foreman/woman · construction ironwork contractor · coppersmith foreman/woman · electric welding pipe mill headwelder · ironwork contractor · ironwork supervisor · ironworkers foreman/woman · machine shop foreman/woman · machine shop inspectors foreman/woman · machine shop supervisor · machine tool grinding foreman/woman · machine tool operators foreman/woman · machining and tooling inspectors foreman/woman · machining foreman/woman · machining inspectors foreman/woman · machining supervisor · machining tool foreman/woman · machining tool operators foreman/woman

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Several years of experience as a qualified machinist or tool and die maker are required.
• Journeyman/woman trade certification in machining, tool and die making or in another related metalworking trade is required.