72021 Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews

What this occupation covers

Contractors and supervisors of heavy equipment operator crews supervise and coordinate the activities of workers classified in the following unit groups: Crane operators (72500), Water well drillers (72501), Heavy equipment operators (73400), Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and construction (73402), Railway yard and track maintenance workers (74200), Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers (74205), Longshore workers (75100), Material handlers (75101), and Public works and maintenance labourers (75212). They are employed in a wide range of establishments; places of employment are indicated in the above unit group descriptions. Contractors may be self-employed.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 10 main duties for this code.

• Supervise, coordinate 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 coordinate 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, coordinate and schedule the activities of related apprentices, 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 10 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.

Same job title, a different TEER

These job titles are filed under 72021 and also under the code below, which sits at a different TEER level. TEER affects which immigration programs an application can use and how work experience is counted, so this is not a labelling detail.

Your job title does not decide your code. The duties your reference letter actually describes do — which is the one thing a search engine cannot check for you.

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.

• 72020 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
• 82010 Supervisors, logging and forestry

Excluded from this code

• Heavy equipment mechanics supervisor (See 72020 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades)
• Supervisors, logging and forestry (See 82010 Supervisors, logging and forestry)

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.

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 · crane crew foreman/woman · demolition contractor · demolition foreman/woman · ditching foreman/woman · dock foreman/woman - marine cargo · dredgemaster - construction

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.