92012 Supervisors, food and beverage processing

What this occupation covers

Supervisors in food and beverage processing supervise and coordinate the activities of workers who operate processing and packaging machines, and workers who grade food and beverage products. They are employed in fruit and vegetable processing plants, dairies, flour mills, bakeries, sugar refineries, fish plants, meat plants, breweries and other food and beverage processing establishments.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 8 main duties for this code.

• Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of workers who process, package, test and grade food and beverage products
• Establish methods to meet work schedules and co-ordinate work activities with other departments
• Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
• Requisition materials and supplies
• Train staff in job duties, safety procedures and company policy
• Recommend personnel actions such as hirings and promotions
• Prepare production and other reports.
• Hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) co-ordinators identify, evaluate, control and prevent hazards at all stages of the food production process.

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 8 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.

• 94142 Fish and seafood plant workers
• 22111 Agricultural and fish products inspectors
• 90010 Manufacturing managers
• 94141 Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
• 94140 Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing
• 94143 Testers and graders, food and beverage processing

Excluded from this code

• Fish and seafood plant workers (See 94142 Fish and seafood plant workers)
• Fish products inspection supervisor (See 22111 Agricultural and fish products inspectors)
• Food-processing plant manager (See 90010 Manufacturing managers)
• Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers (See 94141 Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers)
• Meat inspection supervisor (See 22111 Agricultural and fish products inspectors)
• Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing (See 94140 Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing)
• Testers and graders, food and beverage processing (See 94143 Testers and graders, food and beverage processing)

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.

abattoir foreman/woman · abattoir supervisor · bakery foreman/woman - food and beverage processing · bakery plant supervisor · baking and confectionery making foreman/woman · baking foreman/woman - food and beverage processing · beef dressing foreman/woman · boiling house foreman/woman - food and beverage processing · bottling foreman/woman · bottling foreman/woman - food and beverage processing · bottling supervisor - food and beverage processing · brewer supervisor · brewery supervisor · cannabis processing supervisor · cannery foreman/woman - food processing · cellar master · char house foreman/woman - food and beverage processing · chocolate candy processing foreman/woman · chocolate factory foreman/woman · chocolate refining foreman/woman · cigarette grader foreman/woman · cigarette inspector foreman/woman · coffee roasting foreman/woman · confectionery foreman/woman

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Post-secondary education in microbiology or chemistry may be required for some positions in this group.
• Several years of experience in the food or beverage processing industry are required.
• Hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) co-ordinators require HACCP certification and several years of experience in quality assurance of food production.