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Primary Production Managers (Except Agriculture) (0811)

Job titles

  • drilling operations manager
  • fishing operations manager
  • forestry and logging manager
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Nature of work

This unit group includes managers who plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of establishments in the following primary industries: forestry and logging, mining and quarrying, oil and gas drilling, production and servicing operations, and commercial fishing.

Fields of interest

  • Developing and working with natural resources
  • Managing, organizing, administrating
  • Working in an office

Main duties

  • Primary production managers in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:
  • - Oversee and analyze operations in forestry, logging, mining, quarrying, or oil and gas operations or in services to logging, mining and oil and gas industries, or in commercial fishing
  • - Recommend operational changes to senior management when necessary to ensure that production quotas and procedures are met
  • - Prepare production reports for review by senior management
  • - Confer with other managers to set production quotas, to plan extraction sites and to develop policies for the removal of raw materials
  • - Evaluate efficiency of production sites to determine adequacy of personnel, equipment and technologies used, and make changes to work schedule or equipment when necessary
  • - Ensure adherence to safety regulations
  • - Hire personnel and oversee training needs of staff
  • - May direct peripheral activities such as the construction of access roads or temporary living quarters.

Main characteristics of the occupation

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Primary Production Managers (Except Agriculture) (0811)

Employment requirements

  • * Forestry managers usually require a bachelor's degree in forestry science or forest engineering.
  • * Mining and quarrying managers usually require a bachelor's degree in mining engineering or earth sciences.
  • * Oil and gas managers usually require a bachelor's degree in geology, earth sciences or petroleum engineering.
  • * Several years of experience in a supervisory occupation in the particular industry are usually required and may substitute for formal education requirements.

Skill type

  • Management occupations

Skill level

  • Management

More information

  • * Progression to senior management positions in the respective industries is possible with experience.

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