NOC 2021 · 82020 · TEER 2
Supervisors, mining and quarrying
Unit group 82020 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Supervisors in mining and quarrying supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in underground and surface mining operations and quarries. They are employed by coal, metal and non-metallic mineral mines and quarries.
Example job titles
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- blasters foreman/woman - mining and quarrying
- blasters foreman/woman - quarrying
- blasters foreman/woman - surface mining
- coal mine foreman/woman
- construction supervisor - underground mining and quarrying
- diamond drilling foreman/woman
- drill fitter boss - mining
- drill fitter foreman/woman - mining
- drilling foreman/woman - mining and quarrying
- dynamiters foreman/woman - quarrying
- face boss - underground mining
- fill foreman/woman
- fill foreman/woman - underground mining
- fire boss - mining
- general foreman/woman - mining
- junior foreman/woman - mining
- level boss - underground mining
- mine captain
- mine foreman/woman
- mine supervisor
- motormen/women and dinkeymen/women foreman/woman (except rail transport)
- open pit mine supervisor
- production foreman/woman - mining and quarrying
- quarry foreman/woman
- quarry supervisor
- relieving surface foreman/woman - mining
- salvage foreman/woman - mining
- sand fill boss - underground mining
- senior foreman/woman - mining
- shift boss - mining and quarrying
- shift foreman/woman - mining and quarrying
- shift leader - mining and quarrying
- shot foreman/woman - mining and quarrying
- stope foreman/woman - mining
- supply boss - mining
- supply foreman/woman - mining
- surface foreman/woman - mining
- surface mine foreman/woman
- surface mine supervisor
- track boss - underground mining
- track layer boss - underground mining
- underground mine foreman/woman
- yard boss - mining and quarrying
- yard supervisor - mining and quarrying
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.