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This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Supervise, coordinate and schedule the activities of workers who install, repair and maintain electrical wiring, fixtures and control devices, power systems, telecommunication systems and cablevision systems
• Establish methods to meet work schedules and coordinate work activities with other departments or subcontractors
• 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 work progress reports
• May manage the operations of their own companies
• May also supervise, coordinate and schedule the activities of related apprentices, helpers and labourers.

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Several years of experience as a qualified tradesperson in a relevant trade are required.
• Journeyman/woman trade certification in a relevant trade is required.

• 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.
• There is some mobility between jobs within a specific trade; however, there is little or no intertrade mobility.

• Electrical mechanics foreman/woman (in 72020 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades)