Job prospects Melting And Roasting Department Supervisor in Alberta

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "melting and roasting department supervisor" in Alberta or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Alberta

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Moderate for supervisors, mineral and metal processing (NOC 92010) in Alberta for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about supervisors, mineral and metal processing in Alberta:

• Approximately 400 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Supervisors, mineral and metal processing mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing (NAICS 327): 33%
  • Primary metal manufacturing (NAICS 331): 20%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 16%
  • Fabricated metal product manufacturing (NAICS 332): 11%
  • Machinery manufacturing (NAICS 333): 7%
• 71% of supervisors, mineral and metal processing work all year, while 28% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 45 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: more than 95% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: less than 5% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 27% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 43% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 15% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 10% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 21% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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