Description

Managers in natural resources production and fishing plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of establishments in forestry and logging, mining and quarrying, oil and gas drilling, production and servicing operations, and commercial fishing.

Job Titles

• Director of mining
• Drilling operations manager
• Fishing operations manager
• Forestry operations manager
• Gas field operations manager
• Mine manager
• Oil well servicing manager
• Quarry manager
• Shore captain – fishing

Main 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.

Workplaces

• Commercial fishing companies
• Forestry and logging companies
• Mining and quarrying companies
• Oil and gas drilling companies
• Production and servicing operations

Skills

• Management of Material Resources
• Negotiating
• Coordinating
• Decision Making
• Evaluation

Abilities

• Deductive Reasoning
• Fluency of Ideas
• Information Ordering
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Numerical Ability

Personal Attributes

• Attention to Detail
• Leadership
• Stress Tolerance
• Active Learning Adaptability

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Source: OaSIS