Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Managers in natural resources production and fishing have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

• 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 and employers

Here are the typical workplaces where Managers in natural resources production and fishing are employed and some of their main characteristics:

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