OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS PHASE I PROJECT

Completed in 2009

Through this project, the Council developed a foundation for the process of creating occupational standards for the sector. The process aimed to achieve representation of the sector's functions, and prioritized high-demand occupations or those that require an increased emphasis on training or skills development due to, for example, the impacts of technological change. Utilizing a best-practices approach, the Council developed a model in which occupational standards can be written and validated more quickly than is normal through consultation with key stakeholders in the sector. With stakeholder input, we developed a prioritized list for each of the sector's seven functional areas to identify which among the 26 occupations in the supply chain sector are most in need of occupational standards to assist in developing job descriptions, competency profiles and job-performance tools that will help to address our labour shortages. Resources were applied first to the development of standards of those occupations.

Supply Chain Occupational Standards

Position	Related NOC Code(s)*
Cargo and Freight Agent	6433, 6434, 7451
Dispatcher	1475
Information Systems Analyst	2171
Inventory Manager	0114
Logistics Manager	1215
Material Handler	7452
Materials Manager	7217
Order Picker/Selector	6622, 7452
Purchasing and Inventory Clerk	1474
Purchasing Manager	0113
Sales and Marketing Manager - Supply Chain	0611
Shipper/Receiver	1471
Supervisor – Material Handlers	7217
Transportation Manager	0713
Warehouse Operations Manager	0721

*National Occupational Classification codes: Find information on the Government of Canada's NOC website

Project terms of reference

Transportation Matters Web TV Interviews:

• July 22, 2009: Kevin Maynard on the National Occupational Standards project
• August 5, 2009: Kevin Maynard and Heather MacNeil on a case study done using the National Occupational Standards
• October 22, 2009: Kevin Maynard and Heather MacNeil discuss phase two in the development of the CSCSC's National Occupational Standards project

Project Working Group

Committee Role	Name	Company/Organization
Chair	Bill Simpson	Supply Chain Systems Brampton, Ont.
Members	Tom Aldred	DB Schenker (Romark) Mississauga, Ont.
	Andy Bowden	Recochem Inc. Brampton, Ont.
	Todd Cooper	Best Buy Canada Vancouver, B.C.
	Larry Dries	TSI Group Inc. Mississauga, Ont.
	Patti Galbraith	Canadian Food Industry Council Toronto, Ont.
	Melissa Gardner	Bow Valley College Calgary, Alta.
	Julian Grush	Wheels Group Mississauga, Ont.
	Sebastian Izzo	Metro Canada Logistics Montreal, Que.
	Bob Learmonth	Supply Chain Systems Brampton, Ont.
	Anil Mislankar	Celestica Toronto, Ont.
	Mike Morrison	Standard Textile Brampton, Ont.
	Alex Rabinovich	Advanced Micro Devices Vaughan, Ont.
	John Robertson	Petro-Canada Mississauga, Ont.
	Verne Schneider	Bayside Consulting Inc. Wabamum, Alta.
	Allan Smith	BCG Logistics Inc. Mississauga, Ont.
Staff Program Manager	Beverly Myers	Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council Mississauga, Ont.
Project Manager	Dale Ross	Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council Mississauga, Ont.