What You'll Do

  • Enforce safety and sanitation regulations.
  • Direct and coordinate the activities of employees engaged in the production or processing of goods, such as inspectors, machine setters, or fabricators.
  • Read and analyze charts, work orders, production schedules, and other records and reports to determine production requirements and to evaluate current production estimates and outputs.
  • Confer with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments.
  • Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.
  • Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions.
  • Observe work and monitor gauges, dials, and other indicators to ensure that operators conform to production or processing standards.
  • Confer with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems, complaints, or grievances.
  • Interpret specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies and procedures for workers.
  • Maintain operations data, such as time, production, and cost records, and prepare management reports of production results.

Essential Skills

Active Listening 3.88/5
Speaking 3.88/5
Time Management 3.88/5
Management of Personnel Resources 3.88/5
Critical Thinking 3.75/5
Monitoring 3.75/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.75/5
Coordination 3.75/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.62/5
Reading Comprehension 3.5/5
Writing 3.12/5
Active Learning 3.12/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to sense whether the day to day rhythm and focus of this path line up with what energizes you.

Top passions

  • Leader: Taking charge and moving ideas forward motivates you.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.

Common styles

Attention to Detail, Dependability, Leadership, Self-Control, Cooperation

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Comprehension 4.0/5
Oral Expression 4.0/5
Problem Sensitivity 4.0/5
Written Comprehension 3.75/5
Deductive Reasoning 3.75/5
Speech Recognition 3.75/5
Speech Clarity 3.75/5
Written Expression 3.62/5

Technologies & Tools

Apple iWork Pages Apple Safari Aptean Made2Manage Autodesk AutoCAD Bowen & Groves M1 ERP Capterra Enterprise Resource Planning Computer aided design CAD software Computer aided manufacturing CAM software Database software Delphi Technology Email software Encompix ERP Epicor Vantage ERP Epicor Vista ERP Exact MAX Extensible markup language XML GHG Clockwise Giraffe Production Systems Giraffe Schedule System Google Chrome HCSS HeavyJob

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.48/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.45/5)
  • Leadership (High importance: 4.44/5)
  • Self-Control (High importance: 4.29/5)
  • Cooperation (High importance: 4.27/5)

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How to Become One

This career typically requires vocational school, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some specialized training or certification may also be required.

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