First-Line Supervisors of Production & Operating Workers

Also called: Assembly Supervisor, Manufacturing Supervisor, Production Manager

Career Cluster: Manufacturing
What they do:
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers, such as inspectors, precision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, and plant and system operators. Excludes team or work leaders.
On the job, you would:
  • Enforce safety and sanitation regulations.
  • Keep records of employees' attendance and hours worked.
  • Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions.
KNOWLEDGE

Engineering and Technology
  • computers and electronics
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
  • manufacture and distribution of products
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Business
  • management
  • human resources (HR)
SKILLS

Social
  • changing what is done based on other people's actions
  • understanding people's reactions
Basic Skills
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • talking to others
People and Technology Systems
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
ABILITIES

Ideas and Logic
  • notice when problems happen
  • use rules to solve problems
Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say
PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Leadership
  • Cooperation
  • Self Control
  • Initiative
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Electronic mail software
  • Email software
  • Microsoft Outlook
Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
  • SAP software
JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $106,960.00
Median: $71,190.00
Low: $45,790.00
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