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Job ActivitiesAbilitiesJob ConditionsWork SatisfactionEducation/Training

Common Tasks

1.Enforce safety and sanitation regulations.
2.Direct and coordinate the activities of employees engaged in the production or processing of goods, such as inspectors, machine setters, and fabricators.
3.Read and analyze charts, work orders, production schedules, and other records and reports, in order to determine production requirements and to evaluate current production estimates and outputs.
4.Confer with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments.
5.Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.
6.Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions.
7.Demonstrate equipment operations and work and safety procedures to new employees, or assign employees to experienced workers for training.
8.Observe work, and monitor gauges, dials, and other indicators to ensure that operators conform to production or processing standards.
9.Confer with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems, complaints, or grievances.
10.Interpret specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies and procedures for workers.
11.Maintain operations data such as time, production, and cost records, and prepare management reports of production results.
12.Recommend or implement measures to motivate employees and to improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality, or efficiency.
13.Determine standards, budgets, production goals, and rates, based on company policies, equipment and labor availability, and workloads.
14.Requisition materials, supplies, equipment parts, or repair services.
15.Recommend personnel actions such as hirings and promotions.
16.Set up and adjust machines and equipment.
17.Calculate labor and equipment requirements and production specifications, using standard formulas.
18.Plan and develop new products and production processes.

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