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First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators

Part of Transportation, Distribution & Logistics, in the Transportation Operations pathway.

Job zone 3: medium preparationO*NET 53-1043.00

What the work is

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of material-moving machine and vehicle operators and helpers.

On a typical day

  • Enforce safety rules and regulations.
  • Plan work assignments and equipment allocations to meet transportation, operations or production goals.
  • Confer with customers, supervisors, contractors, or other personnel to exchange information or to resolve problems.
  • Resolve worker problems or collaborate with employees to assist in problem resolution.
  • Review orders, production schedules, blueprints, or shipping or receiving notices to determine work sequences and material shipping dates, types, volumes, or destinations.
  • Recommend and implement measures to improve worker motivation, equipment performance, work methods, or customer services.

What it pays

The BLS does not publish a wage for this occupation. We would rather show nothing than guess.

Job outlook

No projection is published for this occupation on its own.

Skills this career uses

The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.

  1. Active Listening3.9
  2. Coordination3.9
  3. Time Management3.9
  4. Management of Personnel Resources3.8
  5. Speaking3.9
  6. Reading Comprehension3.8
  7. Critical Thinking3.6
  8. Social Perceptiveness3.5

Education people in this job have

Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.

  1. High school or less30%
  2. Certificate3%
  3. Some college29%
  4. Associate degree14%
  5. Bachelor's degree25%

Job zone 3, medium preparation: Training, an associate degree, or a few years of related experience.

Alamo programs that lead here

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