First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

What the job really is

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of mechanics, installers, and repairers. May also advise customers on recommended services. Excludes team or work leaders.

At a glance

• Sector: Installation, Maintenance & Repair
• O*NET-SOC code: 49-1011
• O*NET job zone: 3 — medium preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.
• Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.
• Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers.
• Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
• Perform skilled repair or maintenance operations, using equipment such as hand or power tools, hydraulic presses or shears, or welding equipment.
• Compute estimates and actual costs of factors such as materials, labor, or outside contractors.
• Monitor tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure adequate working conditions.
• Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts.
• Confer with personnel, such as management, engineering, quality control, customer, or union workers' representatives, to coordinate work activities, resolve employee grievances, or identify and review resource needs.
• Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of personnel.
• Examine objects, systems, or facilities and analyze information to determine needed installations, services, or repairs.
• Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job-skill deficiencies.

Tools and technology

Autodesk AutoCAD, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word, Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management, SAP software

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Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
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• First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand
• First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants
• First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
• First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
• First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 3 (medium preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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