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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Plan, direct, or coordinate, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. Participate in the conceptual development of a construction project and oversee its organization, scheduling, budgeting, and implementation. Includes managers in specialized construction fields, such as carpentry or plumbing. | Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, and design professionals to discuss and resolve matters such as work procedures, complaints, and construction problems. | |||
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Plan, organize, and direct activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. | ||||
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Schedule the project in logical steps and budget time required to meet deadlines. | ||||
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Determine labor requirements and dispatch workers to construction sites. | ||||
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Inspect and review projects to monitor compliance with building and safety codes, and other regulations. | ||||
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Interpret and explain plans and contract terms to administrative staff, workers, and clients, representing the owner or developer. | ||||
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Prepare contracts and negotiate revisions, changes and additions to contractual agreements with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers and subcontractors. | ||||
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Obtain all necessary permits and licenses. | ||||
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Direct and supervise workers. | ||||
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Study job specifications to determine appropriate construction methods. | ||||
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Select, contract, and oversee workers who complete specific pieces of the project, such as painting or plumbing. | ||||
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Requisition supplies and materials to complete construction projects. | ||||
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Prepare and submit budget estimates and progress and cost tracking reports. | ||||
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Develop and implement quality control programs. | ||||
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Take actions to deal with the results of delays, bad weather, or emergencies at construction site. | ||||
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Investigate damage, accidents, or delays at construction sites, to ensure that proper procedures are being carried out. | ||||
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Evaluate construction methods and determine cost-effectiveness of plans, using computers. | ||||
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Direct acquisition of land for construction projects. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Construction Managers
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Building and Construction | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. | |||
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Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. | |||
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Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Personnel and Human Resources | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. | |||
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Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. | |||
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Economics and Accounting | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Clerical | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. | |||
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Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Management of Financial Resources | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. | |||
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Management of Material Resources | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
AEC Software FastTrack Schedule | Calendar and scheduling software | |||
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ArenaSoft Estimating | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Autodesk AutoCAD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Axios Systems assyst | Document management software | |||
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Bechtel Software SETROUTE | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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CBS ProLog Manager | Project management software | |||
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CSI WSE CodeBuddy | Compliance software | |||
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Cadsoft Design/Build | Project management software | |||
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Daily Manager | Document management software | |||
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Database software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Email software | Electronic mail software | |||
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Explorer Engineer | Project management software | |||
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HCSS HeavyBid | Project management software | |||
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HCSS HeavyJob | Project management software | |||
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IMPACT software | Web page creation and editing software | |||
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ISS Construction Manager | Project management software | |||
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Integrated construction management software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Internet browser software | Internet browser software | |||
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Intuit QuickBase | Project management software | |||
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Jobber Computer Plus | Project management software | |||
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Lombardi Teamworks | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Internet Explorer | Internet browser software | |||
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Microsoft Office Visio | Charting software | |||
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Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | |||
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Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | |||
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Microsoft Project | Project management software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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Presentation software | Presentation software | |||
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Primavera Systems Expedition | Project management software | |||
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Primavera Systems SureTrak Project Manager | Project management software | |||
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Primavera Systems software | Project management software | |||
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Profitool GearWatch | Inventory management software | |||
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Profitool software (human resources feature) | Human resources software | |||
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Profitool software (time accounting feature) | Time accounting software | |||
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Quantum Project Manager software | Project management software | |||
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SRC Cash Flow Forecasting | Accounting software | |||
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Sage Master Builder | Project management software | |||
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Sage Timberline Office software | Project management software | |||
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Scheduling software | Calendar and scheduling software | |||
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Site Manager | Document management software | |||
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TERMINALFOUR Site Manager | Project management software | |||
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UDA Construction Office Construction Management | Project management software | |||
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Versa-Calc Jobber 6 Construction Calculator | Project management software | |||
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Virtual Boss software | Project management software | |||
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Laptop computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Large-format scanners | Scanners | |||
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Lasers | Lasers | |||
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Levels | Levels | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Pocket personal computers PC | Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers | |||
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Transit levels | Level sensors or transmitters | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Bachelor's Degree | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Brickmason Contractor | |||
Bridges and Buildings Supervisor | |||
Building Construction Contractor | |||
Cement Contractor | |||
Concrete Foreman | |||
Construction Area Manager | |||
Construction Consultant | |||
Construction Contractor | |||
Construction Coordinator | |||
Construction Foreman | |||
Construction Manager | |||
Construction Project Manager | |||
Construction Superintendent | |||
Construction Trades Contractor | |||
Constructor | |||
Contractor | |||
Developer | |||
Drilling and Production Superintendent | |||
Drywall Contractor | |||
Electrical Contractor | |||
Energy Efficient Site Manager | |||
Environmental Construction Engineer | |||
Environmental Construction Program Manager | |||
Estimator | |||
Excavating Contractor | |||
General Contractor | |||
General Superintendent | |||
Home Improvement Contractor | |||
House Wrecker | |||
Job Superintendent | |||
Land Developer | |||
Landscape Contractor | |||
Maintenance of Way Superintendent | |||
Masonry Contractor | |||
Masonry Contractor Administrator | |||
Mine Superintendent | |||
Mine Supervisor | |||
Painting Contractor | |||
Paperhanger Contractor | |||
Paving Contractor | |||
Plastering Contractor | |||
Plumbing Contractor | |||
Plumbing and Heating Contractor | |||
Project Manager | |||
Project Superintendent | |||
Property Developer | |||
Railroad Construction Director | |||
Road Contractor | |||
Roofing Contractor | |||
Sewer Contractor | |||
Sheet Metal Contractor | |||
Site Manager | |||
Site Supervising Technical Operator | |||
Solar Commercial Installation Electrician Manager | |||
Street Contractor | |||
Street Supervisor | |||
Utility Division Project Manager | |||
Weatherization Operations Manager | |||
Wrecker | |||
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