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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of mechanics, installers, and repairers. | Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment and skill of personnel. | |||
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Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance. | ||||
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Examine objects, systems, or facilities, and analyze information to determine needed installations, services, or repairs. | ||||
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Participate in budget preparation and administration, coordinating purchasing and documentation, and monitoring departmental expenditures. | ||||
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Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job-skill deficiencies. | ||||
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Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, and replacement parts. | ||||
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Compute estimates and actual costs of factors such as materials, labor, and outside contractors. | ||||
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Interpret specifications, blueprints, and job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers. | ||||
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Conduct or arrange for worker training in safety, repair, and maintenance techniques, operational procedures, or equipment use. | ||||
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Investigate accidents and injuries, and prepare reports of findings. | ||||
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Confer with personnel, such as management, engineering, quality control, customer, and union workers' representatives, to coordinate work activities, resolve employee grievances, and identify and review resource needs. | ||||
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Recommend or initiate personnel actions, such as hires, promotions, transfers, discharges, and disciplinary measures. | ||||
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Perform skilled repair and maintenance operations, using equipment such as hand and power tools, hydraulic presses and shears, and welding equipment. | ||||
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Compile operational and personnel records, such as time and production records, inventory data, repair and maintenance statistics, and test results. | ||||
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Develop, implement, and evaluate maintenance policies and procedures. | ||||
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Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools and gauges to verify conformance to standards and repair requirements. | ||||
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Meet with vendors and suppliers to discuss products used in repair work. | ||||
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Develop and implement electronic maintenance programs and computer information management systems. | ||||
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Design equipment configurations to meet personnel needs. | ||||
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Monitor tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure adequate working conditions. | ||||
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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. | ||||
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Review, evaluate, accept, and coordinate completion of work bid from contractors. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
First-Line Managers/Supervisors Mech/Instalrs/Repair
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 | |||
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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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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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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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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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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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. | |||
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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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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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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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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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Psychology | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. | |||
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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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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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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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Sales and Marketing | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. | |||
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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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Telecommunications | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
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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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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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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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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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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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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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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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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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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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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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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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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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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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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Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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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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Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. | |||
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Equipment Selection | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. | |||
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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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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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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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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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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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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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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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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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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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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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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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Memorization | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. | |||
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Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. | |||
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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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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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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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Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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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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Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Automated inventory software | Inventory management software | |||
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ComputerEase software | Project management software | |||
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Computerized maintenance management system CMMS software | Facilities management software | |||
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Cost accounting software | Accounting 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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HCSS HeavyBid | Project management software | |||
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HCSS HeavyJob | Project management software | |||
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Infor ERP SyteLine | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | |||
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Internet browser software | Internet browser software | |||
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Inventory management software | Inventory management software | |||
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Maintenance management software | Facilities management 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 software | Office suite software | |||
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Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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Payroll software | Time accounting software | |||
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Programmable logic controller PLC software | Industrial control software | |||
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Recordkeeping software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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SAP software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | |||
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Scheduling software | Calendar and scheduling software | |||
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Spreadsheet software | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Vehicle management software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Word processing software | Word processing software | |||
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WorkTech MAXIMO | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Laser printers | Laser printers | |||
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Mainframe computers | Mainframe computers | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Programmable logic controllers PLC | Microcontrollers | |||
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Two way radios | Two way radios | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years | |||
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Required Level of Education | Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades) | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Air Conditioning Supervisor | |||
Air-Conditioning Installer Supervisor | |||
Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Airport Maintenance Chief | |||
Airport Skilled Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Apartment Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Appliance Service Supervisor | |||
Artillery Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Assistant Director of Plant Operations | |||
Auto Fleet Maintenance Manager | |||
Auto Mechanic Supervisor | |||
Auto Repair Shop Manager | |||
Auto Specialty Services Manager | |||
Automated Teller Manager | |||
Automobile Body Repair Supervisor | |||
Avionics Shop Supervisor | |||
Bakery Machine Mechanic Supervisor | |||
Body Shop Supervisor | |||
Boiler Repair Supervisor | |||
Boilermaking Supervisor | |||
Brake Repair Supervisor | |||
Buildings and Grounds Superintendent | |||
Bus Repair Supervisor | |||
Cabin Equipment Supervisor | |||
Cable Installation Maintenance and Repair Manager | |||
Cable Supervisor | |||
Canal Equipment Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Car Repair Supervisor | |||
Car and Yard Supervisor | |||
Central Office Repairer Supervisor | |||
Chief Power Dispatcher | |||
Collision Center Manager | |||
Communications Electrician Supervisor | |||
Cooler Service Supervisor | |||
Crew Chief | |||
Crew Leader | |||
Customer Facilities Supervisor | |||
Distribution Superintendent | |||
Dock Supervisor | |||
Electric Distribution Department Manager | |||
Electric Motor Repair Supervisor | |||
Electric Motor Repairing Supervisor | |||
Electrical & Instrumentation Supervisor (E&I Supervisor) | |||
Electrical Appliance Servicer Supervisor | |||
Electrical Foreman | |||
Electrical Installation Supervisor | |||
Electrical Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Electrical Repair and Telephone Line Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Electrical Supervisor | |||
Electrician Substation Supervisor | |||
Electronic Controls Repairer Supervisor | |||
Electronic Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Electronics Systems Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Elevator Constructor Supervisor | |||
Endless Track Vehicle Supervisor | |||
Engine Repair Supervisor | |||
Engine Testing Supervisor | |||
Equipment Maintenance Manager | |||
Equipment Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Equipment Superintendent | |||
Facilities Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Facilities Manager | |||
Facilities Services Director | |||
Facility Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Facility Manager | |||
Facility Services Manager | |||
Farm Equipment Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Fire Fighting Equipment Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Fleet Maintenance Foreman | |||
Fleet Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Flight Test Supervisor | |||
Fuel System Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Garage Manager | |||
Garage Supervisor | |||
Garage Worker | |||
Garageman | |||
Gas Meter Repair Supervisor | |||
Gear Repair Supervisor | |||
Grip Boss | |||
Ground Crew Chief | |||
HVAC Supervisor (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Supervisor) | |||
Head Lineman | |||
Instrument Mechanics Supervisor | |||
Instrument Repair Supervisor | |||
Instrument Shop Supervisor | |||
Lead Mechanic | |||
Leased Machinery and Equipment Service Supervisor | |||
Line Crew Supervisor | |||
Line Department Supervisor | |||
Line Installation Supervisor | |||
Line Supervisor | |||
Local Superintendent | |||
Lock Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Locomotive Supervisor | |||
Loom Fixer Supervisor | |||
Machine Erecting Millwright or Repair Lead Person | |||
Machinery Repair Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Maintenance Chief Ranger | |||
Maintenance Coordinator | |||
Maintenance Director | |||
Maintenance Facilitator | |||
Maintenance Foreman | |||
Maintenance Manager | |||
Maintenance Mechanic Supervisor | |||
Maintenance Planner | |||
Maintenance Service Supervisor | |||
Maintenance Superintendent | |||
Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Manufacturing Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Manufacturing Supervisor | |||
Marine Service Manager | |||
Mechanical Maintenance Foreman | |||
Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Mechanical Supervisor | |||
Mechanics Supervisor | |||
Meter Repair Shop Supervisor | |||
Meter Shop Supervisor | |||
Meter Supervisor | |||
Meter and Regulator Shop Supervisor | |||
Meters Superintendent | |||
Millwright Supervisor | |||
Mobile Battery Equipment Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Motor Equipment Commanding Officer | |||
Motorcycle Repair Shop Supervisor | |||
Office Machine Service Supervisor | |||
Oil Field Equipment Mechanic Supervisor | |||
Outside Machinist Supervisor | |||
Pin-Setting Machine Installation Superintendent | |||
Plant Maintenance Supervising Technical Operator | |||
Plant Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Plant Operations Director | |||
Plant Wire Chief | |||
Powerhouse Mechanic Supervisor | |||
Preventive Maintenance Coordinator | |||
Processing Mechanic Superviser | |||
Production Crew Supervisor | |||
Protective Signal Superintendent | |||
Pump Service Supervisor | |||
Pump Servicer Supervisor | |||
Radio Interference Supervisor | |||
Railroad Car Repair Supervisor | |||
Reclamation Supervisor | |||
Refrigeration Repair Supervisor | |||
Refueling Ramp Supervisor | |||
Repair Department Manager | |||
Repair Department Supervisor | |||
Repair Supervisor | |||
Repeater Chief | |||
Retread Supervisor | |||
Rig Manager | |||
Rigger Supervisor | |||
Roundhouse Supervisor | |||
Salvage Supervisor | |||
Section Hand | |||
Section Supervisor | |||
Service Department Manager | |||
Service Manager | |||
Service Supervisor | |||
Service and Repair Supervisor | |||
Shop Supervisor | |||
Signal Supervisor | |||
Smoke Control Supervisor | |||
Sound Technician Supervisor | |||
Station Installation Supervisor | |||
Steam Distribution Supervisor | |||
Storage Garage Manager | |||
Street Light Servicer Supervisor | |||
Substation Electrician Supervisor | |||
Subway Repair Supervisor | |||
Supercharge Repair Supervisor | |||
Supercharger Repair Supervisor | |||
Superintendent | |||
Supervisor | |||
Tank and Amphibian Tractor Operations Chief | |||
Team Leader | |||
Technical Supervisor | |||
Telephone Installers and Repairers Supervisor | |||
Test Deck Supervisor | |||
Test Desk Supervisor | |||
Tire Service Supervisor | |||
Transmission Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Transmission Supervisor | |||
Truck Repair Supervisor | |||
Utilities Supervisor | |||
Utilities and Maintenance Supervisor | |||
Utility Mechanic Supervisor | |||
Water Softener Service Supervisor | |||
Welding Equipment Repairer Supervisor | |||
Wheel Shop Supervisor | |||
Wire Chief | |||
Wireworker Supervisor | |||
Working Crew Leader | |||
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