First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Career, Salary and Skills

Occupation description

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• Inspect work progress, equipment, or construction sites to verify safety or to ensure that specifications are met.
• Read specifications, such as blueprints, to determine construction requirements or to plan procedures.
• Supervise, coordinate, or schedule the activities of construction or extractive workers.
• Assign work to employees, based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs.
• Coordinate work activities with other construction project activities.
• Estimate material or worker requirements to complete jobs.
• Analyze worker or production problems and recommend solutions, such as improving production methods or implementing motivational plans.
• Order or requisition materials or supplies.

Technology

• Adobe Acrobat
• Autodesk AutoCAD
• FranklinCovey TabletPlanner
• Graphics software
• HCSS HeavyJob
• Inventory tracking software
• Mi-Co Mi-Forms
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft NetMeeting
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Word

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Salary in TX
  Median $74,520 · Employment 90,010
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Salary in CA
  Median $97,680 · Employment 71,750
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Salary in FL
  Median $75,790 · Employment 69,830
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Salary in NC
  Median $75,270 · Employment 32,460
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Salary in NY
  Median $95,700 · Employment 29,600
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Salary in New York, NY
  Median $103,990 · Employment 28,220
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Salary in PA
  Median $81,540 · Employment 26,860
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Salary in GA
  Median $78,430 · Employment 26,770
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Salary in VA
  Median $78,640 · Employment 24,970
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Salary in Houston, TX
  Median $76,020 · Employment 24,570
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Salary in OH
  Median $79,580 · Employment 23,640
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Salary in AZ
  Median $78,550 · Employment 21,550

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