First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators Career, Salary and Skills
No national wage record is published for this occupation in the current BLS dataset.
Occupation description
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of material-moving machine and vehicle operators and helpers.
O*NET code
53-1043.00
Job zone
3
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
National salary and employment
Salary data is not available for this occupation in the current BLS dataset.
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Coordination | 4.00 | 3.88 |
| Active Listening | 4.00 | 3.88 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 4.00 | 3.75 |
| Time Management | 4.00 | 3.88 |
| Speaking | 3.88 | 3.88 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.62 | 3.62 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.62 | 3.75 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.62 | 3.50 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.62 | 3.25 |
| Monitoring | 3.50 | 3.75 |
Typical tasks
- Interpret transportation or tariff regulations, shipping orders, safety regulations, or company policies and procedures for workers.
- Resolve worker problems or collaborate with employees to assist in problem resolution.
- Confer with customers, supervisors, contractors, or other personnel to exchange information or to resolve problems.
- Plan work assignments and equipment allocations to meet transportation, operations or production goals.
- Examine, measure, or weigh cargo or materials to determine specific handling requirements.
- Explain and demonstrate work tasks to new workers or assign training tasks to experienced workers.
- Review orders, production schedules, blueprints, or shipping or receiving notices to determine work sequences and material shipping dates, types, volumes, or destinations.
- Enforce safety rules and regulations.
Technology
- @Road GeoManager
- Accellos Real Dispatch
- Actsoft Comet Tracker
- Barcode software
- Bill of lading software
- CAPE Systems CAPE PACK
- CAPE Systems TRUCKFILL
- Commercial vehicle operations CVO software
- Coptimal Logics AutoLoad Pro
- Creative Systems Corporation Freight-Link System
- Fleet management systems
- General ledger software
- JDA Manugistics
- Load optimization software
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.