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"Supervisors-Managers of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators"
Job Description - Part 1 - Duties and Tasks

Basic Job Description:

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators and helpers.

Part 1
Duties / Tasks
Part 2
Activities
Part 3
Skills
Part 4
Abilities
Part 5
Knowledge

 

Job Duties and Tasks for: "Supervisors-Managers of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators"

1) Requisition needed personnel, supplies, equipment, parts, or repair services.

2) Resolve worker problems, or collaborate with employees to assist in problem resolution.

 

3) Review orders, production schedules, blueprints, and shipping/receiving notices to determine work sequences and material shipping dates, types, volumes, and destinations.

4) Compute and estimate cash, payroll, transportation, personnel, and storage requirements.

5) Dispatch personnel and vehicles in respond to telephone or radio reports of emergencies.


 

6) Drive vehicles or operate machines or equipment to complete work assignments or to assist workers.

7) Examine, measure, and weigh cargo or materials to determine specific handling requirements.

8) Inspect or test materials, stock, vehicles, equipment, and facilities to ensure that they are safe, free of defects, and meet specifications.

9) Perform or schedule repairs and preventive maintenance of vehicles and other equipment.

10) Plan and establish transportation routes.

11) Provide workers with assistance in performing tasks such as coupling railroad cars or loading vehicles.

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12) Confer with customers, supervisors, contractors, and other personnel to exchange information and to resolve problems.

13) Direct workers in transportation or related services, such as pumping, moving, storing, and loading/unloading of materials or people.

14) Enforce safety rules and regulations.

 

15) Explain and demonstrate work tasks to new workers, or assign workers to more experienced workers for further training.

16) Interpret transportation and tariff regulations, shipping orders, safety regulations, and company policies and procedures for workers.

17) Maintain or verify records of time, materials, expenditures, and crew activities.

18) Monitor field work to ensure that it is being performed properly and that materials are being used as they should be.

19) Plan work assignments and equipment allocations in order to meet transportation, operations, or production goals.

20) Prepare, compile, and submit reports on work activities, operations, production, and work-related accidents.

21) Recommend or implement personnel actions such as employee selection, evaluation, and rewards or disciplinary actions.

22) Recommend and implement measures to improve worker motivation, equipment performance, work methods, and customer services.

Job Description for "Supervisors-Managers of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators" continued here...

Part 1
Duties / Tasks
Part 2
Activities
Part 3
Skills
Part 4
Abilities
Part 5
Knowledge


"Supervisors-Managers of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators"   Holland / RIASEC Career Code:  E-R-C        SOC:  53-1031.00


 

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