DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
49-1011 First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
Occupational Description:
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of mechanics, installers, and repairers. Excludes team or work leaders.| Percentiles | |||||||||
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| Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
| Minnesota | 7,370 | 221 | $30.29/hr | $0.24/hr | $19.69/hr | $24.26/hr | $29.74/hr | $36.09/hr | $42.82/hr |
| U S | 418,530 | 2,093 | $30.56/hr | $0.06/hr | $17.76/hr | $22.57/hr | $29.40/hr | $37.08/hr | $45.38/hr |
| *SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. | |||||||||
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Tasks for First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- Assigns workers to perform activities, such as service appliances, repair and maintain vehicles, and install machinery and equipment.
- Interprets specifications, blueprints, and job orders, and constructs templates and lays out reference points for workers.
- Establishes or adjusts work methods and procedures to meet production schedules, using knowledge of capacities of machines, equipment, and personnel.
- Requisitions materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, and replacement parts for work activities.
- Computes estimates and actual costs of factors, such as materials, labor, and outside contractors, and prepares budgets.
- Patrols work area and examines tools and equipment to detect unsafe conditions or violations of safety rules.
- Recommends measures, such as procedural changes, service manuals revisions, and equipment purchases, to improve work performance and minimize operating costs.
- Trains workers in methods, procedures, and use of equipment and work aids, such as blueprints, hand tools, and test equipment.
- Completes and maintains reports, such as time and production records, inventories, and test results.
- Monitors operations, and inspects, tests, and measures completed work, using devices, such as hand tools, gauges, and specifications to verify conformance to standards.
- Examines object, system, or facilities, such as telephone, air-conditioning, or industrial plant, and analyzes information, to determine installation, service, or repair needed.
- Directs, coordinates, and assists in performance of workers' activities, such as engine tune-up, hydroelectric turbine repair, or circuit breaker installation.
- Recommends or initiates personnel actions, such as employment, performance evaluations, promotions, transfers, discharges, and disciplinary measures.
- Confers with personnel, such as management, engineering, quality control, customers, and workers' representatives to coordinate work activities and resolve problems.