National
| Median wages (2008) |
$24.67 hourly, $51,320 annual |
| Employment (2006) |
226,000 employees |
| Projected growth (2006-2016) |
Average (7% to 13%)
|
| Projected need (2006-2016) |
69,000 additional employees |
53-1031.00 - First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators and helpers.
Sample of reported job titles:
Driver Manager, Fleet Manager, Trainmaster, Terminal Manager, Dock Operations Manager, Dock Supervisor, On Car Supervisor, Street Supervisor, Transportation Street Supervisor, Yardmaster
Tasks
- Enforce safety rules and regulations.
- Plan work assignments and equipment allocations to meet transportation, operations, or production goals.
- Confer with customers, supervisors, contractors, and other personnel to exchange information and to resolve problems.
- Direct workers in transportation or related services, such as pumping, moving, storing, and loading or unloading of materials or people.
- Resolve worker problems or collaborate with employees to assist in problem resolution.
- Review orders, production schedules, blueprints, and shipping or receiving notices to determine work sequences and material shipping dates, types, volumes, and destinations.
- Monitor field work to ensure that it is being performed properly and that materials are being used as they should be.
- Recommend and implement measures to improve worker motivation, equipment performance, work methods, and customer services.
- Maintain or verify records of time, materials, expenditures, and crew activities.
- Interpret transportation and tariff regulations, shipping orders, safety regulations, and company policies and procedures for workers.
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Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
| Forklifts |
| Hand trucks or accessories — Hand trucks |
| Pallet trucks — Pallet jacks |
| Screwdrivers — Phillips head screwdrivers; Straight screwdrivers |
| Welding tools — Welding equipment |
Technology used in this occupation:
| Bar coding software — Barcode software |
| Enterprise resource planning ERP software — SAP software |
| Map creation software — Mapping software |
| Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software — @Road GeoManager; eLading Bill of Lading Software; UPS Logistics Technologies Roadnet Transportation Suite; XATA XATANET |
| Mobile location based services software — Accellos Real Dispatch; Commercial vehicle operations CVO software |
