First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

What Does a First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Do?

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Inspect work progress, equipment, or construction sites to verify safety or to ensure that specifications are met.
• 2Read specifications, such as blueprints, to determine construction requirements or to plan procedures.
• 3Supervise, coordinate, or schedule the activities of construction or extractive workers.
• 4Assign work to employees, based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs.
• 5Coordinate work activities with other construction project activities.
• 6Estimate material or worker requirements to complete jobs.
• 7Analyze worker or production problems and recommend solutions, such as improving production methods or implementing motivational plans.
• 8Order or requisition materials or supplies.

Required Skills

• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Adobe Acrobat
• Autodesk AutoCAD
• FranklinCovey TabletPlanner
• Graphics software
• HCSS HeavyJob
• Inventory tracking software
• Mi-Co Mi-Forms
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft NetMeeting
• Microsoft Office software

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Salary