First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

Typical job duties performed with this occupation include:

TASK DUTIES
Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job-skill deficiencies.
Design equipment configurations to meet personnel needs.
Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.
Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
Monitor tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure adequate working conditions.
Review, evaluate, accept, and coordinate completion of work bid from contractors.
Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of personnel.
Examine objects, systems, or facilities and analyze information to determine needed installations, services, or repairs.
Participate in budget preparation and administration, coordinating purchasing and documentation and monitoring departmental expenditures.
Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts.
Compute estimates and actual costs of factors such as materials, labor, or outside contractors.
Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers.
Conduct or arrange for worker training in safety, repair, or maintenance techniques, operational procedures, or equipment use.
Investigate accidents or injuries and prepare reports of findings.
Confer with personnel, such as management, engineering, quality control, customer, or union workers' representatives, to coordinate work activities, resolve employee grievances, or identify and review resource needs.
Recommend or initiate personnel actions, such as hires, promotions, transfers, discharges, or disciplinary measures.
Perform skilled repair or maintenance operations, using equipment such as hand or power tools, hydraulic presses or shears, or welding equipment.
Compile operational or personnel records, such as time and production records, inventory data, repair or maintenance statistics, or test results.
Develop, implement, or evaluate maintenance policies and procedures.
Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.
Meet with vendors or suppliers to discuss products used in repair work.
Develop or implement electronic maintenance programs or computer information management systems.
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*Note: Not all occupations will have a full list of Task Duties or associated programs

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Training for this occupational program or those in a similar family of programs can be located at the following postsecondary institutions in the State of Kansas. Please check with a program advisor at the postsecondary institution for more information on the particular focus of each program listed. Programs nearest the local area appear first. Click on the program to find more information.

INSTITUTION NAME	CITY	INSTITUTION TYPE	PROGRAM TITLE	AWARDS	HOURS
Pratt Community College	Pratt	Public	ELECTRICAL & POWER TRANSMISSION	Associate Degree - AAS	65
Pratt Community College	Pratt	Public	ELECTRICAL & POWER TRANSMISSION	Two-year Technical Certificate - CERT	47
Manhattan Area Technical College	Manhattan	Public	ELECTRIC POWER AND DISTRIBUTION	Associate Degree - AAS	63
Manhattan Area Technical College	Manhattan	Public	ELECTRIC POWER AND DISTRIBUTION	Two-year Technical Certificate - CERT	51
Fort Hays State University	Hays	Public	MANAGEMENT	Bachelor Degree - BBA	120
University of Kansas	Lawrence	Public	OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT	Bachelor Degree - BAS	120

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