How do they match: First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand

  • Assess training needs of staff and arrange for or provide appropriate instruction.
  • Conduct staff meetings to relay general information or to address specific topics, such as safety.
  • Estimate material, time, and staffing requirements for a given project, based on work orders, job specifications, and experience.
  • Perform the same work duties as those supervised, or perform more difficult or skilled tasks or assist in their performance.
  • Plan work schedules and assign duties to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of activities and response to fluctuating workloads.
  • Provide assistance in balancing books, tracking, monitoring, or projecting a unit's budget needs, and in developing unit policies and procedures.