- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance of electric-power generating equipment, and transmission, distribution, and control equipment of electric power utility. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with management and other department heads to plan preventive maintenance programs and to schedule inspections and major overhauls in coordination with other operating activities.
* Reviews technical papers, catalogs, and other reference materials, and confers with equipment sales representatives to select and recommend new supplies and maintenance methods to improve plant operations.
* Confers with contractors to resolve problems in installation of new equipment and to assist in start of new plants or additions.
* Reviews inspection and repair reports and observes progress of work on major overhauls to evaluate efficiency and work quality.
* May prepare annual departmental budget.
* May specialize in supervision of maintenance work and be designated Maintenance Supervisor, Electrical; Maintenance Supervisor, Mechanical.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities of motor bus company to provide passengers with fast, efficient, and safe transportation, either performing following duties personally or through subordinate supervisory personnel. Responsibilities include:
* Applies for or recommends fare revisions, extension of routes, or changes in schedules in order to improve passenger services and increase revenues.
* Coordinates terminal and dispatching activities, communication operations, and assignment of driving personnel to obtain optimum use of facilities, equipment, and human resources.
* Inspects physical facilities of terminal and buses for such factors as cleanliness, safety, and appearance, and takes required actions in order to meet prescribed standards.
* Processes passenger complaints and initiates corrective actions designed to improve customer relations and services.
* Initiates investigations into causes of accidents, interviews operators concerned to determine responsibility, and takes actions on findings or submits reports to management.
* Directs preparation and issuance of new schedules to terminal and operating personnel.
* Dispatches replacement buses for vehicles involved in accidents and buses and operators for special charter or tours.
* Directs and participates in training of personnel and issues manuals, bulletins, and technical guides to improve services and operational activities.
* Reviews operator bids for routes to determine assignments for driving personnel.
* Checks trip and dispatch logs for conformance with schedules.
* Verifies cash fares with operator reports and reviews errors with personnel concerned.
* Directs preparation of and keeping of dispatch and vehicle operations records and reports.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates, through subordinate supervisory personnel, air transport terminal cargo and ramp activities to provide fast and efficient services for clients and passengers. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews data on incoming flights, such as scheduled or estimated times of arrival or departure, destinations and downline station stops, and air cargo and passenger manifests in order to plan work activities.
* Directs preparation of loading plans for each departing flight, and confers with supervisory personnel to ensure workers and equipment are available for air cargo and baggage loading, unloading, and handling activities and for ramp service activities.
* Analyzes reports and records of operations and inspects facilities to determine effectiveness of existing methods and procedures and physical condition of facilities and equipment.
* Prepares and submits recommendations designed to improve efficiency of cargo and ramp services.
* Investigates causes of accidents and recommends safety measures for preventing further occurrences.
* Reviews performance evaluations of personnel for conformance to standards, recommends personnel actions, and directs and coordinates training activities to increase workers' efficiency and proficiency.
* Interprets and enforces, through supervisory personnel, company policies, procedures, and safety regulations.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates, through shift supervisory personnel, operation and maintenance activities of submarine-cable head, microwave-satellite, or coastal radio-telephone station of communications company. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews station logs and confers with supervisory personnel to ascertain apparatus or equipment malfunctions and remedial procedures taken.
* Plans station activities, prepares work schedules, and assigns technical personnel to operating or maintenance duties.
* Authorizes requisitions for replacement parts, materials, and supplies.
* Prepares reports and records on station activities.
* May personally supervise workers in stations where shift supervisory personnel are not utilized.
* May be designated according to type of communications station managed.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities of commercial airline flight control center concerned with dispatching aircraft on scheduled flights and controlling flight movements on routes in accordance with federal and company regulations and policies. Responsibilities include:
* Assigns aircraft dispatching and flight controlling duties for specific scheduled flights on designated routes to center personnel, basing assignments on knowledge and abilities of personnel and human resource requirements for operation of flight control center.
* Reviews dispatching and flight control actions taken by control center personnel for conformance with federal and company regulations and procedures.
* Explains to center personnel prescribed methods and procedures for planning flight operations and sequences to be followed in dispatching (releasing) flight and controlling aircraft on route.
* Interviews prescreened applicants for center staff to ascertain abilities and qualifications and recommends qualified applicants to personnel department.
* Instructs new employees on federal and company regulations and procedures for dispatch of aircraft and control of flight movements.
* Evaluates center personnel on job proficiency and recommends such personnel actions as salary increases, promotions, disciplinary actions, and dismissals.
* Must possess valid Aircraft Dispatchers Certificate of Competency issued by Federal Aviation Agency.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates, through subordinate supervisory personnel, flight reservation activities for certificated commercial or transport company. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews flight reservation reports, statistical data on passenger miles flown, and conducts comparison studies on other airline reservations to develop methods and procedures designed to improve operating efficiency and increase reservations for company flights.
* Interprets and implements, through supervisory personnel, company policies and procedures regarding customer relations and contact with public.
* Analyzes economic statistics as applied to air transportation and other factors, such as weather conditions, special flight rates, and package deals, to estimate future volume of flight reservations.
* Prepares estimates of work force required to process work load and equipment requirements in order to formulate budget estimate.
* Reviews performance evaluations on reservations personnel and initiates personnel actions as required.
* Schedules notation of worker assignments to improve capabilities of personnel and develop worker overall knowledge of department activities.
* Directs investigation of customer complaints regarding reservation services and prepares correspondence designed to improve customer relations.
* Endeavors to resolve personnel grievances and submits unresolved grievances to higher authority.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates, through subordinate supervisory personnel, landfill site activities concerned with solid-waste disposal for governmental sanitation agency or private refuse-disposal company. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects site and confers with supervisory personnel to determine procedures and methods for utilizing site area for disposal activities and to remain in compliance with specifications of environmental impact study.
* Plans sequences of waste disposal operations to obtain optimum utilization of site basing plans on such factors as past and predicted solid-waste disposal and land reclamation requirements, quantity of waste handled daily, and space in site required for waste handled.
* Ensures that waste disposal activities are in compliance with public health insect and rodent control laws and regulations.
* Prepares records and reports on disposal activities, such as quantities of waste handled, receipts from operations, and actions taken to comply with public health and environmental regulations.
* May prepare operational budget for landfill waste disposal activities and submit budget to agency management.
* May examine loads of waste for recyclable material and direct sorting, handling, and recycling operations.
* May supervise workers engaged in waste disposal operations.
* May operate heavy equipment to compact and bury waste in private landfill disposal dump.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates, through subordinate supervisory personnel, landfill site activities concerned with solid-waste disposal for governmental sanitation agency or private refuse-disposal company. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects site and confers with supervisory personnel to determine procedures and methods for utilizing site area for disposal activities and to remain in compliance with specifications of environmental impact study.
* Plans sequences of waste disposal operations to obtain optimum utilization of site basing plans on such factors as past and predicted solid-waste disposal and land reclamation requirements, quantity of waste handled daily, and space in site required for waste handled.
* Ensures that waste disposal activities are in compliance with public health insect and rodent control laws and regulations.
* Prepares records and reports on disposal activities, such as quantities of waste handled, receipts from operations, and actions taken to comply with public health and environmental regulations.
* May prepare operational budget for landfill waste disposal activities and submit budget to agency management.
* May examine loads of waste for recyclable material and direct sorting, handling, and recycling operations.
* May supervise workers engaged in waste disposal operations.
* May operate heavy equipment to compact and bury waste in private landfill disposal dump.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who manages activities of branch or local telegraph office. Responsibilities include:
* Directs handling of circuits and telegrams.
* Supervises personnel, and coordinates work of various departments.
* Answers customer inquiries, suggests services, and adjusts complaints to promote goodwill.
* Reviews financial accounts and records, verifies accuracy of daily cash balances, remittances, and bank deposits.
* Compiles and analyzes statistical and operating reports and data.
* Writes correspondence.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities concerned with documentation and routing of outgoing freight, and verification and reshipment of incoming freight, at motor-transportation company warehouse. Responsibilities include:
* Directs activities of workers engaged in assigning tariff classifications according to type and weight of freight or merchandise, routing and scheduling shipment by air, rail, or truck, and preparing billings from tariff and classification manuals.
* Reviews documents to ensure that assigned classifications and tariffs are in accordance with mode of transportation and destination of shipment.
* Investigates shipper or consignee complaints regarding lost or damaged merchandise or shortages in shipment to determine responsibility.
* Directs preparation of claims against carrier responsible and corresponds with shipper or consignee to effect settlement.
* Schedules shipments to ensure compliance with interstate traffic laws and regulations and company policies.
Industry:Professional careers
