First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Tasks Include:
- Read specifications, such as blueprints, to determine construction requirements or to plan procedures.
- Estimate material or worker requirements to complete jobs.
- Supervise, coordinate, or schedule the activities of construction or extractive workers.
- Confer with managerial or technical personnel, other departments, or contractors to resolve problems or to coordinate activities.
- Coordinate work activities with other construction project activities.
- Order or requisition materials or supplies.
- Locate, measure, and mark site locations or placement of structures or equipment, using measuring and marking equipment.
- Record information, such as personnel, production, or operational data on specified forms or reports.
- Assign work to employees, based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs.
- Provide assistance to workers engaged in construction or extraction activities, using hand tools or other equipment.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +9.2%
National: +4.1%
Education
Post-Secondary Certificate
Job Zone:
Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$74,080.00
State
$65,150.00
Regional
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Description
Career Cluster: | Architecture & Construction |
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Education
Required Level of Education
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 27.04%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 21.95%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 20.79%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 11.88%
- Bachelor's Degree = 10.49%
- Some College Courses = 7.84%
Related Work Experience
- Over 10 years = 30.47%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 16.87%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 14.07%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 12.84%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.54%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 8.45%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 5.22%
- None = 0.28%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 0.28%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 10 years = 16.96%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 16.81%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 13.50%
- Up to and including 1 month = 11.39%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 10.69%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 10.12%
- None = 10.09%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.67%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.77%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 41.44%
- Over 10 years = 16.69%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 15.74%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 9.05%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 7.04%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 5.89%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 2.52%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 1.62%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Read specifications, such as blueprints, to determine construction requirements or to plan procedures.
- Estimate material or worker requirements to complete jobs.
- Supervise, coordinate, or schedule the activities of construction or extractive workers.
- Confer with managerial or technical personnel, other departments, or contractors to resolve problems or to coordinate activities.
- Coordinate work activities with other construction project activities.
- Order or requisition materials or supplies.
- Locate, measure, and mark site locations or placement of structures or equipment, using measuring and marking equipment.
- Record information, such as personnel, production, or operational data on specified forms or reports.
- Assign work to employees, based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs.
- Provide assistance to workers engaged in construction or extraction activities, using hand tools or other equipment.
- Train workers in construction methods, operation of equipment, safety procedures, or company policies.
- Analyze worker or production problems and recommend solutions, such as improving production methods or implementing motivational plans.
- Arrange for repairs of equipment or machinery.
- Suggest or initiate personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, or hires.
- Inspect work progress, equipment, or construction sites to verify safety or to ensure that specifications are met.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Acetylene welding equipment)
- Adjustable wrenches
- Manlift or personnel lift (Aerial personnel lifts)
- Air compressors
- Hex keys (Allen wrenches)
- Ammeters
- Surface thermometers (Analog temperature analyzers)
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Arc welding equipment)
- Backhoes
- Power saws (Band saws)
- Bench vises
- Biscuit jointers (Biscuit joiners)
- Blaster tools (Blasting machines)
- Trowels (Brick trowels)
- Levels (Bubble levels)
- Calipers
- Caulking guns
- Chalk lines
- Locking pliers (Channel lock pliers)
- Clamp On Multimeter (Clamp-on meters)
- Hammers (Claw hammers)
- Squares (Combination squares)
- Floats (Concrete floats)
- Concrete mixers or plants (Concrete mixers)
- Pry bars (Crowbars)
- Desktop computers
- Detonators
- Digital cameras
- Surface thermometers (Digital temperature analyzers)
- Dump trucks
- Files
- Fish tape (Fish tapes)
- Screwdrivers (Flat screwdrivers)
- Flatbed trailers (Flatbed truck trailers)
- Flowmeters (Flow meters)
- Forklifts
- Kettle exchangers (Fuel-burning kettles)
- Gas generators (Gas-powered generators)
- Glass cutters
- Protective gloves (Glass gloves)
- Hold down clamps (Glass holders)
- Lifts (Glass lifters)
- Tongs (Glass tongs)
- Saws (Hand saws)
- Hygrometers (Humidity meters)
- Wire lug crimping tool (Hydraulic crimping tools)
- Stamping dies or punches (Hydraulic knock-out punches)
- Adjustable widemouth pliers (Insulated adjustable widemouth pliers)
- Screwdrivers (Insulated screwdrivers)
- Ladders
- Lathes
- Squares (Layout squares)
- Manlift or personnel lift (Manlifts)
- Metal markers or holders (Marking gauges)
- Tape measures (Measuring tapes)
- Ohmmeters (Megohm meters)
- Metal inert gas MIG welding machinery (Metal inert gas MIG welding equipment)
- Plaster or mortar mixers (Mortar mixers)
- Multimeters
- Nut drivers
- Ohmmeters
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Oxyfuel gas welders)
- Pallet trucks (Pallet jacks)
- Personal computers
- Screwdrivers (Phillips head screwdrivers)
- Pipe bending tools (Pipe benders)
- Pipe or tube cutters (Pipe cutters)
- Threading dies (Pipe threaders)
- Pipe vises
- Pipe wrenches
- Planing machines (Planers)
- Planes
- Plumb bobs
- Trowels (Pointing trowels)
- Power drills
- Power grinders
- Lockout devices (Power lockouts)
- Power nail guns (Power nailers)
- Power buffers (Power polishers)
- Power saws
- Pressure or steam cleaners (Power washers)
- Levels (Precision levels)
- Pressure indicators (Pressure meters)
- Ear muffs (Protective ear muffs)
- Ear plugs (Protective ear plugs)
- Pry bars
- Putty knives
- Liquid leak detectors (Refrigerant leak detectors)
- Refrigerant compressors (Refrigerant reclamation equipment)
- Respirators
- Mallets (Rubber mallets)
- Power saws (Saber saws)
- Safety glasses
- Protective gloves (Safety gloves)
- Goggles (Safety goggles)
- Safety harnesses or belts (Safety harnesses)
- Fall protection lanyard (Safety lanyards)
- Scaffolding
- Scribers (Scoring tools)
- Concrete spreaders (Screeds)
- Skid steer loaders
- Wireline grabs (Slickline fishing tools)
- Cold chisels (Steel chisels)
- Measuring rods (Surveying rods)
- Manlift or personnel lift (Swing stages)
- Power saws (Table saws)
- Tablet computers
- Theodolites
- Track excavators (Tracked excavators)
- Level sensors or transmitters (Transit levels)
- Trenching machines (Trenchers)
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding machinery (Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment)
- Two way radios
- Utility knives
- Suction cups (Vacuum cups)
- Vacuum pumps
- Voltage or current meters (Voltmeters)
- Wattmeters
- Welders
- Welding masks
- Wheel loaders
- Wheel bulldozers (Wheeled bulldozers)
- Wire lug crimping tool (Wire crimpers)
- Wire cutters
- Stripping tools (Wire strippers)
- Wood chisels
Technologies Include:
- Calendar and scheduling software
- FranklinCovey TabletPlanner
- Scheduling software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Mi-Co Mi-Forms Client
- Document management software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat software
- Electronic mail software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Facilities management software
- Facilities management software
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Graphics software
- Inventory management software
- Inventory tracking software
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Project management software
- HCSS HeavyJob
- Intuit QuickBase Project Management
- Microsoft Project
- Primavera Systems SureTrak Project Manager
- Sage Timberline Office software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Video conferencing software
- Microsoft NetMeeting
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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77.50 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
77.50 | Building and Construction | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
74.25 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
68.25 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
68.00 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
61.25 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
59.50 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
57.50 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
53.50 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
51.00 | Personnel and Human Resources | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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72.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
68.75 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
68.75 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
65.50 | Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
65.50 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
59.50 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
59.50 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
59.50 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
56.25 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
53.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
53.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
53.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
50.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
50.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
50.00 | Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
50.00 | Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
50.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
68.75 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
68.75 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
65.50 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
65.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
59.50 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
56.25 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
56.25 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
56.25 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
53.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
53.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
50.00 | Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
50.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
50.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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81.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
78.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
77.75 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
76.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
76.25 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
74.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
73.00 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
73.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
72.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
71.25 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
70.25 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
69.50 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
69.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
67.75 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
67.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
67.50 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
66.75 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
66.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
64.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
64.50 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
63.50 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
62.00 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
61.25 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
59.50 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
57.25 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
56.25 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
56.00 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
54.50 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
54.00 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
53.25 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
53.25 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
53.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
53.00 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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93.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
93.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
93.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
87.75 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
87.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
86.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
84.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
84.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
83.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
80.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
80.50 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
80.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
79.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
69.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
69.25 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
68.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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77.83 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
72.17 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
66.67 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
66.67 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
63.83 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
55.50 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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100.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
99.20 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
98.80 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
98.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
97.00 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
95.60 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
93.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
92.40 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
92.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
91.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
91.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
89.20 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
88.60 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
85.60 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
85.20 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
84.20 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
83.60 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
82.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
82.20 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
78.60 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
77.60 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
77.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
74.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
74.20 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
73.80 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
73.80 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
72.40 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
71.00 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
69.20 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
65.40 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
65.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
64.00 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
63.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
62.80 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
59.00 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
57.60 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
56.80 | Exposed to High Places | How often does this job require exposure to high places? |
54.80 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
54.60 | Public Speaking | How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job? |
54.60 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
54.00 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
53.60 | Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection | How much does this job require wearing specialized protective or safety equipment such as breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection? |
53.40 | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? |
53.20 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
51.60 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
51.00 | Outdoors, Under Cover | How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $47,600.00 | $74,080.00 | $93,800.00 |
Virginia | $44,910.00 | $65,150.00 | $81,380.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $54,734.70 | $79,896.73 | $99,051.86 |
Bay Consortium | $44,114.66 | $64,574.69 | $83,656.46 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $46,312.23 | $63,282.18 | $79,582.64 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $43,574.30 | $58,865.35 | $70,706.60 |
Crater Area | $46,960.03 | $62,496.97 | $78,467.84 |
Greater Peninsula | $51,357.24 | $76,566.79 | $83,584.14 |
Hampton Roads | $48,308.33 | $67,103.91 | $80,269.70 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $43,126.94 | $58,033.64 | $73,736.92 |
Northern Virginia | $54,374.12 | $78,200.25 | $95,055.52 |
Piedmont Workforce | $48,601.75 | $66,715.44 | $84,126.56 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $43,202.36 | $57,768.11 | $72,582.86 |
Southwestern Virginia | $45,052.78 | $64,050.87 | $88,194.18 |
West Piedmont | $42,728.13 | $56,089.19 | $71,042.39 |
Western Virginia | $45,409.23 | $61,983.48 | $75,986.15 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 735,500 | 765,400 | +4.1% |
Virginia | 23,624 | 25,807 | +9.2% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | 632 | 729 | +15.3% |
Bay Consortium | 1,445 | 1,633 | +13.0% |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 4,223 | 4,761 | +12.7% |
Central VA/Region2000 | 432 | 468 | +8.3% |
Crater Area | 335 | 389 | +16.1% |
Greater Peninsula | 2,303 | 2,288 | -0.7% |
Hampton Roads | 3,105 | 3,328 | +7.2% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | 563 | 572 | +1.6% |
Northern Virginia | 6,337 | 7,291 | +15.1% |
Piedmont Workforce | 846 | 948 | +12.1% |
Shenandoah Valley | 1,276 | 1,388 | +8.8% |
South Central | 289 | 273 | -5.5% |
Southwestern Virginia | 550 | 477 | -13.3% |
West Piedmont | 217 | 212 | -2.3% |
Western Virginia | 840 | 867 | +3.2% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
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- Building Superintendent
- Building Supervisor
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- Carpenter Foreman
- Carpenter Supervisor
- Carpenters Supervisor
- Carpentry Supervisor
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- Cement or Concrete Finishing Supervisor
- Chief Electrician
- Chimney Construction Supervisor
- Clearing Supervisor
- Concrete Foreman
- Concreting Supervisor
- Construction Contractor
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- Construction Superintendent
- Construction Supervisor
- Core Drilling Supervisor
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- Field Operations Supervisor
- Field Supervisor
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- General Foreman
- General Superintendent
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- House Moving Supervisor
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- Job Foreman
- Job Superintendent
- Joiners Supervisor
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