Production, Planning, & Expediting Clerks
Also called:
Production Scheduler, Planner, Production Planner, Production Manager
see titles from the Air Force, Marine Corps, or Navy.
Maintenance Management Analysis Apprentice; Maintenance Management Analysis Helper; Maintenance Management Analysis Journeyman; Maintenance Management Production, Apprentice; Maintenance Management Production, Helper; Maintenance Management Production, Journeyman
Aircraft Maintenance Administration Specialist; Aviation Maintenance Controller/Production Controller; Aviation Quality Assurance Representative (QAR)/Inspector; Basic Logistics Marine; Logistics/Embarkation Specialist; Maintenance Management Specialist; NALCOMIS Application Administrator/Analyst
Aviation Boatswain's Mate, Launching and Recovery Equipment; Aviation Maintenance Administrationman; Aviation Maintenance Administrationman Basic; Gunner's Mate; Ship's 3-M System Coordinator
What they do:
Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. Duties include reviewing and distributing production, work, and shipment schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems.
On the job, you would:
- Examine documents, materials, or products and monitor work processes to assess completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications.
- Review documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables, to determine personnel or materials requirements or material priorities.
- Confer with department supervisors or other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes.
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Business
- customer service
- management
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Arts and Humanities
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Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
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People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Stress Tolerance
- Independence
- Initiative
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You might use software like this on the job:
Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
- eLading Bill of Lading Software
- LSA Visual Easy Lean
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Exact Software Macola ES
- Sage MAS 90
Analytical or scientific software
- KAPES software
- Micro Estimating FabPlan
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high school diploma or
associate's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$43,740
per year, on average
This work is part of the .
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the Air Force:
Maintenance Management Analysis Apprentice; Maintenance Management Analysis Helper; Maintenance Management Analysis Journeyman; Maintenance Management Production, Apprentice; Maintenance Management Production, Helper; Maintenance Management Production, Journeyman
