Industrial Production Managers
Manufacturing Manager, Plant Manager, Production Control Manager, Production Manager
see titles from the Air Force or Navy.
Aircraft Armament Systems; Aircraft Armament Systems Apprentice, RPA (MQ-1/MQ-9); Aircraft Armament Systems Helper, F/A-22; Helicopter/Tiltrotor Aircraft Maintenance Helper, CV-22; Nondestructive Inspection; Nuclear Weapons Superintendent; Refuel/Bomber Aircraft Maintenance Helper, B-1; Refuel/Bomber Aircraft Maintenance Journeyman, KC-46; Tactical Aircraft Maintenance (5th Generation); Tactical Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice, F-15
Aircraft Production Officer; CWO - Electronics Technician, Surface; CWO - Ordnance, Aviation; Depot Maintenance Production Officer; LDO - Maintenance, Aviation; LDO - Ordnance, Submarine; Production Engineering Officer; RL - Aerospace Engineering Duty Officer - Aviation Maintenance; Shop Production Officer; URL - Aviation, Rating Terminated; Yard Production Officer
What they do:
Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.
On the job, you would:
- Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
- Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations.
- Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports, to detect production problems.
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Business
- management
- customer service
Arts and Humanities
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
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Basic Skills
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- talking to others
Resource Management
- managing your time and the time of other people
- selecting and managing the best workers for a job
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
Math
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Leadership
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Stress Tolerance
- Attention to Detail
- Adaptability/Flexibility
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You might use software like this on the job:
Industrial control software
- Prosys
- Schneider Electric CitectSCADA
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- FileMaker Pro
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bachelor's degree or
some college
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$100,580
$61,360
$168,780
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Air Force or Navy.
