First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers
Maintenance Foreman, Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Supervisor, Service Manager
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Advanced Fighter Aircraft Integrated Avionics; Airborne Mission Systems Specialist Apprentice, MC-130P; Aircraft Armament Systems Helper, B-1; Aircrew Flight Equipment Apprentice, Ejection Seat Aircraft; Biomedical Equipment Craftsman; Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Journeyman; Missile And Space Systems Maintenance Manager; Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory; Special Mission Aviator Apprentice, AC-130J Gunner; Special Mission Aviator Senior Enlisted Leader, MC-130J Loadmaster
AH-64 Attack Helicopter Repairer; Aircraft Components Repair Supervisor; Aviation Maintenance Officer; CH-47 Helicopter Repairer/Aircrew Member; Electronic Maintenance Supervisor; Health Services Maintenance Technician; Military Police; Prime Power Production Specialist; Senior Electronics Maintenance Warrant Officer; Tactical Power Generation Specialist
Aids to Navigation; Aviation Engineering; Aviation Maintenance Technician; Damage Controlman; Electrician's Mate; Electronics Specialty; Gunner's Mate; Machinery Technician; Material Maintenance; Naval Engineering Specialty
Air Traffic Control Communications Technician; Aircraft Maintenance Chief; Avionics Officer; Electro-Optical Ordnance Repairer; Fixed-Wing Aircraft Airframe Mechanic, AV-8/TAV-8; Fixed-Wing Aircraft Power Plants Mechanic, F-402; Ground Electronics Transmission Systems Maintainer; Helicopter/Tiltrotor Mechanic-Trainee; Network Chief; Tiltrotor Airframe Mechanic, MV-22
Acoustic Technician CWO; Air Officer; Aviation Machinist Mate Intermediate Level; CWO - Aviation Maintenance Technician; Fire Control Officer (Surface-To-Air Missiles); LDO - Electronics, Submarine; Master Underwater Construction Diver; RL - Aerospace Engineering Duty Officer - Aerospace Engineering; Sonar Technician (Submarine); Submarine Propulsion Plant Electrical Supervisor
Aerospace Ground Equipment; Aerospace Propulsion Craftsman, Turboprop andTurboshaft Propulsion (helicopter, propeller, tiltrotor aircraft); Aircraft Electrical And Environmental Systems; Aircraft Hydraulic Systems Craftsman; Aircrew Egress Systems Craftsman; Avionics Superintendent; Fighter/Remotely Piloted Aircraft Maintenance Superintendent; Missile And Space Systems Electronic Maintenance; Munitions Systems Manager; Refuel/Bomber Aircraft Maintenance
What they do:
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of mechanics, installers, and repairers. May also advise customers on recommended services. Excludes team or work leaders.
On the job, you would:
- Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.
- Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.
- Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers.
Knowledge
Business
- management
- customer service
Engineering and Technology
- mechanical
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Skills
Basic Skills
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- talking to others
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Resource Management
- selecting and managing the best workers for a job
- managing your time and the time of other people
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- use rules to solve problems
Hearing and Speech
- recognize spoken words
- speak clearly
Visual Understanding
- see hidden patterns
Personality
People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Leadership Orientation
- Cooperation
- Cautiousness
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Integrity
Technology
You might use software like this on the job:
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Microsoft Dynamics
- SAP software
Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Yardi software
Education
Education: (rated 3 of 5)
high school diploma/GED or
some college
usually needed
some college
usually needed
Job Outlook
Average
New job opportunities are likely in the future.
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