First-Line Supervisors and Manager/Supervisors- Construction Trades Workers

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction trades workers and their helpers. Manager/Supervisors are generally found in smaller establishments where they perform both supervisory and management functions, such as accounting, marketing, and personnel work and may also engage in the same construction trades work as the workers they supervise.

Job Task

• Supervises and coordinates activities of construction trades workers.
• Directs and leads workers engaged in construction activities.
• Assigns work to employees, using material and worker requirements data.
• Confers with staff and worker to ensure production and personnel problems are resolved.
• Suggests and initiates personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, and hires.
• Analyzes and resolves worker problems and recommends motivational plans.
• Examines and inspects work progress, equipment and construction sites to verify safety and ensure that specifications are met.
• Estimates material and worker requirements to complete job.
• Reads specifications, such as blueprints and data, to determine construction requirements.
• Analyzes and plans installation and construction of equipment and structures.
• Locates, measures, and marks location and placement of structures and equipment.
• Records information, such as personnel, production, and operational data, on specified forms and reports.
• Trains workers in construction methods and operation of equipment.
• Recommends measures to improve production methods and equipment performance to increase efficiency and safety.
• Assists workers engaged in construction activities, using hand tools and equipment.

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