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FIRST-LINE SUPERVISORS OF HELPERS, LABORERS, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND

Occupation Description:

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of helpers, laborers, or material movers, hand.

Specialized Occupations:

Recycling Coordinators (ONET code: 53-1042.01)


	Occupation Description:

	Supervise curbside and drop-off recycling programs for municipal governments or private firms.


	Typical Tasks:

	Oversee recycling pick-up or drop-off programs to ensure compliance with community ordinances. Maintain logs of recycling materials received or shipped to processing companies. Supervise recycling technicians, community service workers, or other recycling operations employees or volunteers. Review customer requests for service to determine service needs and deploy appropriate resources to provide service. Provide training to recycling technicians or community service workers on topics such as safety, solid waste processing, or general recycling operations. Identify or investigate new opportunities for materials to be collected and recycled. Assign truck drivers or recycling technicians to routes.


	Knowledge:

	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.. 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.. Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.. Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.. Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.. Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.. English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar..

Maintain a safe working environment by monitoring safety procedures and equipment.
Review work throughout the work process and at completion to ensure that it has been performed properly.
Inform designated employees or departments of items loaded or problems encountered.
Examine freight to determine loading sequences.
Collaborate with workers and managers to solve work-related problems.
Check specifications of materials loaded or unloaded against information contained in work orders.
Plan work schedules and assign duties to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of activities and response to fluctuating workloads.

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