Machine operator supervisor

Code 3122.4.8

Machine operator supervisors coordinate and direct workers who set up and operate machines. They monitor the production process and the flow of materials, and they make sure that the products meet the requirements.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • functionalities of machinery
  • quality standards
  • production processes

Skills and competences

  • check material resources
  • communicate problems to senior colleagues
  • consult technical resources
  • monitor machine operations
  • create solutions to problems
  • evaluate employees work
  • set up the controller of a machine
  • schedule regular machine maintenance
  • record production data for quality control
  • follow production schedule
  • oversee production requirements

Transversal competences

  • monitor manufacturing quality standards
  • ensure finished product meet requirements
  • report on production results

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences