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A professional who plans and coordinates activities of workers engaged in constructing, installing, inspecting, and maintaining railroad track and rights-of-way within assigned district of railroad. Responsibilities include:
* Plans work assignments and schedules.
* Requisitions supplies and materials to complete construction projects.
* Dispatches workers and equipment to scenes of accidents and impassable roadbeds or tunnels to repair damage and restore service.
* Investigates accidents, defective tracks, and obstructions to rights-of-way and issues restorative work orders.
* Prepares reports stating causes of accidents or concerning condition of tracks and issues recommendations to prevent future accidents, damage, or track deterioration.
* Recommends construction of new tracks.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who manages ready-mix concrete plant. Responsibilities include:
* Determines work procedure and assigns duties to personnel concerned with mixing and dispatching of concrete and maintenance of plant and equipment.
* Inspects personnel performance for quality and quantity.
* Prepares reports on cost of plant operation and maintains personnel records.
* Hires, trains, and discharges workers.
* Coordinates activities of sales personnel.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs activities of workers concerned with construction of buildings, dams, highways, pipelines, or other construction projects. Responsibilities include:
* Studies specifications to plan procedures for construction on basis of starting and completion times and staffing requirements for each phase of construction, based on knowledge of available tools and equipment and various building methods.
* Assembles members of organization (supervisory, clerical, engineering, and other workers) at start of project.
* Orders procurement of tools and materials to be delivered at specified times to conform to work schedules.
* Confers with and directs supervisory personnel and subcontractors engaged in planning and executing work procedures, interpreting specifications, and coordinating various phases of construction to prevent delays.
* Confers with supervisory personnel and labor representatives to resolve complaints and grievances within work force.
* Confers with supervisory and engineering personnel and inspectors and suppliers of tools and materials to resolve construction problems and improve construction methods.
* Inspects work in progress to ensure that work conforms to specifications and that construction schedules are adhered to.
* Prepares, or receives from subordinates, reports on progress, materials used and costs, and adjusts work schedules as indicated by reports.
* May direct workers concerned with major maintenance or reconditioning projects for existing installations.
* Workers are usually designated according to type of project, work, or construction activity directed.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs activities of workers concerned with construction of buildings, dams, highways, pipelines, or other construction projects. Responsibilities include:
* Studies specifications to plan procedures for construction on basis of starting and completion times and staffing requirements for each phase of construction, based on knowledge of available tools and equipment and various building methods.
* Assembles members of organization (supervisory, clerical, engineering, and other workers) at start of project.
* Orders procurement of tools and materials to be delivered at specified times to conform to work schedules.
* Confers with and directs supervisory personnel and subcontractors engaged in planning and executing work procedures, interpreting specifications, and coordinating various phases of construction to prevent delays.
* Confers with supervisory personnel and labor representatives to resolve complaints and grievances within work force.
* Confers with supervisory and engineering personnel and inspectors and suppliers of tools and materials to resolve construction problems and improve construction methods.
* Inspects work in progress to ensure that work conforms to specifications and that construction schedules are adhered to.
* Prepares, or receives from subordinates, reports on progress, materials used and costs, and adjusts work schedules as indicated by reports.
* May direct workers concerned with major maintenance or reconditioning projects for existing installations.
* Workers are usually designated according to type of project, work, or construction activity directed.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans and coordinates construction and maintenance of railroad right-of-way. Responsibilities include:
* Approves repair and construction projects and assigns work to specified departments.
* Reviews progress and production charts to ascertain that work is proceeding on schedule.
* Reviews and authorizes construction and maintenance projects or plans for budget, staff, and equipment requests.
* Coordinates activities of workers engaged in maintaining right-of-way.
* Visits sites damaged by wreck, derailment, or natural disaster, and prepares report identifying such factors as amount of damage, repairs to be done, and reasons for derailment or wreck.
* May consult with public-service agencies to resolve issues of unsafe crossings, bridges, trestles, and installation of additional warning devices.
* May direct construction and maintenance of buildings and other structures, such as bridges, trestles, and tunnels.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in construction and repair of railroad structures, such as bridges, culverts, tunnels, and buildings. Responsibilities include:
* Plans work schedules for construction and maintenance projects.
* Interprets and explains plans for construction of new projects.
* Ensures that workers are supplied with tools, materials, and equipment for completion of construction or maintenance projects.
* Ensures that railroad construction specifications are followed.
* Dispatches workers and equipment to scenes of accidents to repair damaged bridges, tunnels, or right-of-way.
* Investigates reports of damage or accidents to determine and correct cause, if attributable to faulty construction or maintenance.
* Inspects right-of-way and structures to detect need for repairs.
* Prepares reports of hours, equipment, and materials used to complete each construction or maintenance project.
* May cooperate with engineering department to develop plans for new projects.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects and oversees construction of bridges, buildings, dams, highways, and other types of construction work to ensure that procedures and materials comply with plans and specifications. Responsibilities include:
* Measures distances to verify accuracy of dimensions of structural installations and layouts.
* Verifies levels, alignment, and elevation of installations, using surveyor's level and transit.
* Observes work in progress to ensure that procedures followed and materials used conform to specifications.
* Prepares samples of unapproved materials for laboratory testing.
* Examines quality of finished installations for conformity to standard and approves installation.
* Interprets blueprints and specifications for contractor and discusses deviations from specified construction procedures to ensure compliance with regulations governing construction.
* Records quantities of materials received or used during specified periods.
* Maintains daily log of construction and inspection activities and compares progress reports.
* Computes monthly estimates of work completed and approves payment for contractors.
* Prepares sketches of construction installations that deviate from blueprints and reports such changes for incorporation on master blueprints.
* May be designated according to structure or material inspected as Building-Construction Inspector; Ditch Inspector; Highway Inspector; Masonry Inspector; Reinforced-Concrete Inspector; Rod Inspector.
* May be designated.
* Responsibilities include:
* Pipeline Inspector; Structural-Steel Inspector; Tunnel-Heading Inspector.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs production, distribution, and marketing operations for branch plant, or assigned territory of industrial organization. Responsibilities include:
* Coordinates production, distribution, warehousing, and sales in accordance with policies, principles, and procedures established by manager, industrial organization .
* Confers with customers and representatives of associated industries to evaluate and promote improved and expanded services in area.
* Develops plans for efficient use of materials, machines, and employees.
* Reviews production costs and product quality, and modifies production and inventory control programs to maintain and enhance profitable operation of division.
* Reviews operations of competing organizations, and plans and directs sales program to develop new markets, using sales aids, advertising, promotional programs, and field services.
* Directs personnel program.
* Directs preparation of accounting records.
* Recommends budgets to management.
* May be designated according to title of area of jurisdiction as Manager, District; Manager, Local; Manager, Regional.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates all activities of winery concerned with production of wine. Responsibilities include:
* Contracts with growers to provide fruit for processing or cooperates with horticulturist of company vineyard in grape production.
* Examines grape samples to ascertain presence and extent of such factors as sugar and acid content, and ripeness.
* Orders grapes picked when analysis indicates they are at degree of ripeness desired.
* Coordinates processes and directs workers concerned with testing and crushing grapes, fermenting juice, fortifying, clarifying, aging, and finishing of wine, including cooling, filtering, and bottling.
* Blends wines according to formulas or knowledge and experience in wine making.
* May develop new processes to improve product.
* When processing champagne, may be designated Champagne Maker.
* When processing wine into vinegar, is designated Vinegar Maker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates all activities of winery concerned with production of wine. Responsibilities include:
* Contracts with growers to provide fruit for processing or cooperates with horticulturist of company vineyard in grape production.
* Examines grape samples to ascertain presence and extent of such factors as sugar and acid content, and ripeness.
* Orders grapes picked when analysis indicates they are at degree of ripeness desired.
* Coordinates processes and directs workers concerned with testing and crushing grapes, fermenting juice, fortifying, clarifying, aging, and finishing of wine, including cooling, filtering, and bottling.
* Blends wines according to formulas or knowledge and experience in wine making.
* May develop new processes to improve product.
* When processing champagne, may be designated Champagne Maker.
* When processing wine into vinegar, is designated Vinegar Maker.
Industry:Professional careers
