About This Career

Directly supervises and coordinates activities of construction or extraction workers.

This career is part of the Energy cluster Construction pathway.

A person in this career:

• Inspects work progress, equipment, or construction sites to verify safety or to ensure that specifications are met.
• Reads specifications, such as blueprints, to determine construction requirements or to plan procedures.
• Supervises, coordinates, or schedules the activities of construction or extractive workers.
• Assigns work to employees, based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs.
• Coordinates work activities with other construction project activities.
• Estimates material or worker requirements to complete jobs.
• Analyzes worker or production problems and recommends solutions, such as improving production methods or implementing motivational plans.
• Orders or requisitions materials or supplies.
• Trains workers in construction methods, operation of equipment, safety procedures, or company policies.
• Locates, measures, and marks site locations or placements of structures or equipment, using measuring and marking equipment.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

People who do this job report that:

• You would often handle loads up to 10 lbs., sometimes up to 20 lbs. You might do a lot of walking or standing, or you might sit but use your arms and legs to control machines, equipment or tools.
• Work in this occupation involves use of protective items such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, a hard hat, or personal flotation devices
• Exposure to pollutants, gases, dust, fumes, odors, poor ventilation, etc.
• Conditions are very hot (above 90 F) or very cold (under 32 F)
• Exposed to hazardous equipment such as saws, machinery, or vehicular traffic more than once a month
• Sound and noise levels are loud and distracting
• Work in this occupation requires being outside most of the time
• Work in this occupation involves standing more than one-third of the time

Working in this career involves (physical activities):

• Seeing clearly at a distance
• Seeing clearly up close
• Speaking clearly enough to be able to be understood by others
• Identifying and understanding the speech of another person

Work Hours and Travel

• Irregular hours
• Overtime work