Occupation Atlasroad construction supervisor
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7c205166-d862-45fc-90e5-58a3aa3721dd
road construction supervisor
Road construction supervisors monitor the construction and maintenance of roads. They assign tasks and take quick decisions to resolve problems.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ECREnterprising · Conventional · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising6.00
- C Conventional4.95
- R Realistic4.67
- S Social2.92
- I Investigative1.90
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (47-1011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (25)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- conduct quality control analysis
- coordinate construction activities
- ensure compliance with construction project deadline
- ensure equipment availability
- evaluate employees work
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- guide operation of heavy construction equipment
- inspect construction sites
- inspect construction supplies
- keep records of work progress
- liaise with managers
- manage health and safety standards
- mechanical systems
- mechanical tools
- monitor stock level
- plan resource allocation
- plan shifts of employees
- process incoming construction supplies
- react to events in time-critical environments
- road traffic laws
- secure working area
- supervise staff
- types of asphalt coverings
- use safety equipment in construction
- work in a construction team
Optional (32)
- advise on construction materials
- apply proofing membranes
- asphalt mixes
- calculate needs for construction supplies
- clear accident site
- construction product regulation
- cost management
- inspect asphalt
- inspect drainage channels
- inspect road signs
- lay base courses
- lay concrete slabs
- liaise with financiers
- liaise with local authorities
- machinery load capacity
- maintain equipment
- negotiate supplier arrangements
- order construction supplies
- pave asphalt layers
- perform traffic sign maintenance
- place temporary road signage
- prepare subgrade for road pavement
- provide first aid
- provide technical expertise
- recruit employees
- remove road surface
- train employees
- transport construction supplies
- types of membranes
- use measurement instruments
- work ergonomically
- work safely with hot materials
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 25 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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