# Tasks & work activities — crane crew supervisor

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 53-1042.00 (First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand).

## Task statements

- **[Core]** Maintain a safe working environment by monitoring safety procedures and equipment.
- **[Core]** Plan work schedules and assign duties to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of activities and response to fluctuating workloads.
- **[Core]** Collaborate with workers and managers to solve work-related problems.
- **[Core]** Review work throughout the work process and at completion to ensure that it has been performed properly.
- **[Core]** Transmit and explain work orders to laborers.
- **[Core]** Check specifications of materials loaded or unloaded against information contained in work orders.
- **[Core]** Inform designated employees or departments of items loaded or problems encountered.
- **[Core]** Evaluate employee performance and prepare performance appraisals.
- **[Core]** Perform the same work duties as those supervised, or perform more difficult or skilled tasks or assist in their performance.
- **[Core]** Prepare and maintain work records and reports of information such as employee time and wages, daily receipts, or inspection results.
- **[Core]** Conduct staff meetings to relay general information or to address specific topics, such as safety.
- **[Core]** Counsel employees in work-related activities, personal growth, or career development.
- **[Core]** Inspect equipment for wear and for conformance to specifications.
- **[Core]** Resolve personnel problems, complaints, or formal grievances when possible, or refer them to higher-level supervisors for resolution.
- **[Core]** Recommend or initiate personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, or disciplinary measures.
- **[Core]** Assess training needs of staff and arrange for or provide appropriate instruction.
- **[Core]** Estimate material, time, and staffing requirements for a given project, based on work orders, job specifications, and experience.
- **[Core]** Participate in the hiring process by reviewing credentials, conducting interviews, or making hiring decisions or recommendations.
- **[Supplemental]** Examine freight to determine loading sequences.
- **[Supplemental]** Schedule times of shipment and modes of transportation for materials.
- **[Supplemental]** Quote prices to customers.
- **[Supplemental]** Provide assistance in balancing books, tracking, monitoring, or projecting a unit's budget needs, and in developing unit policies and procedures.
- **[Supplemental]** Inspect job sites to determine the extent of maintenance or repairs needed.
- **[Supplemental]** Inventory supplies and requisition or purchase additional items, as necessary.

## Detailed work activities

- Acquire supplies or equipment.
- Assist skilled construction or extraction personnel.
- Direct material handling or moving activities.
- Estimate technical or resource requirements for development or production projects.
- Evaluate performance of applicants, trainees, or employees.
- Explain regulations, policies, or procedures.
- Inspect facilities to ensure compliance with safety, quality, or service standards.
- Inspect material-moving equipment to detect problems.
- Meet with coworkers to communicate work orders or plans.
- Monitor loading processes to ensure they are performed properly.
- Monitor work environment to ensure safety or adherence to specifications.
- Notify others of emergencies, problems, or hazards.
- Plan production or operational procedures or sequences.
- Plan work operations.
- Provide transportation information to passengers or customers.
- Recommend personnel decisions or human resources activities.
- Record operational or production data.
- Resolve personnel problems.
- Schedule operational activities.
- Support the professional development of others.
- Train transportation or material moving personnel.
- Verify information or specifications.