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O*NET detailed work activityDirect construction or extraction personnel
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Leading people runs on trust, presence and reading the situation: motivating, correcting, backing people up and taking responsibility. AI can't do that for you.
Part of Direct construction or extraction activities, under the O*NET work activity group Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 2 AI-assist, 18 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Supervise crew members, and provide assistance in training them.
- Assign work to employees, based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs.
- Supervise solar installers, technicians, and subcontractors for solar installation projects to ensure compliance with safety standards.
- Direct rig crews in drilling and other activities, such as setting up rigs and completing or servicing wells.
- Direct helpers engaged in pipe cutting, preassembly, or installation of plumbing systems or components.
- Analyze worker or production problems and recommend solutions, such as improving production methods or implementing motivational plans.
- Direct or train workers to install, maintain, or repair electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures.
- Train, direct, or supervise other construction inspectors.
- Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it.
- Monitor work of contractors and subcontractors to ensure projects conform to plans, specifications, schedules, or budgets.
- Direct drilling crews performing activities such as assembling and connecting pipe, applying weights to drill pipes, or drilling around lodged obstacles.
- Suggest or initiate personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, or hires.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Supervise, coordinate, or schedule the activities of construction or extractive workers.
- Place safety cones around blast areas to alert other workers of danger zones, and signal workers as necessary to ensure that they clear blast sites prior to explosions.
- Observe distribution of paving material to adjust machine settings or material flow, and indicate low spots for workers to add material.
- Hire, train, or supervise new employees or apprentices.
- Train or supervise others in laying pipe.
- Drill holes into sides of stones broken from masses, insert dogs or attach slings, and direct removal of stones.
- Dig or direct digging of post holes and set poles to support structures.
- Guide and assist crews laying track and resetting supports and blocking.