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Overview
Metal production supervisors oversee daily work and staff in metal fabrication factories, keeping production, schedules and safety moving.
In job descriptions, look for production plans, staff capacity, team communication, equipment availability, finished product requirements, goods labelling, quality assurance and work-progress records.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Metal production supervisor work is close to the factory floor. The supervisor turns production plans into shifts, checks staff capacity, removes equipment blockers and keeps metal fabrication work aligned with safety and output requirements.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes types of metal, metal manufacturing processes, staff scheduling, team communication, equipment availability, goods labelling, quality checks and evaluation of employees’ work.
Salary context
Pay context is shaped by team size, shift coverage, production volume, machinery responsibility, safety duties, quality assurance involvement and how much planning or troubleshooting the supervisor owns.
Career paths
Development can move toward broader production supervision, metal fabrication management, quality assurance, process improvement, maintenance coordination or operations management in manufacturing.
Good to know
Check whether the advert names metal processes, production plans, staff capacity, machinery issues, finished-product requirements, labelling and work-progress records. Also note whether the role is first-line supervision or wider production management.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is welding inspector.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
51-1011.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
25Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
Alternative labels
Occupation group
production supervisor (3122.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7db415ec-0437-4a5e-95ea-622ea9f13dd0 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3122.4.10 |
| ISCO group | 3122 |
| Concept type | Occupation |