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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Description
Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. Duties include reviewing and distributing production, work, and shipment schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems.
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Experience
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.

Education
These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.

Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.

Tasks
  • Compiles schedules and orders, such as personnel assignments, production, work flow, transportation, and maintenance and repair.
  • Calculates figures, such as labor and materials amounts, manufacturing costs, and wages, using pricing schedules, adding machine, or calculator.
  • Requisitions and maintains inventory of materials and supplies to meet production demands.
  • Reviews documents, such as production schedules, staffing tables, and specifications, to obtain information, such as materials, priorities, and personnel requirements.
  • Confers with establishment personnel, vendors, and customers to coordinate processing and shipping and to resolve complaints.
  • Completes status reports, such as production progress, customer information, and materials inventory.
  • Examines documents, materials, and products, and monitors work processes for completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications.
  • Maintains files, such as maintenance records, bills of lading, and cost reports.
  • Arranges for delivery and distributes supplies and parts to expedite flow of materials to meet production schedules.
  • Monitors work progress, provides services, such as furnishing permits, tickets, and union information, and directs workers to expedite work flow.
National Average Salary
$34,070.00/year

Average Salary in Maryland
$34,450.00/year

Important Abilities
   1. Near Vision
   2. Number Facility
   3. Oral Expression
   4. Oral Comprehension
   5. Information Ordering

General Work Activities
   1. Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
   2. Communicating With Other Workers
   3. Documenting/Recording Information
   4. Evaluating Information Against Standards
   5. Processing Information

Important Skills
   1. Reading Comprehension
   2. Implementation Planning
   3. Information Organization
   4. Writing
   5. Monitoring

Frequent Work Context
   1. Job-Required Social Interaction
   2. Indoors
   3. Consequence of Error
   4. Coordinate or Lead Others
   5. Importance of Being Exact or Accurate

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