Skills Terminal Supervisor - Motor Transport near Edmonton (AB)

Find out what skills you typically need to work as a terminal supervisor - motor transport in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators (NOC 72024).

Tasks

  • Prepare production and other reports
  • Supervise workers and projects
  • Train or arrange for training
  • Dispatch bus drivers and monitor routes
  • Monitor and operate signal and track switch control panel
  • Co-ordinate and schedule activities
  • Ensure health and safety regulations are followed
  • Recommend personnel actions
  • Co-ordinate repairs and rentals
  • Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies
  • Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve work methods

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

Skills

Handling Goods and Materials

Working with goods and materials manually or with machines.

Building

Working with materials to construct, renovate and maintain structures.

Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

Working with and/or repairing vehicles, machinery or stationary equipment.

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery

Working with technical equipment, instruments, machinery and other systems.

Service and Care Help - Service and Care
  • Protecting and Enforcing

Service and Care

Taking care of the needs of people and animals.

Protecting and Enforcing
Responding to public safety and security needs and ensuring compliance to rules, standards or laws.
Communication Help - Communication
  • Advising and Consulting
  • Teaching and Training

Communication

Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.

Advising and Consulting
Providing guidance and advice to enable decision-making about tasks, situations, and processes.
Teaching and Training
Facilitating the acquisition of new knowledge and skills.

Creative Expression

Using various materials and formats to create work that is intended to be artistically satisfying, entertaining, instructive or functional.

Information Handling Help - Information Handling
  • Processing Information

Information Handling

Creating and using systems for the storage and retrieval of knowledge and data.

Processing Information
Inputting, recording, transcribing and updating data using electronic or manual information systems.
Analysis Help - Analysis
  • Analyzing Information
  • Planning

Analysis

Examining and evaluating information.

Analyzing Information
Examining data or facts to determine appropriate actions or recommendations.
Planning
Determining phases and steps, defining activities and tasks and establishing schedules to complete objectives on time and within budget.
Management Help - Management
  • Supervising
  • Co-ordinating and Organizing

Management

Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.

Supervising
Directing and monitoring the performance of others.
Co-ordinating and Organizing
Organizing and co-ordinating the activities of groups and individuals to align their activities with organizational objectives.

Knowledge

Manufacturing and Production

Knowledge related to the delivery of a series of operations in large-scale production or processing of goods or crops, according to safety and quality standards.

Communications and Transportation Help - Communications and Transportation
  • Transportation

Communications and Transportation

Knowledge related to the provision and transmission of systems of communication and entertainment and the delivery of consumer goods or services.

Transportation
Knowledge of the principles, methods and systems for moving people and goods by air, sea, rail or ground transportation, including relative costs, advantages, risks and limitations.
Law and Public Safety Help - Law and Public Safety
  • Public Safety and Security

Law and Public Safety

Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.

Public Safety and Security
Knowledge of public safety and security operations and systems, of policy, regulations and procedures for the protection of people, data and property.

Social Sciences and Arts

Knowledge related to culture, origins and patterns of human activity, and the development and expression of thought.

Education and Training

Knowledge related to the theory and practice of teaching, and the methods used in the design, delivery and evaluation of the provision of knowledge or information.

Health Services

Knowledge related to the provision of medical science and technology for the physical and mental well-being of others.

Mathematics and Science

Knowledge related to specialized areas of research such as measurement, living organisms, physical substances, and properties and relationships of quantity, space, and matter.

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge related to the design, building, use or repair of machinery, equipment, systems, and structures.

Business, Finance and Management Help - Business, Finance and Management
  • Client Service
  • Personnel and Human Resources

Business, Finance and Management

Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.

Client Service
Knowledge of principles and practices of providing service to clients to maintain and build organizational success.
Personnel and Human Resources
Knowledge of the principles and practices of human resources management.
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