Biofuels Production Managers
Manage biofuels production and plant operations. Collect and process information on plant production and performance, diagnose problems, and design corrective procedures.
Most important skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Speaking
- Coordination
- Writing
Key knowledge
- Production and Processing
- Administration and Management
- Mechanical
- Engineering and Technology
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Computers and Electronics
- Personnel and Human Resources
What the work involves
- Provide training to subordinate or new employees to improve biofuels plant safety or increase the production of biofuels.
- Provide direction to employees to ensure compliance with biofuels plant safety, environmental, or operational standards and regulations.
- Monitor transportation and storage of flammable or other potentially dangerous feedstocks or products to ensure adherence to safety guidelines.
- Draw samples of biofuels products or secondary by-products for quality control testing.
- Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting biofuels plant safety, operational efficiency, and product quality.
- Supervise production employees in the manufacturing of biofuels, such as biodiesel or ethanol.
- Shut down and restart biofuels plant or equipment in emergency situations or for equipment maintenance, repairs, or replacements.
- Review logs, datasheets, or reports to ensure adequate production levels or to identify abnormalities with biofuels production equipment or processes.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Enterprising, Conventional, Realistic.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree (45.4% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (34.6%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (26.3%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 4: Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Biofuels Production Managers is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
- Projection education uses SOC 11-3051 (detailed_parent); it may describe a broader group.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | High | Higher on contact with others than 72% of occupations compared | 71% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Moderate | Higher on dealing with the public than 59% of occupations compared | 30% of surveyed respondents chose “Very important” |
| Teamwork | Very high | Higher on teamwork than 91% of occupations compared | 76% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | High | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 75% of occupations compared | 49% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Moderate | Higher on time pressure than 59% of occupations compared | 40% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Conflict situations | Very high | Higher on conflict situations than 83% of occupations compared | 37% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Moderate | Higher on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 59% of occupations compared | 46% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Consequence of error | Very high | Higher on consequence of error than 87% of occupations compared | 46% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: moderate
- Conflict situations: very high
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: moderate
- Consequence of error: very high
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 7.23%
- Contact with others most of the time: 22.01%
- Constant contact with others: 70.76%
n = 20, Incumbent 07/2016
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 22.98%
- Important: 18.24%
- Very important: 30.29%
- Extremely important: 28.49%
n = 20, Incumbent 07/2016
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 0%
- Important: 0%
- Very important: 23.7%
- Extremely important: 76.3%
n = 20, Incumbent 07/2016
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 7.31%
- Some freedom: 43.85%
- A lot of freedom: 48.84%
n = 20, Incumbent 07/2016
Time pressure
- Never: 3.54%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 0%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 24.44%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 39.54%
- Every day: 32.49%
n = 20, Incumbent 07/2016
Conflict situations
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 16.3%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 37.45%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 33.51%
- Every day: 12.73%
n = 20, Incumbent 07/2016
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 7.23%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 23.24%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 45.79%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 16.5%
- Every day: 7.23%
n = 20, Incumbent 07/2016
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 14.47%
- Fairly serious: 0%
- Serious: 7.23%
- Very serious: 32.6%
- Extremely serious: 45.7%
n = 20, Incumbent 07/2016
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