First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of mechanics, installers, and repairers. May also advise customers on recommended services. Excludes team or work leaders.
Most important skills
- Monitoring
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Coordination
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Time Management
- Reading Comprehension
Key knowledge
- Administration and Management
- Mechanical
- Customer and Personal Service
- Administrative
- Personnel and Human Resources
- English Language
- Mathematics
- Computers and Electronics
What the work involves
- Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of personnel.
- Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
- Examine objects, systems, or facilities and analyze information to determine needed installations, services, or repairs.
- Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job-skill deficiencies.
- Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts.
- Compute estimates and actual costs of factors such as materials, labor, or outside contractors.
- Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers.
- Conduct or arrange for worker training in safety, repair, or maintenance techniques, operational procedures, or equipment use.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Enterprising, Conventional, Realistic.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) (54.2% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (41.4%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months (23.1%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 3: Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
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 | Very high | Higher on contact with others than 85% of occupations compared | 90% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Moderate | Lower on dealing with the public than 51% of occupations compared | 39% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | Moderate | Higher on teamwork than 56% of occupations compared | 62% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | High | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 71% of occupations compared | 54% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Moderate | Higher on time pressure than 56% of occupations compared | 38% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | Moderate | Higher on conflict situations than 52% of occupations compared | 48% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Moderate | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 51% of occupations compared | 55% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | Low | Lower on consequence of error than 74% of occupations compared | 34% of surveyed respondents chose “Not serious at all” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: moderate
- Conflict situations: moderate
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: moderate
- Consequence of error: low
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: 4.41%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0.31%
- Contact with others most of the time: 5.3%
- Constant contact with others: 89.98%
n = 44, Incumbent 08/2021
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 15.51%
- Fairly important: 18.97%
- Important: 16.69%
- Very important: 9.59%
- Extremely important: 39.24%
n = 44, Incumbent 08/2021
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 13.61%
- Important: 0%
- Very important: 24.27%
- Extremely important: 62.12%
n = 43, Incumbent 08/2021
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 2.81%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 9.94%
- Some freedom: 33.22%
- A lot of freedom: 54.04%
n = 45, Incumbent 08/2021
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 16.77%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 11.67%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 33.17%
- Every day: 38.39%
n = 44, Incumbent 08/2021
Conflict situations
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 47.72%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 26.88%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 15.78%
- Every day: 9.62%
n = 45, Incumbent 08/2021
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 55.1%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 21.85%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 18.23%
- Every day: 4.82%
n = 44, Incumbent 08/2021
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 33.87%
- Fairly serious: 29.57%
- Serious: 7.34%
- Very serious: 12.05%
- Extremely serious: 17.17%
n = 44, Incumbent 08/2021
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