Quality Control Systems Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate quality assurance programs. Formulate quality control policies and control quality of laboratory and production efforts.
Most important skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Quality Control Analysis
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
Key knowledge
- Production and Processing
- Education and Training
- English Language
- Chemistry
- Customer and Personal Service
- Administration and Management
- Mathematics
- Engineering and Technology
What the work involves
- Stop production if serious product defects are present.
- Review and approve quality plans submitted by contractors.
- Review statistical studies, technological advances, or regulatory standards and trends to stay abreast of issues in the field of quality control.
- Generate and maintain quality control operating budgets.
- Evaluate new testing and sampling methodologies or technologies to determine usefulness.
- Coordinate the selection and implementation of quality control equipment, such as inspection gauges.
- Collect and analyze production samples to evaluate quality.
- Verify that raw materials, purchased parts or components, in-process samples, and finished products meet established testing and inspection standards.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Conventional, Enterprising, Investigative.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree (100% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (41.9%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months (36.8%)
- 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 Quality Control Systems 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 | Very high | Higher on contact with others than 87% of occupations compared | 84% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Moderate | Higher on dealing with the public than 55% of occupations compared | 46% of surveyed respondents chose “Important” |
| Teamwork | Very high | Higher on teamwork than 93% of occupations compared | 81% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Moderate | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 59% of occupations compared | 56% of surveyed respondents chose “Some freedom” |
| Time pressure | Very high | Higher on time pressure than 83% of occupations compared | — |
| Conflict situations | Very high | Higher on conflict situations than 88% of occupations compared | 61% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | High | Higher on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 62% of occupations compared | 60% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Consequence of error | Low | Lower on consequence of error than 61% of occupations compared | 32% of surveyed respondents chose “Not serious at all” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: very high
- Conflict situations: very high
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: high
- 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: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0.82%
- Contact with others most of the time: 15.33%
- Constant contact with others: 83.85%
n = 21, Incumbent 08/2022
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 10.01%
- Important: 46.31%
- Very important: 20.31%
- Extremely important: 23.37%
n = 21, Incumbent 08/2022
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 0%
- Important: 0.82%
- Very important: 18.17%
- Extremely important: 81%
n = 21, Incumbent 08/2022
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 10.58%
- Some freedom: 56.33%
- A lot of freedom: 33.09%
n = 21, Incumbent 08/2022
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 0%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 16.33%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 35.66%
- Every day: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 21, Incumbent 08/2022
Conflict situations
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 0.82%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 60.71%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 17.79%
- Every day: 20.67%
n = 21, Incumbent 08/2022
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 20.31%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 60.44%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 19.25%
- Every day: 0%
n = 21, Incumbent 08/2022
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 32.31%
- Fairly serious: 15.4%
- Serious: 13.18%
- Very serious: 22.11%
- Extremely serious: 16.99%
n = 20, Incumbent 08/2022
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