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Careers in Manufacturing Operations Leadership
The roles, scope, and shape of the Manufacturing Operations Leadership career family - and the WorkFive personality facets the family tends to reward.
169 O*NET roles
Roles inside this family
- Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
- Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
- Animal Breeders
- Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
- Bakers
- Boilermakers
- Brickmasons and Blockmasons
- Butchers and Meat Cutters
- Cabinetmaker and Bench Carpenter
- Carpenters
- Carpet Installers
- Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
- Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Chemical Plant and System Operators
- Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
- Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
- Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Dental Laboratory Technicians
- Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas
- Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
- Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
- Electrical Engineer
- Electricians
- Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
- Electronics Engineer (Except Computer)
- Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
- Energy Auditors
- Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
- Etcher and Engraver
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
- Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
- Extraction Workers, All Other
- Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
- Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
- Fallers
- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
- Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
- Fence Erectors
- Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
- First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Fishing and Hunting Workers
- Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
- Floor Sanders and Finishers
- Food Batchmakers
- Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
- Food Processing Workers, All Other
- Forest and Conservation Workers
- Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Foundry Mold and Coremakers
- Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
- Furniture Finisher
- Gas Plant Operators
- Gem and Diamond Workers
- Glass Blower, Molder, Bender, Finisher
- Glaziers
- Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
- Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
- Helpers--Carpenters
- Helpers--Electricians
- Helpers--Extraction Workers
- Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
- Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Helpers--Roofers
- Highway Maintenance Workers
- Industrial Production Manager
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- Insulation Workers, Mechanical
- Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
- Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
- Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
- Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
- Log Graders and Scalers
- Logging Equipment Operators
- Logging Workers, All Other
- Machinists
- Manufacturing Engineers
- Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
- Medical Appliance Technicians
- Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Molder, Shaper, and Caster
- Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
- Paper Goods Machine Operator
- Paperhangers
- Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
- Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
- Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
- Pile Driver Operators
- Pipelayers
- Plant and System Operators, All Other
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons
- Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Potter
- Pourers and Casters, Metal
- Prepress Technicians and Workers
- Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
- Print Binding and Finishing Workers
- Printing Press Operators
- Production Worker
- Production Worker Helper
- Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
- Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
- Rock Splitters, Quarry
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Roof Bolters, Mining
- Roofers
- Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas
- Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
- Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
- Segmental Pavers
- Semiconductor Processing Technicians
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
- Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
- Sewers, Hand
- Sewing Machine Operators
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
- Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers
- Solar Energy Installation Managers
- Solar Photovoltaic Installers
- Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians
- Stone Cutter and Carver
- Stonemasons
- Structural Iron and Steel Workers
- Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
- Supervisor of Helpers/Laborers
- Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
- Tapers
- Team Assemblers
- Terrazzo Workers and Finishers
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
- Tile and Stone Setters
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
- Tire Builder
- Tool and Die Makers
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
- Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other
- Upholsterer
- Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
- Weatherization Installers and Technicians
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Woodworkers, All Other
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Facets this family tends to reward
Aggregated across the 169 roles in Manufacturing Operations Leadership. The facets that show up most often as critical for these roles.
- DutifulnessC3The Dutifulness facet explained
- Self-EfficacyC1Self-Efficacy as a workplace trait
- CautiousnessC6Cautiousness in the workplace
- OrderlinessC2Why Orderliness matters for this role
- Self-DisciplineC5The Self-Discipline facet explained
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