- Industri: Government; Labor
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- Company Profile:
A professional who directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in servicing and repairing buses, trolley cars, or other operating vehicles of busline or railway transit system. Responsibilities include:
* Establishes policies for inspection, maintenance, and repair of vehicles.
* Supervises subordinate supervisors who assign and direct activities in servicing and repairing equipment.
* Authorizes and arranges for purchasing supplies, tools, and machinery.
* Consults with officials of operating and servicing divisions on vehicle replacement needs.
* May investigate and evaluate cause and extent of damage to vehicles involved in accidents.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who manages on-shore activities for company vessels. Responsibilities include:
* Reads radio message from master, ship to determine services requested.
* Requisitions ship's stores or equipment to be delivered on dock at vessel's arrival.
* Places orders for fuel oil and arranges for time of delivery.
* Orders personnel replacements from unions.
* Arranges for other services, such as inspections, tests, overhauls, as required by federal regulations or by company.
* Notifies master, ship by radio of arrangements made.
* When licensed to command ship, may be designated Port Captain.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates marine petroleum terminal activities concerned with delivery of crude and fuel oil, gasoline, and other petroleum products to, and receipt from, tankers, barges, or ships; storing of products in terminal tanks; and transfer of products by pipelines. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews data, such as vessel arrival date and manifest of cargo showing types and quantities of products to be offloaded or delivered, in order to plan work activities.
* Determines if storage tanks have capacity to hold quantities of products being discharged or quantities of products to be loaded, using gauging reports showing contents and levels in each tank.
* Notifies pipeline or refinery personnel of transfer requirements.
* Directs and coordinates, through subordinate supervisory personnel, connecting of oil transfer hoses, lining up of cross-connections and valves to pump products into or from vessels' tanks or storage tanks.
* Coordinates activities, such as gauging of tanks, recording tank contents temperature, and obtaining samples of products for analysis, to ensure specified quantities and types of products are received or delivered.
* Directs preparation of reports on receipt or delivery to and from vessels, pipeline, or storage tanks.
* Prepares report on status of storage tanks' contents and quantities of products in each tank.
* Requisitions and schedules repair and maintenance work on terminal facilities and equipment for periods when oil movements are not scheduled.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities concerned with operation and maintenance of control stations used to regulate, measure, and direct flow of crude oil, petroleum products, or natural gas in pipeline system. Plans and directs studies on flow control and measurement of petroleum products and gas and directs activities of workers evaluating newly developed devices. Refers selected devices to engineering personnel for feasibility and test studies prior to purchase and installation in system. Ascertains need for new control stations, extensions of existing pipelines, and determines locations and sizes of lines from data on forecasts of estimated sales volume and potential customers available at distribution points. Recommends design features of control stations to engineering personnel and directs activities concerned with installation, testing, and maintenance of control and measurement equipment, such as pressure gauges, thermostats, and specialized metering devices in system. Develops plans for coordinating station activities of pipeline system to regulate and measure flow of products from point of origin into and from distribution points in system.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates activities of workers engaged in installation, testing, maintenance, and repair of meters used in electric, gas, steam, and water utilities. Responsibilities include:
* Develops testing procedures and standards for meters and installations.
* Provides technical advice and assistance to customers, contractors, and utility personnel concerning metering problems.
* Directs training of personnel in testing and maintenance of meters and metering installations.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates activities of workers engaged in installation, testing, maintenance, and repair of meters used in electric, gas, steam, and water utilities. Responsibilities include:
* Develops testing procedures and standards for meters and installations.
* Provides technical advice and assistance to customers, contractors, and utility personnel concerning metering problems.
* Directs training of personnel in testing and maintenance of meters and metering installations.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates engineering, construction, operation, and maintenance activities of cross-country pipeline used to transport crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas, or coal slurry from transmission to distribution terminal. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews forecasts of customer demands to determine additional pipeline construction or alteration requirements on pipeline system and facilities.
* Develops plans to meet expanded demands and requests engineering section to design and prepare specifications for expanded facilities and capacity, award construction contracts, and assign project engineering personnel for on-site direction.
* Directs and coordinates, through other management personnel, scheduling, measuring, transmission, and maintenance activities to ensure efficient operation of pipelines and minimize losses.
* Authorizes procurement of equipment, materials, and supplies required for operations and maintenance.
* May be designated according to area of pipeline for which responsible as Pipeline Superintendent, District; Pipeline Superintendent, Division.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs procurement of electric power for street-railway or electrical railway system, and directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in planning, installing, and maintaining power generation and distribution facilities. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with officials of power companies to arrange for power.
* Directs activities of company-owned generating plant through subordinate officials.
* Directs subordinates who supervise construction, maintenance, and repair of distribution system including trolley wire, power lines, poles, underground conduits, and trolley contact signals, when working for street-railway system.
* Approves plans and designs for electrical distribution equipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs procurement of electric power for street-railway or electrical railway system, and directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in planning, installing, and maintaining power generation and distribution facilities. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with officials of power companies to arrange for power.
* Directs activities of company-owned generating plant through subordinate officials.
* Directs subordinates who supervise construction, maintenance, and repair of distribution system including trolley wire, power lines, poles, underground conduits, and trolley contact signals, when working for street-railway system.
* Approves plans and designs for electrical distribution equipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who manages stations and terminals of busline, subway, elevated or interurban railway transit system and confers with other transportation companies on matters, such as fares, routes, and schedules. Responsibilities include:
* Examines books and records of stations and terminals.
* Analyzes financial reports from stations and terminals and prepares reports for management showing profits and expenditures.
* Analyzes statistics to determine which areas require additional terminals and stations to provide adequate service to public.
* Reviews agreements with other transportation companies to ensure against or settle disputes concerning fares, routes, and schedules.
* Confers with governmental commissions and management to establish policy concerning adequate service to public.
Industry:Professional careers
