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Material Moving Supervisor

Material Moving Supervisor profiles score highest on Influencing and Organizing. This page covers what the work involves, what the trait profile looks like, what it pays, and where the fit tends to break.

Entry education
High schooltypical for the occupation

SOURCE · O*NET 53-1042.00 and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are national and vary widely by state and setting.

What the work involves

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of helpers, laborers, or material movers, hand.

Skills rated most important

Coordination69
Management of Personnel Resources66
Speaking66
Active Listening63
Complex Problem Solving60

Work context

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams99
Contact With Others98
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled74
Spend Time Standing58
Spend Time Sitting54
Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled53
Spend Time Walking or Running45
Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body14
Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling14
Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles8
Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance7

O*NET importance and frequency ratings, 0–100.

The trait profile

Where Material Moving Supervisor profiles sit on the eleven Haliscope traits, derived from O*NET’s published interest and work-style data.

Influencing85
Organizing64
Safety-Seeking59
Harmonizing58
Persevering53
Law-Abiding48
Helping46
Operating40
Exploring17
Analyzing4
Creating4

Who it fits, and who it doesn’t

Strong signals

  • High Influencing. Measures your drive to lead, persuade, and shape outcomes. High scorers are confident communicators who naturally take charge and direct others.
  • High Organizing. Measures your preference for structure, detail, and systematic processes. High scorers excel at creating order, optimizing workflows, and maintaining precision.
  • High Harmonizing. Measures your focus on group cohesion and interpersonal peace. High scorers build consensus, facilitate cooperation, and prioritize team harmony.
  • High Law-Abiding. Measures your commitment to ethics, rules, and fairness. High scorers value honesty, follow procedures, and prefer environments with clear moral guidelines.
  • High Safety-Seeking. Measures your preference for stability and predictability. High scorers value security, prefer familiar environments, and carefully weigh risks before acting.

Friction points

  • Low Influencing. Measures your drive to lead, persuade, and shape outcomes. High scorers are confident communicators who naturally take charge and direct others.
  • Low Organizing. Measures your preference for structure, detail, and systematic processes. High scorers excel at creating order, optimizing workflows, and maintaining precision.

These are what the occupation’s profile says, not a hiring criterion. Haliscope is not validated for hiring or screening, and none of these is disqualifying — they are where a fit most often breaks.

Getting in

Entry education: High school.

Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.

Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.

O*NET Job Zone descriptions, U.S. Department of Labor.

Exposure to AI

How much of this work AI can already do, and how much AI tools help the people doing it, is scored task by task in the AI Risk Index.

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