Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers

• Meet with coworkers to communicate work orders or plans.
• Notify others of emergencies, problems, or hazards.
• Schedule operational activities.
• Plan implementation or promotion of recycling programs.
• Plan work operations.
• Train transportation or material moving personnel.
• Record details of deliveries or shipments.
• Plan work operations.
• Review customer information.
• Direct material handling or moving activities.

• Having face-to-face discussions.
• Working with a group or team.
• Responsibility for outcomes and results.
• Meeting strict deadlines.
• Frequent decision-making.
• The importance of being accurate or exact.
• Exposure to contaminants (like gases or odors).
• Working indoors in non-environmentally controlled conditions.
• Dealing with unpleasant or angry people.
• Exposure to hazardous equipment.

Enrolling in a community college can be a great place to start your four-year degree. While all 31 Minnesota State community colleges, technical colleges and universities offer all or part of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (a 40-credit package of general education courses accepted for transfer to other state colleges and universities, the University of Minnesota, and some private colleges and universities), not all two-year colleges offer degrees intended to transfer to a four-year bachelor's degree.

If you plan to transfer to obtain a four-year bachelor's degree, it is important to know which degree path is right for you:

• Associate of Arts (AA) degrees offered at community colleges are designed to transfer into liberal arts four-year majors.
• Associate of Science (AS) and Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) degrees offered at community and technical colleges transfer into specific four-year majors and will likely require completing additional general education courses at a university.
• Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees offered at technical and community colleges are not designed to transfer. They lead to immediate entry into the workplace.
• Diplomas and certificates offered at technical colleges are not designed to transfer. They lead to immediate entry into the workplace.

Talk to a transfer specialist as early as possible to determine the best associate degree for your goals. Be sure to review your Degree Audit Report (DARS) each semester to best prepare for transfer. Get more help understanding transfer using the tools below.

• Visit Transferology to see if your courses will transfer.
• Search Articulation Agreements to find formal transfer agreements between schools.

• Listening—Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Coordinating with Others—Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Reading—Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Speaking—Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Thinking Critically—Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Being Aware of Others—Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Managing People—Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Managing Time—Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Monitoring Performance—Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Negotiating—Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

• Administration and Management—Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Customer and Personal Service—Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Production and Processing—Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Transportation—Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
• Clerical—Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Public Safety and Security—Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Education and Training—Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• Mathematics—Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• Computers and Electronics—Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• English Language—Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

• Enterprising—Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
• Realistic—Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

• Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
• Chefs and Head Cooks
• Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
• Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
• Industrial Production Managers
• Food Service Managers
• Supervisors of Housekeepers and Janitors
• Supervisors of Transportation and Material-Moving Workers
• General and Operations Managers
• Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

• Couriers and Messengers
• Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
• Warehousing and Storage
• Food Manufacturing
• Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

• Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
• Chefs and Head Cooks
• Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
• Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
• Industrial Production Managers
• Food Service Managers
• Supervisors of Housekeepers and Janitors
• Supervisors of Transportation and Material-Moving Workers
• General and Operations Managers
• Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers