Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Compiling component information from maintenance work orders, tracking equipment usage, and maintaining current records for maintenance scheduling directly support production planning and scheduling work.
How to prepare: Build a sample Excel maintenance schedule from fictional work orders, then practice revising it when component usage limits, parts shortages, or engineering changes affect priorities.
What the civilian work involves
- Distribute production schedules or work orders to departments.
- Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, marketing, sales, production, or engineering.
- Review documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables, to determine personnel or materials requirements or material priorities.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Adobe Acrobat