National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0
- 7 - Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
- 72 - Technical trades and transportation officers and controllers
- 720 - Technical trades contractors and supervisors
- 7202 - Contractors and supervisors, technical maintenance trades and heavy equipment and transport operators
72024 - Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators
Supervisors of motor transport and other ground transit operators supervise and coordinate activities of truck drivers, bus drivers, delivery drivers, subway and other transit operators, chauffeurs and taxi and limousine drivers. This unit group also includes bus dispatchers who coordinate the activities of transit system bus drivers and subway traffic controllers who operate and monitor signal and track switch control panels. They are employed by motor transportation and ground transit companies and by urban transit systems.
Illustrative example(s)
- bus dispatcher
- bus inspector
- light rail transit (LRT) operators supervisor
- school bus drivers supervisor
- subway operators supervisor
- subway traffic controller
- transit mobile inspector
- truck drivers foreman/woman
- urban transit system foreman/woman
Exclusion(s)
- Supervisors, railway transport operations (See 72023 Supervisors, railway transport operations)
- Taxi dispatcher (See 14404 Dispatchers)
- Train dispatcher (See 72604 Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators)
- Truck dispatcher (See 14404 Dispatchers)
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Supervise, coordinate and schedule the activities of workers who operate trucks, buses, subway trains, light rail transit, street cars, taxis and other transport vehicles
- Establish methods to meet work schedules and coordinate work activities with other departments
- Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve performance
- Requisition materials and supplies
- Train staff in job duties, safety procedures and company policies
- Recommend personnel actions such as hiring and promotions
- Dispatch bus drivers and monitor routes to ensure schedules are met and to resolve operating problems
- Monitor and operate signal and track switch control panel of subway systems
- Prepare work reports and budgets, and monitor expenditures.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Several years of experience as a driver or operator of motor transport or ground transit equipment are usually required.
Additional information
- There is little mobility between occupations in the different transportation sectors of this unit group.
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