This document discusses the responsibilities and skills of effective supervisors. It outlines that supervisors must work well with employees, management, and peers by setting a good example, providing trust and loyalty, and offering constructive feedback. Supervisory responsibilities include conducting safety meetings and investigations, assisting with job safety analyses, maintaining equipment and work areas, training employees, and supervising task performance. Additional characteristics of successful supervisors are having a positive attitude, being a good communicator, and possessing both technical and human relations skills.

1. SUPERVISORY SKILLS
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2.  Successful supervisors need to work effectively and
maintain good relations with their employees, boss,
and peers.
- With employees, supervisors should set a good example,
be ethical, and develop trust.
- Supervisors should give their boss loyalty, cooperation,
information, and results and be aware of and respond to
the boss’s style.
- With peers, supervisors should keep competition fair and
as friendly as possible and offer support or criticism in a
constructive way.
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3. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
INCLUDE:
 Conducting safety meetings
 Conducting Incident/Accident investigations
 Assisting in the development/implementation of
JSAs
 Maintaining both equipment and the workplace
 Establishing work methods & providing training
 Supervising employees in the
performance of tasks
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4. SAFETY MEETINGS
Purpose of Safety Meetings
 Establish Communication
 Promote safety awareness
 Motivate employees
 Sharing ideas
 Discuss safety standards
 Demonstrate management’s concern
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5. WHEN TO CONDUCT AN
INVESTIGATION?
An investigation must be conducted for any
incident/accident.
Includes employees, non-employees, and property
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6. WHAT IS A JSA?
 Breaks a job/task into steps
 Identifies safety hazards
 Develops safe procedures
……. So it is a Job Safety
Analysis
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7. RECORDING KEEPING
 Maintain in work area
 Document their use
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8.  Maintain a safe work
environment & correct
unsafe actions
 Maintain operational
efficiency
Inspections
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9. WRITTEN COMPONENT
 Included in operational safety
plan/manual
 Procedures to:
 Identify & Correct Hazards
 Good housekeeping safety
rules
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10. TYPES OF HAZARDS
 Building Safety
 Office Safety
 Fire Safety
 Electrical Safety
 Emergency Equipment
 Storage Methods
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11. TRAINING
SAFETY AND TASK TRAINING
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12. WHY CONDUCT TRAINING?
To provide a systematic method of teaching
employees to perform the required tasks in a
safe and efficient manner.
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13. ARE THE SUPERVISOR’S
RESPONSIBLITIES COMPLETE
WHEN THE TRAINING IS OVER?
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14. SUPERVISOR’S SUPERVISING
Supervisors should, as part of their responsibilities
observe employees performing their tasks.
 Are they performing the tasks properly
 Are they performing in accordance with
safety procedures
 Are they using the proper PPE
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15. CONSEQUENCES OF NOT PLANNING?
 Wasted time
 Wasted money
 Missed deadlines
 Conflict within teams
 Overlooked opportunities
 Lost customers due to poor or slow service
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16. BENEFITS OF PLANNING
 Signals about problems, which may arise before
they actually happen.
 Enables managers to have a clearer understanding
of business.
 Stimulates a co-operative, integrated &
enthusiastic approach to tackling problems &
opportunities.
 Poor performing areas can be identified &
eliminated.
 Able to set more realistic objectives.
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17. EFFECTIVE SUPERVISOR
 a. Sense of responsibility.
 Supervisors must be willing to take seriously the
responsibility that goes with the job.
 b. Self confidence.
 Supervisors who believe in their ability to get the
job done will convey confidence to employees.
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18.  c. High energy level.
 Many organizations expect supervisors to willingly
put in long hours in order to handle the variety of
duties that come with the job.
 d. Empathy.
 Supervisors need to be sensitive and higher
management. Supervisors who have difficulty
understanding what makes people tick are at a
disadvantage.
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19.  e. Internal locus of control.
 People with an internal locus of control are
thought to be leaders because they try harder to
take charge of events.
 f. Sense of humor.
 People with a good sense of humor are more fun
to work with or for.
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20. CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUCCESSFUL
SUPERVISOR
 The characteristics of a successful
supervisor include:
 positive attitude
 loyal
 fair
 good communicator
 able to delegate
 wants the job
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21. ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A
SUCCESSFUL SUPERVISOR
 Additional criteria for a successful supervisor
include:
 technical skills
 human relations skills
 conceptual skills
 decision making skills
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22. BE BOTH
 Efficient
Doing the right thing
Action oriented
Performs Duty
Thoughts/Attempts for
Solutions
Reduction in Cost
 Effective
Doing Thing the Right
Result Oriented
Production Results
Constructive, Creative &
Permanent Solutions
Increasing Profit
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23. QUESTIONS?
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24. TEST
1. What are the supervisory responsibilities?
2. Training should be consistent? T or F
3. Inspections are to be completed two times per year. T
or F
4. Lesson plans are of little value? T or F
5. Building inspections are a waste of time? T or F
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25. 6. The supervisor is not responsible for JSAs. T or
F
7. Supervisors are not responsible for building inspections. T
or F
6. The supervisor is not responsible for JSAs. T or
F
8. Why are safety meetings conducted?
9. Safety meeting topics exclude some
employees? T or F
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By Trainer Prerna Patel -
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