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Quality Control Systems Managers

	Median Wage (USD, 2024)	Projected Job Openings (2023-2033)	Projected Growth (2023-2033)
National Statistics	$121,440	17100	2.8%
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Statistics

National

State

City

State

City

$121,440

Median Wage (USD, 2023)

17100

Projected Job Openings (2023-2033)

2.8%

Projected Growth (2023-2033)

Plan, direct, or coordinate quality assurance programs. Formulate quality control policies and control quality of laboratory and production efforts.

Experience Requirements Overview

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Education, Training and Experience

Required Level of Education: Bachelor's Degree

Related Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years

On-Site or In-Plant Training: Up to and including 1 month

On-the-Job Training: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months

Detailed Work Activities

Inspect condition or functioning of facilities or equipment.
Direct operational or production activities.
Review details of technical drawings or specifications.
Maintain knowledge of current developments in area of expertise.
Prepare operational budgets.
Evaluate new technologies or methods.
Manage control system activities in organizations.
Evaluate quality of materials or products.
Inspect condition or functioning of facilities or equipment.
Evaluate quality of materials or products.
Review documents or materials for compliance with policies or regulations.
Document organizational or operational procedures.
Prepare operational progress or status reports.
Develop specifications for new products or processes.
Monitor facilities or operational systems.
Advise customers on technical or procedural issues.
Analyze data to assess operational or project effectiveness.
Recommend organizational process or policy changes.
Conduct employee training programs.
Develop organizational methods or procedures.
Document organizational or operational procedures.
Direct organizational operations, projects, or services.
Implement organizational process or policy changes.
Develop operating strategies, plans, or procedures.
Confer with organizational members to accomplish work activities.
Communicate organizational policies and procedures.
Communicate organizational information to customers or other stakeholders.
Analyze data to inform operational decisions or activities.
Confer with organizational members to accomplish work activities.
Supervise employees.
Monitor organizational procedures to ensure proper functioning.
Manage control system activities in organizations.

Work Values

Achievement

Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.

Working Conditions

Recognition

Relationships

Support

Independence

Tasks

Stop production if serious product defects are present.
Review and update standard operating procedures or quality assurance manuals.
Monitor performance of quality control systems to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.
Review quality documentation necessary for regulatory submissions and inspections.
Analyze quality control test results and provide feedback and interpretation to production management or staff.
Verify that raw materials, purchased parts or components, in-process samples, and finished products meet established testing and inspection standards.
Oversee workers including supervisors, inspectors, or laboratory workers engaged in testing activities.
Direct product testing activities throughout production cycles.
Instruct staff in quality control and analytical procedures.
Direct the tracking of defects, test results, or other regularly reported quality control data.
Participate in the development of product specifications.
Identify quality problems or areas for improvement and recommend solutions.
Collect and analyze production samples to evaluate quality.
Produce reports regarding nonconformance of products or processes, daily production quality, root cause analyses, or quality trends.
Communicate quality control information to all relevant organizational departments, outside vendors, or contractors.
Monitor development of new products to help identify possible problems for mass production.
Identify critical points in the manufacturing process and specify sampling procedures to be used at these points.
Create and implement inspection and testing criteria or procedures.
Document testing procedures, methodologies, or criteria.
Review statistical studies, technological advances, or regulatory standards and trends to stay abreast of issues in the field of quality control.
Coordinate the selection and implementation of quality control equipment, such as inspection gauges.
Generate and maintain quality control operating budgets.
Instruct vendors or contractors on quality guidelines, testing procedures, or ways to eliminate deficiencies.
Confer with marketing and sales departments to define client requirements and expectations.
Evaluate new testing and sampling methodologies or technologies to determine usefulness.
Review and approve quality plans submitted by contractors.
Audit and inspect subcontractor facilities including external laboratories.

Work Styles

Achievement/Effort

Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.

Persistence

Initiative

Leadership

Cooperation

Concern for Others

Social Orientation

Self-Control

Stress Tolerance

Adaptability/Flexibility

Dependability

Attention to Detail

Integrity

Independence

Innovation

Analytical Thinking

Data Source: This page includes information from the O*NET 30.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. This page includes Employment Projections program, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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