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Biofuels Production Managers

$107.56K Median Salary 13.9K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 5.3% Job Growth

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About This Career

Manage biofuels production and plant operations. Collect and process information on plant production and performance, diagnose problems, and design corrective procedures.

Reported Job Titles

Biofuels Production Manager, Ethanol Operations Manager, Plant Manager, Production Coordinator, Production Manager, Production Plant Manager

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Abilities

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Written Comprehension

Speech Clarity

Deductive Reasoning

Problem Sensitivity

Written Expression

Speech Recognition

Inductive Reasoning

Near Vision

Selective Attention

Flexibility of Closure

Perceptual Speed

Time Sharing

Category Flexibility

Far Vision

Fluency of Ideas

Information Ordering

Mathematical Reasoning

Originality

Visual Color Discrimination

Knowledge

Production and Processing

Administration and Management

Mechanical

Chemistry

Engineering and Technology

Mathematics

Computers and Electronics

Personnel and Human Resources

Administrative

Physics

Education and Training

English Language

Design

Public Safety and Security

Customer and Personal Service

Biology

Economics and Accounting

Skills

Critical Thinking

Management of Personnel Resources

Reading Comprehension

Active Listening

Monitoring

Coordination

Speaking

Judgment and Decision Making

Time Management

Writing

Complex Problem Solving

Learning Strategies

Social Perceptiveness

Active Learning

Instructing

Service Orientation

Systems Analysis

Operation and Control

Persuasion

Management of Financial Resources

Mathematics

Negotiation

Operations Monitoring

Science

Systems Evaluation

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software

Presentation software

Industrial control software

Electronic mail software

Document management software

Facilities management software

Office suite software

Word processing software

Computer aided design CAD software

Internet browser software

Calendar and scheduling software

Inventory management software

Tools

Control valves

Two way radios

Standard fermentation units

Laboratory mechanical convection ovens

Globe valves

Respirators

Belt conveyors

Test sieves

Forklifts

Clock timers

pH meters

Gate valves

Respiration air supplying self contained breathing apparatus or accessories

Moisture meters

Alarm systems

Laboratory flasks

Laboratory graduated cylinders

Spill kits

Plant samples analysis equipment

Hand pumps

Desktop computers

Ball valves

Air samplers or collectors

Personal computers

Abilities

Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Time Sharing: The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

Knowledge

Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
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.
Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
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.
Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
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.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
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.
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.
Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Skills

Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Active 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.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Industrial control software: Industrial Scientific iNET; QuestSuite Professional
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Document management software: Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat; Filing system software; Records management software; Transcription system software
Facilities management software: Maintenance management software
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Computer aided design CAD software: Autodesk AutoCAD; Autodesk Revit
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Calendar and scheduling software: Appointment scheduling software
Inventory management software: Assisi Software Assisi Inventory

Tools

Control valves: Flow control valves FCV; Throttle control valves TCV
Two way radios:
Standard fermentation units: Fermenters
Laboratory mechanical convection ovens: Environmental ovens
Globe valves: Stop valves
Respirators: Half-face respirators; Respirator hose masks
Belt conveyors: Conveyer belt systems
Test sieves: Mesh sieves; Sieve buckets
Forklifts:
Clock timers: Dive timing devices
pH meters: pH monitors
Gate valves: Gate butterfly valves
Respiration air supplying self contained breathing apparatus or accessories: Self-contained breathing apparatus
Moisture meters:
Alarm systems: Engine room alarm systems; Ship alarm systems
Laboratory flasks: Volumetric flasks
Laboratory graduated cylinders: Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
Spill kits: Chemotherapy spill kits
Plant samples analysis equipment: Quadrat frames
Hand pumps:
Desktop computers:
Ball valves:
Air samplers or collectors: Aerosol meters; Air quality dataloggers; Microbial samplers; Thermal desorption tubes
Personal computers:

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