ROLE OF

MANAG
EMENT
ON THE
FRONT
LINE.

Supervisor

In charge of a group of workers

Link between mgmt & staff
Knows the tasks of all his staff
Determines the work output
Is always present in the workplace

Directly influences the quality and quantity

of goods and services produced
Is an employee relations man, a production
man, an instructor and a quality control
man.
Is both friendly and at the same time, a
disciplinarian.

The supervisor is the key

worker in implementing
health and safety programs
in the workplace.

POINTERS ON HOW TO BOOST

MORALE OF THE WORKERS

Have as few rules as possible, but see to it that
they are observed

Involve workers to develop minimum workable
rules

Remember that workers are people and that they
prefer to be led

Speak to offenders privately

Make sure the worker is aware of and know the
rules he broke

Avoid playing favorites

The Supervisor and Employee Motivation

The Supervisor and Job Economics
Organizational Communication
Employee Training
The Supervisor and Accident Prevention


Establish Work Methods

Giving Job Instructions

Assigning People to Jobs

Supervising People at Work

Maintaining the Equipment and the Workplace

Instill Safety Consciousness

Proper Safety Equipment

Education Program

The supervisor leads by example

It is a must for a supervisor to know:

About the general principles of machine
guarding and how to recognize a hazard
That no manufacturing or processing
operation can be made foolproof
What personal protective equipment is being
use in his department
How to investigate an accident and to apply
corrective action so that this will not happen
again

The general principles of fire prevention

The basic role which good housekeeping

plays

What mishaps occurred in his department

over the past few years

The safety standards and regulations

Basic needs of his personnel and the value

of human relations and proper job
instructions

and

That the modern management concept of

planning, organizing, training and controlling are
most important to safety and every phase of his
work.

These ten points are by no means represent all that a

supervisor might reasonably be expected to know in
accident prevention. They, however, give a broad
coverage and some control of the People-EquipmentMachine and Environment concept so necessary to
the achievement of a successful safety program.