Production control analysis technician - Career description, activities, functions and salary

How much does an Production control analysis technician earn

A Production control analysis technician earns between $1.532 and $8.933 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.473 and a median salary of $2.711 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 34.568 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Professional job categories

• Middle level technicians
• • other mid-level technicians
• • • middle level technicians in industrial operations
• • • • production planning and control technicians

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Main workplaces

Production Planning and Control Technicians they work in different types of industrial, commercial and service companies, focusing on construction companies, the chemical and petrochemical industry, the manufacture of textile products, pulp, paper and paper products, in the automobile complex, among others. They are salaried employees, with a formal contract, who organize themselves into a team, under occasional supervision. They usually work in shifts. Some of the activities they carry out may be subject to noise, high temperatures, radiation, dust and toxic material.

What does it take to work in the field of Production Planning and Control Technicians

The exercise of these occupations requires a mid-level technical course in the area of activity. The full performance of activities occurs after one or two years of experience.

Functions and activities of Production control analysis technician

Production Planning and Control Technicians must:

Activities

show creativity;
propose alternative supplies;
elaborate control charts and reports;
develop maintenance schedule;
demonstrate commitment;
identify deviations in the production process;
identify production requirements;
register input and output of materials and inputs;
identify alternative suppliers;
demonstrate holistic vision ability;
show logical reasoning;
define contingency plan;
interacting with customers and suppliers;
set control parameters;
demonstrate dynamism;
set production priorities;
predict maintenance downtime;
collect production data;
establish production sequence;
demonstrate critical sense;
carry out available resources survey;
request supplies (raw materials and inputs);
keep records;
use quality tools;
forecast production stops;
propose improvements in the production process;
define supplies (raw materials and inputs);
make information available;
rearrange production mix;
propose improvements in machinery and equipment;
define corrective actions;
define transportation, handling, storage and distribution of raw materials prime and supplies;
define safety stock for each item;
analyze production orders;
specify resources from related areas;
analyze production capacity;
adapt;
define the layout of the production process;
classify supplies (raw materials and inputs);
formalize production plan;
make information available;
update information;
scaling utilities (steam, water, compressed air and electricity);
monitor production flow;
relate;
demonstrate flexibility;
allocate resources (human, material and inputs);
schedule preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance;
scaling human resources;
assist in the definition of work instructions;
inspect supplies (raw materials and inputs);
show initiative;
quantify production volumes by periods;
set production schedule;
define inspection routines;

Sectors that hire Production control analysis technician the most in the job market

• temporary labor lease
• engineering services
• clothing parts making
• industrial assembly works
• electrical installation and maintenance
• building construction
• manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
• combined office and administrative support services
• plastic material packaging manufacture
• manufacture of furniture with predominance of wood