Operations and sales
First-Line Supervisor of Production and Operating Workers in the United States
114 postings read · sampled 2026-09-01 · source ats
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 114 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Certified Six Sigma Green BeltAmerican Society for Quality8%
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution6%7 of 114 postingsAccredited institution →
What it costs
Exam and application fees plus typical self-study hours. Almost nobody needs every credential on this list — start with the top line.
Not in the total: Bachelor's Degree — cost varies by institution.
Lower signal for this role
Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.
- PMPProject Management Institute3%
- Secret Security ClearanceU.S. Government (DCSA)2%2 of 114 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
- Certified Six Sigma Black BeltAmerican Society for Quality4%
- Associate DegreeAccredited institution4%5 of 114 postingsAccredited institution →
What the official taxonomy says
O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.
- High school diploma or equivalent33%
- Some college, no degree15%
- Less than high school diploma14%
Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
O*NET 51-1011.00 · pulled 2026-09-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100
What it pays
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.
Every credential above costs $548 — about 2 days' pay at the median.
Who was hiring
Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.
SpaceX · Boyd Gaming · Anduril Industries · J&J Snack Foods · Relativity Space · Lucid Motors · McWane Inc · Gopuff · Innophos · DIG Chefs-In-Training · Green Thumb Industries · Latitude Inc · MAT Holdings · Misfits Market · Rocket Lab · Skydio · Curaleaf · Fanatics Commerce · HelloFresh · Intuitive Surgical · O-I (Owens-Illinois) · Tomra · 1X · Harbinger Motors · Instawork · Mach Industries · Nuro · Phoenix Stamping Group · Redwood Materials · SkillSource · Walmart · Zoox
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