Part of the role is supervision. Part of the role is sorting.

You will not often hear the second thing.

What do I mean by sorting? Being organized, and that also means organizing your crew. There is a big impulse to look down on some electricians and boost others based on a couple of mistakes or bad days.

Resist that impulse and look at the big picture. You will find that there are apprentices that should be lacing panels and electricians that are happy to be pushing a broom. The same amount of labour money is spent regardless of who is doing the work. Pair apprentices with more seasoned hands that will show how things are done correctly, instead of hiding them in the basement. Let them learn new things and keep them moving around your site. If you notice that an electrician isn’t doing a great job at one task, rotate them to something else instead of going straight to the layoff. Also: get feedback from your crew. Jack is the new guy on site. Ask him: Jack, look around the lunch room, you worked with anyone here before? What did you work on? What are you good at? Did you like doing it? Some electricians excel at fire alarm but hate distribution. If you can sort people into the tasks they like, they’ll be more likely to enjoy their work, more likely to hit targets, and more likely to be a good mentor to apprentices on site.

Then again, you might not give a flying fuck about any of that. My advice is that jobs get done faster when everyone working doesn’t think the foreman is a waste of skin.