90% | Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
68% | Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
63% | 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. |
62% | 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. |
56% | Transportation - Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
56% | 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. |
56% | Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
55% | Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
54% | 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. |
54% | 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 m |
50% | 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. |
Skills
85% | Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
85% | Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
75% | Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
72% | Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
69% | Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
69% | Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
69% | Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
65% | Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
62% | Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
62% | Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
60% | 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. |
56% | Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
56% | Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
56% | Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
56% | Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
50% | Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
50% | Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
Abilities
81% | Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
78% | 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 there is a problem. |
78% | Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
75% | Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
72% | Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
72% | Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
69% | Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
69% | 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). |
66% | Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
66% | Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
62% | 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. |
62% | Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
62% | Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
62% | Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
60% | 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 compa |
60% | Visual Color Discrimination - The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
60% | Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
56% | Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
56% | Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
53% | Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50% | Trunk Strength - The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. |
50% | Extent Flexibility - The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
50% | Speed of Closure - The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
50% | Hearing Sensitivity - The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
50% | Category Flexibility - The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50% | Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
Work Activities
91% | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment - Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
88% | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material - Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
85% | Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
78% | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards - Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
77% | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
76% | Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
76% | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
75% | Documenting/Recording Information - Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
71% | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships - Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
70% | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment - Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft. |
69% | Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
69% | Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment - Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
68% | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
67% | Analyzing Data or Information - Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
67% | Controlling Machines and Processes - Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
66% | Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
65% | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
64% | Performing General Physical Activities - Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials. |
61% | Interacting With Computers - Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
58% | Training and Teaching Others - Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
57% | Thinking Creatively - Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
56% | Processing Information - Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
54% | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment - Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
53% | Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People - Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
52% | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information - Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
51% | Monitoring and Controlling Resources - Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
51% | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others - Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
50% | Provide Consultation and Advice to Others - Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |