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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge82
2.Analyzing Data or Information78
Getting Information78
4.Documenting/Recording Information76
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information76
6.Interacting With Computers75
7.Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material73
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events73
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings73
10.Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment71
* Importance out of 100

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  Level of proficiency needed

Job Activity Scores

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
82
80
Keep up with price changes in a small retail storeKeep current on changes in maintenance procedures for repairing sports carsLearn information related to a complex and rapidly changing technology
Analyzing Data or Information
Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
78
63
Determine the location of a lost orderDetermine the interest cost to finance a new buildingAnalyze the cost of medical care services for all hospitals in the country
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
78
54
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Documenting/Recording Information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
76
76
Record the weights of trucks that use the highwaysDocument the results of a crime scene investigationMaintain information about the use of orbiting satellites for private industry communications
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.
76
50
Estimate the size of household furnishings to be cratedEstimate the time required to evacuate a city in the event of a major disasterEstimate the amount of natural resources that lie beneath the world's oceans
Interacting With Computers
Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
75
60
Enter employee information into a computer databaseWrite software for keeping track of parts in inventorySet up a new computer system for a large multinational company
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
73
64
Check that doors to building are lockedInspect equipment in a chemical processing plantInspect a nuclear reactor
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
73
63
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
73
72
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
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.
71
74
Specify the lighting for a work areaSpecify the furnishings for a new schoolDraw the electronic circuitry for a high-speed scientific computer