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Ability Areas

Learn about the most important abilities for Commercial and Industrial Designers. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each ability.

Importance*More Info
1.Oral Comprehension72
2.Oral Expression69
3.Deductive Reasoning66
Originality66
Fluency of Ideas66
Written Comprehension66
7.Speech Recognition63
Near Vision63
Information Ordering63
Inductive Reasoning63
* Importance out of 100

Score Key
  Importance for success in this profession
  Level of proficiency needed

Ability Area Scores

Oral Comprehension
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
72
57
Understand a television commercialUnderstand a coach's oral instructions for a sportUnderstand a lecture on advanced physics
Oral Expression
The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
69
57
Cancel newspaper delivery by phoneGive instructions to a lost motoristExplain advanced principles of genetics to college freshmen
Deductive Reasoning
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
66
55
Know that a stalled car can coast downhillDecide what factors to consider in selecting stocksDesign an aircraft wing using principles of aerodynamics
Originality
The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
66
55
Use a credit card to open a locked doorRedesign job tasks to be interesting for employeesInvent a new type of man-made fiber
Fluency of Ideas
The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
66
55
Name four different uses for a screwdriverThink of as many ideas as possible for the name of a new companyName all the possible strategies for a military battle
Written Comprehension
The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
66
57
Understand signs on the highwayUnderstand an apartment leaseUnderstand an instruction book on repairing missile guidance systems
Speech Recognition
The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
63
45
Recognize the voice of a coworkerIdentify a former customer's voice over the telephoneUnderstand a speech presented by someone with a strange accent
Near Vision
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
63
54
Read dials on the dashboard of a carRead the fine print of a legal documentDetect minor defects in a diamond
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).
63
57
Put things in numerical orderFollow the correct steps to make changeAssemble a nuclear warhead
Inductive Reasoning
The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
63
50
Decide what to wear based on the weather reportDetermine the prime suspect based on crime scene evidenceDiagnose a disease using results of many different lab tests