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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Cooks, Restaurant. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Getting Information67
2.Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings61
3.Handling and Moving Objects57
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material57
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events57
6.Training and Teaching Others55
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates55
8.Making Decisions and Solving Problems53
* Importance out of 100

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Job Activity Scores

Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
67
44
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
61
37
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
57
54
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
57
32
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.
57
47
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Training and Teaching Others
Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
55
40
Give coworkers brief instructions on a simple procedural changeTeach a social sciences course to high school studentsDevelop and conduct training programs for a medical school
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
55
38
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
53
34
Determine the meal selection for a cafeteriaSelect the location for a major department storeMake the final decision about a company's 5-year plan