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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Curators. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work94
2.Thinking Creatively85
3.Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events83
4.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates81
5.Scheduling Work and Activities80
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People80
7.Documenting/Recording Information78
8.Handling and Moving Objects77
Making Decisions and Solving Problems77
10.Getting Information75
* Importance out of 100

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

Job Activity Scores

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
94
84
Organize a work schedule that is repetitive and easy to planPlan and organize your own activities that often changePrioritize and plan multiple tasks several months ahead
Thinking Creatively
Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
85
77
Change the spacing on a printed reportAdapt popular music for a high school marching bandCreate new computer software
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
83
66
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
81
77
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Scheduling Work and Activities
Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
80
71
Make appointments for patients using a predetermined schedulePrepare the work schedule for salesclerks in a large retail store"Schedule a complex conference program with multiple, parallel sessions"
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
80
72
Determine whether to remove a tree that has been damagedDetermine the value of property lost in a fireEstablish the value of a recently discovered ancient art work
Documenting/Recording Information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
78
61
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
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
77
83
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
77
67
Determine the meal selection for a cafeteriaSelect the location for a major department storeMake the final decision about a company's 5-year plan
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
75
71
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws