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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment84
2.Getting Information81
3.Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events78
4.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates77
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material77
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings77
7.Documenting/Recording Information75
8.Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment72
Controlling Machines and Processes72
10.Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others70
* Importance out of 100

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

Job Activity Scores

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.
84
85
Use knobs to adjust a television pictureMake repairs by removing and replacing circuit boardsUse complex test equipment to calibrate electronic equipment
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
81
54
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
78
68
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.
77
72
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
77
72
Check that doors to building are lockedInspect equipment in a chemical processing plantInspect a nuclear reactor
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
77
74
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Documenting/Recording Information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
75
66
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
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.
72
70
Specify the lighting for a work areaSpecify the furnishings for a new schoolDraw the electronic circuitry for a high-speed scientific computer
Controlling Machines and Processes
Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
72
74
Operate a cash registerOperate a drilling rigOperate a precision milling machine
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
70
63
Interpret a blood pressure readingInterpret how foreign tax laws apply to U.S. exportsInterpret a complex experiment in physics for general audiences