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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Electrical Engineering Technicians. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material75
2.Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events74
3.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates72
4.Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge70
Processing Information70
6.Getting Information68
7.Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People67
8.Documenting/Recording Information66
9.Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards65
10.Handling and Moving Objects64
* Importance out of 100

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Job Activity Scores

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
75
59
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.
74
62
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.
72
65
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
70
77
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
Processing Information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
70
72
Tabulate the costs of parcel deliveriesCalculate the adjustments for insurance claimsCompile data for a complex scientific report
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
68
44
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
67
60
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.
66
58
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
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
65
63
Review forms for completenessEvaluate a complicated insurance claim for compliance with policy termsMake a ruling in court on a complicated motion
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
64
75
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line