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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.

Importance*More Info
1.Thinking Creatively85
2.Interacting With Computers84
Getting Information84
4.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates80
Making Decisions and Solving Problems80
6.Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment73
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge73
8.Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work72
9.Documenting/Recording Information71
10.Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships68
* Importance out of 100

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  Level of proficiency needed
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Job Activity Scores

Thinking Creatively
Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
85
72
Change the spacing on a printed reportAdapt popular music for a high school marching bandCreate new computer software
Interacting With Computers
Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
84
62
Enter employee information into a computer databaseWrite software for keeping track of parts in inventorySet up a new computer system for a large multinational company
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
84
63
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
80
68
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.
80
61
Determine the meal selection for a cafeteriaSelect the location for a major department storeMake the final decision about a company's 5-year plan
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.
73
62
Specify the lighting for a work areaSpecify the furnishings for a new schoolDraw the electronic circuitry for a high-speed scientific computer
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
73
61
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
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
72
74
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
Documenting/Recording Information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
71
57
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
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
68
57
Exchange greetings with a coworkerMaintain good working relationships with almost all coworkers and clientsGain cooperation from a culturally diverse group of executives hostile to your company