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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Floor Sanders and Finishers. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Controlling Machines and Processes90
Performing General Physical Activities90
3.Handling and Moving Objects85
4.Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings55
* Importance out of 100

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

Job Activity Scores

Controlling Machines and Processes
Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
90
40
Operate a cash registerOperate a drilling rigOperate a precision milling machine
Performing General Physical Activities
Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
90
49
Walk between work stations in a small officePaint the outside of a houseClimb up and down poles to install electricity
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
85
49
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
55
26
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care