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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates83
Getting Information83
3.Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material81
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events81
5.Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment79
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings79
7.Controlling Machines and Processes75
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information75
9.Developing Objectives and Strategies73
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge73
* Importance out of 100

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Job Activity Scores

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
83
70
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
83
57
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
81
62
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.
81
77
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
79
64
Drive a carDrive an 18-wheel tractor-trailerHover a helicopter in strong wind
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
79
73
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Controlling Machines and Processes
Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
75
70
Operate a cash registerOperate a drilling rigOperate a precision milling machine
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
75
59
Estimate the size of household furnishings to be cratedEstimate the time required to evacuate a city in the event of a major disasterEstimate the amount of natural resources that lie beneath the world's oceans
Developing Objectives and Strategies
Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
73
66
Plan the holiday schedule for an airline workforceDevelop the plan to complete the merger of two organizations over a 3-year periodDevelop a 10-year business plan for an organization
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
73
67
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