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Job ActivitiesAbilitiesJob ConditionsWork SatisfactionEducation/Training

Ability Areas

Learn about the most important abilities for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each ability.

Importance*More Info
1.Arm-Hand Steadiness75
2.Near Vision72
Problem Sensitivity72
4.Oral Comprehension69
5.Extent Flexibility66
Information Ordering66
Inductive Reasoning66
8.Far Vision63
Trunk Strength63
Static Strength63
* Importance out of 100

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

Ability Area Scores

Arm-Hand Steadiness
The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
75
50
Light a candleThread a needleCut facets in a diamond
Near Vision
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
72
50
Read dials on the dashboard of a carRead the fine print of a legal documentDetect minor defects in a diamond
Problem Sensitivity
The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
72
43
Recognize that an unplugged lamp won't workRecognize from the mood of prisoners that a prison riot is likely to occurRecognize an illness at an early stage of a disease when there are only a few symptoms
Oral Comprehension
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
69
55
Understand a television commercialUnderstand a coach's oral instructions for a sportUnderstand a lecture on advanced physics
Extent Flexibility
The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
66
64
Reach for a microphone in a patrol carReach for a box on a high warehouse shelfWork under the dashboard of a car
Information Ordering
The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
66
46
Put things in numerical orderFollow the correct steps to make changeAssemble a nuclear warhead
Inductive Reasoning
The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
66
43
Decide what to wear based on the weather reportDetermine the prime suspect based on crime scene evidenceDiagnose a disease using results of many different lab tests
Far Vision
The ability to see details at a distance.
63
48
Read a roadside billboardFocus a slide projectorDetect differences in ships on the horizon
Trunk Strength
The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
63
52
Sit up in an office chairShovel snow for half an hourDo 100 sit-ups
Static Strength
The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
63
55
Push an empty shopping cartPull a 40-pound sack of fertilizer across the lawnLift 75-pound bags of cement onto a truck