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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Industrial Engineering Technicians. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates77
2.Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events75
3.Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships74
4.Documenting/Recording Information73
5.Interacting With Computers72
6.Getting Information70
7.Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings68
8.Analyzing Data or Information65
Processing Information65
10.Thinking Creatively64
* 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.
77
69
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
75
56
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
74
70
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
Documenting/Recording Information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
73
66
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
Interacting With Computers
Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
72
48
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.
70
61
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
68
62
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Analyzing Data or Information
Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
65
59
Determine the location of a lost orderDetermine the interest cost to finance a new buildingAnalyze the cost of medical care services for all hospitals in the country
Processing Information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
65
58
Tabulate the costs of parcel deliveriesCalculate the adjustments for insurance claimsCompile data for a complex scientific report
Thinking Creatively
Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
64
59
Change the spacing on a printed reportAdapt popular music for a high school marching bandCreate new computer software