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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material66
2.Performing General Physical Activities65
3.Handling and Moving Objects64
4.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates62
5.Getting Information60
6.Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events57
7.Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings54
8.Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work51
9.Performing for or Working Directly with the Public50
Controlling Machines and Processes50
* Importance out of 100

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

Job Activity Scores

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
66
42
Check that doors to building are lockedInspect equipment in a chemical processing plantInspect a nuclear reactor
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.
65
55
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.
64
70
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
62
48
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.
60
35
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
57
41
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
54
44
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
51
48
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
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
50
44
Tend a highway toll boothSell shoes in a popular shoe storePerform a monologue on national TV
Controlling Machines and Processes
Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
50
43
Operate a cash registerOperate a drilling rigOperate a precision milling machine