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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Municipal Fire Fighters. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Assisting and Caring for Others88
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment88
3.Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material85
4.Handling and Moving Objects84
Performing General Physical Activities84
6.Getting Information81
7.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates79
8.Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings78
9.Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events76
10.Controlling Machines and Processes75
* Importance out of 100

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

Job Activity Scores

Assisting and Caring for Others
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
88
85
Help a coworker complete an assignmentAssist a stranded traveler in finding lodgingCare for seriously injured persons in an emergency room
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
88
69
Drive a carDrive an 18-wheel tractor-trailerHover a helicopter in strong wind
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
85
68
Check that doors to building are lockedInspect equipment in a chemical processing plantInspect a nuclear reactor
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
84
83
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line
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.
84
84
Walk between work stations in a small officePaint the outside of a houseClimb up and down poles to install electricity
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
81
58
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
79
67
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
78
78
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
76
68
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Controlling Machines and Processes
Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
75
73
Operate a cash registerOperate a drilling rigOperate a precision milling machine