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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Assisting and Caring for Others92
2.Performing General Physical Activities82
3.Getting Information75
4.Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events73
5.Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings69
6.Documenting/Recording Information59
7.Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships50
* 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.
92
47
Help a coworker complete an assignmentAssist a stranded traveler in finding lodgingCare for seriously injured persons in an emergency room
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.
82
49
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.
75
46
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.
73
72
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.
69
72
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Documenting/Recording Information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
59
33
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
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
50
47
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