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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Controlling Machines and Processes78
2.Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings77
3.Getting Information75
4.Handling and Moving Objects73
Making Decisions and Solving Problems73
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material73
7.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates70
8.Developing and Building Teams69
9.Processing Information67
10.Analyzing Data or Information66
* Importance out of 100

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Job Activity Scores

Controlling Machines and Processes
Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
78
75
Operate a cash registerOperate a drilling rigOperate a precision milling machine
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
77
53
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
75
51
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
73
84
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
73
51
Determine the meal selection for a cafeteriaSelect the location for a major department storeMake the final decision about a company's 5-year plan
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
73
56
Check that doors to building are lockedInspect equipment in a chemical processing plantInspect a nuclear reactor
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
70
67
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Developing and Building Teams
Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
69
50
Encourage two coworkers to stick with a tough assignmentLead an assembly team in an automobile plantLead a large team to design and build a new aircraft
Processing Information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
67
56
Tabulate the costs of parcel deliveriesCalculate the adjustments for insurance claimsCompile data for a complex scientific report
Analyzing Data or Information
Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
66
39
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