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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Park Naturalists. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Performing for or Working Directly with the Public95
2.Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others92
3.Getting Information90
4.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates89
5.Communicating with Persons Outside Organization88
6.Thinking Creatively86
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events86
8.Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings85
9.Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships78
Performing General Physical Activities78
* Importance out of 100

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

Job Activity Scores

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.
95
80
Tend a highway toll boothSell shoes in a popular shoe storePerform a monologue on national TV
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
92
65
Interpret a blood pressure readingInterpret how foreign tax laws apply to U.S. exportsInterpret a complex experiment in physics for general audiences
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
90
60
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.
89
71
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
88
80
Have little contact with people outside the organizationMake standard presentations about available servicesPrepare or deliver press releases
Thinking Creatively
Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
86
62
Change the spacing on a printed reportAdapt popular music for a high school marching bandCreate new computer software
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
86
51
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.
85
59
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
78
74
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
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.
78
71
Walk between work stations in a small officePaint the outside of a houseClimb up and down poles to install electricity