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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Controlling Machines and Processes82
2.Getting Information80
3.Making Decisions and Solving Problems78
4.Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment75
5.Thinking Creatively71
6.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates67
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge67
8.Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events64
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings64
10.Handling and Moving Objects63
* Importance out of 100

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

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).
82
89
Operate a cash registerOperate a drilling rigOperate a precision milling machine
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
80
43
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
78
62
Determine the meal selection for a cafeteriaSelect the location for a major department storeMake the final decision about a company's 5-year plan
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
75
64
Specify the lighting for a work areaSpecify the furnishings for a new schoolDraw the electronic circuitry for a high-speed scientific computer
Thinking Creatively
Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
71
62
Change the spacing on a printed reportAdapt popular music for a high school marching bandCreate new computer software
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
67
55
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
67
66
Keep up with price changes in a small retail storeKeep current on changes in maintenance procedures for repairing sports carsLearn information related to a complex and rapidly changing technology
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
64
38
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.
64
44
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
63
79
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line