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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment82
2.Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings79
3.Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events78
Getting Information78
5.Performing General Physical Activities77
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material77
7.Documenting/Recording Information74
8.Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information73
9.Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work72
Making Decisions and Solving Problems72
* Importance out of 100

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

Job Activity Scores

Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
82
52
Drive a carDrive an 18-wheel tractor-trailerHover a helicopter in strong wind
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
79
66
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.
78
65
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
78
58
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
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.
77
59
Walk between work stations in a small officePaint the outside of a houseClimb up and down poles to install electricity
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
77
58
Check that doors to building are lockedInspect equipment in a chemical processing plantInspect a nuclear reactor
Documenting/Recording Information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
74
55
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
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
73
43
Estimate the size of household furnishings to be cratedEstimate the time required to evacuate a city in the event of a major disasterEstimate the amount of natural resources that lie beneath the world's oceans
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
72
61
Organize a work schedule that is repetitive and easy to planPlan and organize your own activities that often changePrioritize and plan multiple tasks several months ahead
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
72
50
Determine the meal selection for a cafeteriaSelect the location for a major department storeMake the final decision about a company's 5-year plan