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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Getting Information99
2.Performing for or Working Directly with the Public92
3.Interacting With Computers91
4.Documenting/Recording Information90
5.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates88
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events88
7.Assisting and Caring for Others84
Processing Information84
9.Communicating with Persons Outside Organization83
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge83
* Importance out of 100

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

Job Activity Scores

Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
99
88
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
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.
92
82
Tend a highway toll boothSell shoes in a popular shoe storePerform a monologue on national TV
Interacting With Computers
Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
91
62
Enter employee information into a computer databaseWrite software for keeping track of parts in inventorySet up a new computer system for a large multinational company
Documenting/Recording Information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
90
78
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
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
88
71
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
88
84
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Assisting and Caring for Others
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
84
75
Help a coworker complete an assignmentAssist a stranded traveler in finding lodgingCare for seriously injured persons in an emergency room
Processing Information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
84
76
Tabulate the costs of parcel deliveriesCalculate the adjustments for insurance claimsCompile data for a complex scientific report
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.
83
76
Have little contact with people outside the organizationMake standard presentations about available servicesPrepare or deliver press releases
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
83
72
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