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Job Conditions

Learn about the most important job conditions for Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products.
Importance*More Info
1.Importance of Being Exact or Accurate93
2.Contact With Others91
3.Indoors, Environmentally Controlled78
4.Spend Time Sitting74
5.Importance of Repeating Same Tasks68
6.Deal With External Customers65
7.Degree of Automation56
8.Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle Objects, Tools, or Controls55
9.Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions52
* Importance out of 100

Job Condition Scores

Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
93
Contact With Others
How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
91
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
78
Spend Time Sitting
How much does this job require sitting?
74
Importance of Repeating Same Tasks
How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
68
Deal With External Customers
How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
65
Degree of Automation
How automated is the job?
56
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle Objects, Tools, or Controls
How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
55
Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions
How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
52