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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Radio Operators. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings81
2.Getting Information79
3.Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events71
4.Documenting/Recording Information67
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment67
6.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates63
Handling and Moving Objects63
Processing Information63
9.Analyzing Data or Information60
10.Making Decisions and Solving Problems54
* Importance out of 100

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

Job Activity Scores

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
81
56
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
79
56
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
71
54
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Documenting/Recording Information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
67
44
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
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.
67
42
Use knobs to adjust a television pictureMake repairs by removing and replacing circuit boardsUse complex test equipment to calibrate electronic equipment
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
63
44
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
63
31
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line
Processing Information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
63
49
Tabulate the costs of parcel deliveriesCalculate the adjustments for insurance claimsCompile data for a complex scientific report
Analyzing Data or Information
Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
60
43
Determine the location of a lost orderDetermine the interest cost to finance a new buildingAnalyze the cost of medical care services for all hospitals in the country
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
54
44
Determine the meal selection for a cafeteriaSelect the location for a major department storeMake the final decision about a company's 5-year plan