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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Sewers, Hand. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Thinking Creatively80
2.Handling and Moving Objects76
3.Getting Information74
4.Making Decisions and Solving Problems73
5.Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work70
6.Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information69
7.Performing for or Working Directly with the Public65
8.Controlling Machines and Processes62
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People62
10.Scheduling Work and Activities61
* Importance out of 100

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

Job Activity Scores

Thinking Creatively
Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
80
69
Change the spacing on a printed reportAdapt popular music for a high school marching bandCreate new computer software
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
76
64
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
74
58
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.
73
58
Determine the meal selection for a cafeteriaSelect the location for a major department storeMake the final decision about a company's 5-year plan
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
70
65
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
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.
69
46
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
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.
65
54
Tend a highway toll boothSell shoes in a popular shoe storePerform a monologue on national TV
Controlling Machines and Processes
Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
62
55
Operate a cash registerOperate a drilling rigOperate a precision milling machine
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
62
55
Determine whether to remove a tree that has been damagedDetermine the value of property lost in a fireEstablish the value of a recently discovered ancient art work
Scheduling Work and Activities
Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
61
50
Make appointments for patients using a predetermined schedulePrepare the work schedule for salesclerks in a large retail store"Schedule a complex conference program with multiple, parallel sessions"