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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Surgeons. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Making Decisions and Solving Problems97
2.Assisting and Caring for Others96
3.Getting Information95
4.Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge92
5.Documenting/Recording Information88
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events88
7.Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings83
8.Processing Information79
9.Performing for or Working Directly with the Public78
10.Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others77
* Importance out of 100

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

Job Activity Scores

Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
97
94
Determine the meal selection for a cafeteriaSelect the location for a major department storeMake the final decision about a company's 5-year plan
Assisting and Caring for Others
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
96
94
Help a coworker complete an assignmentAssist a stranded traveler in finding lodgingCare for seriously injured persons in an emergency room
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
95
88
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
92
88
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
Documenting/Recording Information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
88
75
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
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
88
90
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
83
90
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Processing Information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
79
79
Tabulate the costs of parcel deliveriesCalculate the adjustments for insurance claimsCompile data for a complex scientific report
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.
78
72
Tend a highway toll boothSell shoes in a popular shoe storePerform a monologue on national TV
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
77
70
Interpret a blood pressure readingInterpret how foreign tax laws apply to U.S. exportsInterpret a complex experiment in physics for general audiences