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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Surgical Technologists. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Assisting and Caring for Others88
2.Getting Information87
3.Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material86
4.Performing General Physical Activities84
5.Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events81
6.Handling and Moving Objects80
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge80
8.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates78
9.Training and Teaching Others72
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships72
* Importance out of 100

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

Job Activity Scores

Assisting and Caring for Others
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
88
73
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.
87
62
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
86
61
Check that doors to building are lockedInspect equipment in a chemical processing plantInspect a nuclear reactor
Performing General Physical Activities
Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
84
55
Walk between work stations in a small officePaint the outside of a houseClimb up and down poles to install electricity
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
81
74
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
80
71
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
80
79
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
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
78
55
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Training and Teaching Others
Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
72
45
Give coworkers brief instructions on a simple procedural changeTeach a social sciences course to high school studentsDevelop and conduct training programs for a medical school
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
72
66
Exchange greetings with a coworkerMaintain good working relationships with almost all coworkers and clientsGain cooperation from a culturally diverse group of executives hostile to your company