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"Electrical Engineer"
Job Description - Part 3 - Skills Required

Part 1
Duties / Tasks
Part 2
Activities
Part 3
Skills
Part 4
Abilities
Part 5
Knowledge

Skills Needed for: "Electrical Engineer"

1) Active Listening -- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.


2) Troubleshooting -- Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.


3) Critical Thinking -- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.


4) Reading Comprehension -- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.


5) Technology Design -- Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.


6) Complex Problem Solving -- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.


7) Active Learning -- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.


8) Systems Analysis -- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.


9) Judgment and Decision Making -- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.


10) Time Management -- Managing one's own time and the time of others.


11) Coordination -- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.


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12) Equipment Selection -- Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.


13) Learning Strategies -- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.


14) Speaking -- Talking to others to convey information effectively.


15) Systems Evaluation -- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.


16) Mathematics -- Using mathematics to solve problems.


17) Monitoring -- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.


18) Writing -- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.


19) Science -- Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.


20) Service Orientation -- Actively looking for ways to help people.


21) Operation and Control -- Controlling operations of equipment or systems.


22) Management of Personnel Resources -- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.


23) Operations Analysis -- Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.


24) Management of Financial Resources -- Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.


25) Quality Control Analysis -- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.


26) Management of Material Resources -- Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.


27) Installation -- Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.


Job Description for "Electrical Engineer" continued here...

Part 1
Duties / Tasks
Part 2
Activities
Part 3
Skills
Part 4
Abilities
Part 5
Knowledge


"Electrical Engineer"   Holland / RIASEC Career Code:  R-I-C        SOC:  17-2071.00


 

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