"Sewing Machine Operator, Non-Garment"

Job Description - Part 4 - Abilities Needed

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

Abilities Needed for: "Sewing Machine Operator, Non-Garment"

1) Arm-Hand Steadiness -- The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

2) Manual Dexterity -- The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.


3) Visualization -- The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.


4) Finger Dexterity -- The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.


5) Control Precision -- The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

6) Near Vision -- The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).


7) Visual Color Discrimination -- The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.


8) Problem Sensitivity -- The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.


9) Rate Control -- The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.

10) Wrist-Finger Speed -- The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.


11) Extent Flexibility -- The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.

Job Description for "Sewing Machine Operator, Non-Garment" continued here...

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

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