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"Airframe-and-Power-Plant Mechanic"
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: "Airframe-and-Power-Plant Mechanic"

1) 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.


2) 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.


3) 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.


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


5) Deductive Reasoning -- The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.


6) Information Ordering -- The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).


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


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


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


10) 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.


11) Multilimb Coordination -- The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.


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


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


14) Explosive Strength -- The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.


15) Static Strength -- The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.


16) Written Comprehension -- The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.


Job Description for "Airframe-and-Power-Plant Mechanic" continued here...

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


"Airframe-and-Power-Plant Mechanic"   Holland / RIASEC Career Code:  R-I-C        SOC:  49-3011.01


 

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