"Bridge and Lock Tender"

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: "Bridge and Lock Tender"

1) 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.

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


3) Speech Clarity -- The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.


4) Speech Recognition -- The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.


5) Depth Perception -- The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

6) Inductive Reasoning -- The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).


7) 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).


8) 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.


9) Oral Comprehension -- The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

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


11) Oral Expression -- The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

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


13) Selective Attention -- The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

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


15) Written Expression -- The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Job Description for "Bridge and Lock Tender" continued here...

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

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