"Bus and Truck Mechanic and Diesel Engine Specialist"

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: "Bus and Truck Mechanic and Diesel Engine Specialist"

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) 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) 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.


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


5) 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.

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


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


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


9) 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.

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


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

12) 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).


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

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


15) Trunk Strength -- The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.


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


17) Hearing Sensitivity -- The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.


18) Auditory Attention -- The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.


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

Job Description for "Bus and Truck Mechanic and Diesel Engine Specialist" continued here...

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

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