"Construction Carpenter"

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: "Construction Carpenter"

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) 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.


3) 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.


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


5) 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.

6) 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.


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


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

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


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

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


13) Dynamic Strength -- The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.

14) 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.


15) Originality -- The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.


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


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


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


19) Far Vision -- The ability to see details at a distance.


20) 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.


21) Stamina -- The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.


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


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


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

Job Description for "Construction Carpenter" continued here...

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

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