"Cost Estimator"

Job Description - Part 3 - Skills Required

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

Skills Needed for: "Cost Estimator"

1) Active Listening -- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

2) Reading Comprehension -- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.


3) Mathematics -- Using mathematics to solve problems.


4) Time Management -- Managing one's own time and the time of others.


5) Writing -- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

6) Management of Personnel Resources -- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.


7) Critical Thinking -- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.


8) Active Learning -- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.


9) Speaking -- Talking to others to convey information effectively.

10) Equipment Selection -- Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.


11) Complex Problem Solving -- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

12) Coordination -- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.


13) Social Perceptiveness -- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

14) Judgment and Decision Making -- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.


15) Negotiation -- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.


16) Monitoring -- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.


17) Instructing -- Teaching others how to do something.


18) Management of Financial Resources -- Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.


19) Learning Strategies -- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.


20) Quality Control Analysis -- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.


21) Service Orientation -- Actively looking for ways to help people.


22) Persuasion -- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.


23) Operations Analysis -- Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.


24) Technology Design -- Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.


25) Management of Material Resources -- Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.

Job Description for "Cost Estimator" continued here...

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

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