"Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender"

Job Description - Part 4 - Abilities Needed

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

Abilities Needed for: "Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender"

1) Rate Control -- The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.

2) Reaction Time -- The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.


3) Perceptual Speed -- The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.


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


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) 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.


7) 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.


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


9) 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.

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


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

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


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

14) 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.


15) 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).


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


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


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


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


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

Job Description for "Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender" continued here...

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

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