"Fire Investigator"

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: "Fire Investigator"

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


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


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


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

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


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


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


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

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


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

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


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

14) Equipment Maintenance -- Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.


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


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


17) Science -- Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.


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


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


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


21) Operation and Control -- Controlling operations of equipment or systems.


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


23) Troubleshooting -- Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.


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


25) Systems Analysis -- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.


26) Systems Evaluation -- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Job Description for "Fire Investigator" continued here...

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

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