"Food Scientists and Technologist"

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: "Food Scientists and Technologist"

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

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

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

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

5) Number Facility -- The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.

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

7) Written Expression -- The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

8) Fluency of Ideas -- The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

9) 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.